Ladies of MOOCs by Clay Casati

July 2014 Clay Casati

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Qu’est-ce Qu’est ce qu’un MOOC ? Daphne Koller Geneviève Fioraso Queen Rania Al Abdullah Jet Bussemaker Why Women Should Take Business MOOCs Future of Education & Learning Credits

Qu’est-ce Qu est ce qu qu’un un MOOC ? Les MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) sont des cours ouverts t à ttous ett à di distance. t  Le « M » de Massive signifie que le cours peut accueillir un

nombre en principe non limité de participants.  Le « O » de Open signifie que le cours est ouvert à tous les

internautes, sans distinction d’origine, de niveau d’études, ou d’un quelconque critère. critère  Le « O » de Online signifie que l’ensemble du cours peut

être suivi en ligne: g cours, activités, devoirs, examens, etc.  Le « C » de Course rappelle que c’est un cours avec des

objectifs pédagogiques, et donc une pédagogie active, et non simplement des ressources diffusées en ligne. ligne 3

MOOC Provider Distribution

MOOC Subject Distribution

Daphne Koller

Daphne Koller Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University, Co-Founder of Coursera (2012) Born: August 27, 27 1968 Residence: United States Nationality: Israel

Flip Teaching  In 2009, Daphne Koller realized that the way she and other

professors on Stanford University campus were teaching their students was backwards. backwards

 «I would walk into class, deliver the same lecture, tell the same stories,, again g and again, g , and never have a chance to engage with my students in a meaningful way.»

 «Why don't I just pre-record the lecture, add interactive elements to make it less boring, and come to class to actually talk to my students?»  So, S Daphne D h Koller K ll began b offloading ffl di her h llecture t ti time tto

video so she could spend more time interacting with students in class, a method now widely referred to as the "flipped classroom." Source: http://e-ducate.us/?p=1099

COURSERA educational technology company

Coursera MOOC

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The student experience in Coursera is that the course starts on a given day and each week a student has access to numerous pieces. pieces One piece is video lecture, and it’s interactive videos, you don’t sit there for an hour just watching video, you get to interact with the video. video There is rigorous meaningful assessments of different kinds, not just multiple choice but real exercises with real depth. depth And there is a community of students that you get to interact with to ask questions and have those questions answered by your fellow students. So that you get both a better learning experience via peer teaching as well as a social experience, where you feel like there is a communityy of learners surrounding g this intellectual activity. Daphne Koller

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Integration physical & virtual campus

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People often ask us whether universities are a thing of the past, whether universities are going to die out, and I definitely do not think so. There is something tremendous about getting people t together th in i a place l where h serendipitous di it i t interactions ti can happen. Where you can have face-to-face mentoring between an instructor and students, where students can talk to each other, and create together, and learn to d b t ideas. debate id So this on-campus physical experience at the moment has no virtual substitute that is equally effective. effective

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Online Education 2 Goals

â&#x20AC;&#x153; For students lucky enough to have access to great Online education, then, can serve two goals.

teachers, blended learning can mean even better outcomes at the same or lower cost. And for the millions here and abroad who lack access to good, d in-person i education, d i online li learning can open doors that would otherwise remain closed. closed

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Daphne Koller

Coursera rising

Over little more than a year (Feb 2012 - Mar 2013), C Coursera h introduced has i t d d 328 different diff t courses from f 62 universities in 17 countries. 19

Coursera Certificates Statement of Accomplishment

VERIFIED CERTIFICATE

Specialization Certificate

Coursera MOOC Map

GeneviĂ¨ve Fioraso

Geneviève Fioraso  Secrétaire d'État d État chargée

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de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche (depuis le 9 avril 2014) Président: François Hollande Gouvernement: Manuel Valls Born: 10 octobre 1954 Residence: France 23

Un Contexte Porteur  Le numérique a révolutionné notre façon de communiquer.  Il devrait transformer en profondeur la façon d’enseigner. d’enseigner  Ainsi, depuis la fin 2011, l’essor des MOOCs redessine peu

à peu l’accès à l’enseignement supérieur dans le monde, ainsi que la conception même des formations universitaires.  Selon toutes les études, les cinq prochaines années (2014 -

2018) seront décisives et verront exploser le marché mondial de l’e-education.  Deux plateformes, Coursera et EdX ont investi $ 43M et $

60M respectivement ti t dans d le l développement dé l t des d outils til ett des contenus. Plus de trois millions d’étudiants peuvent suivre les cours de Stanford, d’Harvard ou du MIT, grâce à l’ l’explosion l i d des MOOCs. MOOC 24

FUN France Université Numérique

Ce q que France Université Numérique (FUN) va changer L’agenda numérique de l’enseignement supérieur décline 18 actions pour :  aire du numérique une chance pour les étudiants et

tous les publics désireux de se former,  soutenir les enseignants et les équipes pédagogiques dans la rénovation pédagogique induite par le numérique,  construire des campus d’@venir et accompagner les ét bli établissements t d dans leur l ttransformation f ti avec ett par le numérique,  renforcer le rayonnement y de l’enseignement g supérieur français à l’international. 26

La révolution numérique «La révolution numérique est en marche. Elle est à la fois une chance et un défi pour une université en mouvement. U chance, Une h celle ll d de repenser l’élaboration l’él b i et la transmission des savoirs, de manière interactive, en mettant les étudiants au coeur du projet pédagogique de l’enseignement supérieur. Un défi, celui de construire une université performante, innovante et ouverte sur le monde». monde» Geneviève Fioraso 27

Queen Rania Al Abdullah

Q Queen R i Al Abdullah Rania Abd ll h off JJordan d  a mother, a wife, a boss,

an advocate, and a humanitarian.  Born: August 30, 1970  Degree in Business Administration, American University in Cairo  Monday, Monday May 19, 19 2014: Queen Rania Al Abdullah launches Edraak, an Arab non-profit MOOC platform 29

 EDRAAK, “an Arabic language

MOOC portal”, is an initiative of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development. p  Developed based on edX technolo-

gy, a leading global MOOC provider founded by Harvard and MIT.  The platform aspires to make quality education

more accessible for a population that is thirsty for higher quality education by offering Arab learners access to courses taught at universities such as Harvard, MIT, and UC Berkeley, amongst others, at no cost to the learner, with the potential to earn certificates of master mastery for certain co courses. rses 30

The Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development "What the Arab world needs today is an educational revolution; we need a fundamental change that will ffulfill f everyy p parent's ambition to provide their child with a quality education." Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, 2013 31

Challenges Speaking at the launch, Queen Rania highlighted some of the challenges faced by the Arab world:  poor quality of education and graduates' inability

to meet the demands of the job market, market  the limited number of global scientific

publications released  the scarcity of exports in advanced technology  the skills gap in the region. region

Transformative shifts Queen Rania stressed to the audience that …  “The world around us is speeding toward a future where ideas, knowledge and skills are the founding blocks of prosperity, prosperity while we drift at the bottom of global rankings in terms of knowledge, and in terms of how and what we produce".  “Transformative shifts usually happen when need and opportunity meet. We desperately need quality education and online learning is our opportunity education, opportunity."  “The Arab world has a chance to acquire capabilities and skills needed to catch up and realize transformative leaps.” 33

EDRAAK adoption of the Open edX platform Queen Rania Q R i Al Abdullah Abd ll h off Jordan, J d QRF (Queen (Q R i Foundation Rania F d ti for Education and Development) CEO Haifa Dia Al-Attia. edX CEO Anant Agarwal, at the edX offices in Cambridge, MA , USA.

Edraak – availabilityy of knowledge g  "We launched Edraak as a realization of what we have

alreadyy missed and as a wayy to catch up p to a future befitting of us, of our history.“  "Today, knowledge is available for those who seek it,

and d education d ti is i th there ffor th those who h wantt it it.” ”  “Edraak will broadcast the best in the Arab world and it

will translate the best internationally internationally”  “Although online learning is not a solution to all our

problems, quality education that is open to everyone is an opportunity t it tto iincrease our k knowledge, l d and d raise i th the potential of the region“  “What What was exclusively limited to "the the few that knew knew" is

now open to everybody who wants to know and read”. 35

Jet Bussemaker

Mariëtte “Jet” Bussemaker  Dutch Minister for Education,

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Culture and Science in the second Rutte cabinet since Nov 5, 2012 Born: January 15, 1961 Nationality: Dutch Political party: Dutch Labour P t /P tij van de Party/Partij d Arbeid A b id – PvdA P dA Occupation: Politician, Political scientist “The use of MOOC will make it possible to improve the quality of education d and d teaching h materiall in the Netherlands”. 37

Letter to Du utch Parliamen nt

In a letter to the Dutch Parliament, Jet Bussemaker explains that the deployment of new technologies will provide new possibilities for the design of communication and teaching modes between teachers and students. With a budget of â&#x201A;Ź 1M per year, she would like to stimulate: 1.the international reputation of Dutch higher education in a number of p profiling g areas through g the development of MOOCs, 2.cooperation between Dutch higher education aimed at improving education through the use of MOOCs and 3.thorough evaluation of the experience with open and online education in the Dutch context ((with the condition that the results are freely available). 38

RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES IN NETHERLANDS THAT OFFER MOOCS University University of Amsterdam

Platform

Current Students MOOCs

New MOOCS

Coursera

5.000

Delft lf University off Technology

edX

000 54,000 27,000

Leiden University

Coursera

43.000 26.000

Utrecht University

Elevate

Maastricht University

Eindhoven University of Technology

Coursera

2-3

OpenupEd

Wageningen W i U i University it & Research Centre Open Universiteit in th Netherlands the N th l d

Source: SURF report as of 16 December 2013 39

Why Women Should Take Business MOOCs byy Laurie | Mayy 2,, 2014 | â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hi! I'm Laurie Pickard from Kigali, Rwanda. I'm using websites like Coursera, edX, Udacity, and others to put together th equivalent the i l t off an MBA degree - for free!â&#x20AC;? http://www.nopaymba.com/women-take-business-moocs/ 40

MOOCs: a great boon to women 1. “The economic arguments that keep some women out

of MBA programs do not apply to MOOCs. MOOCs For women who choose to prioritize family, have flexibility in their careers, or take any extended breaks from working, a MOOC-based education makes more sense than a traditional degree program.” 2 “For 2. For women who do intend to apply to B-school, B-school

taking a few MOOCs can be a great way to build confidence prior to enrolling.” 3. “The number of women-owned businesses grew by

41% between 1997 and 2013. Free online education can provide what an entrepreneur needs to get started without the debt to weigh her down.” 41

Future of Education & Learning The Future of Learning is far more than new devices, digital content and online classrooms, it means potentially rewritten relationships between students and information, teachers and instruction, and schools and society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYDkuD4dMU Video includes commentary from Seth Godin, American author and entrepreneur, Sugata Mitra, professor of educational technology at the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newcastle University, Stephen Heppell English educator who specializes in the use of ICT in Heppell, education, Jose Ferreira, adaptive learning technology Knewton founder and CEO, Daphne Koller, online education platform Coursera cofounder, cofounder as well as input from leaders bringing connectivity to villages across Africa. 42

Revolutions destroy the perfect and enable bl the th iimpossible. ibl  “The move from pre-printing press to post-printing press is a

one-time ti transition t iti iin hi history t off th the world, ld iin tterms off education. Online education is going to be like that as well.” Seth Godin

 “One of the revolutions that we’re going to see is where less and

less of education is about a conveyer of content, because that is going to be a commodity, and hopefully one that that'ss going to be available to everyone around the world.” Jose Ferreira

 “And a lot more of what we think of as education is going to go

back to its original roots of teaching. Where the instructor actually engages in a dialogue with the students and helps them d develop l thinking h k skills, k ll problem bl solving l skills, k ll passion ffor the h discipline.” Daphne Koller

Credits  http://edutech4teachers.edublogs.org/2014/03/08     

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/the-rising-power-of-moocs-infographic/ https://www.coursera.org/ MOOCs in 2013: Breaking Down the Numbers, Numbers Dhawal Shah, Dec 22, 2013, http://www.france-universite-numerique.fr/ dossier-de-presse-france-universite-numeriquedpgf_sc1_sc http://www queenrania jo/media/press/queenhttp://www.queenrania.jo/media/press/queen rania-al-abdullah-launches-edraak-arab-non-profitmooc-platform https://www youtube com/watch?v quYDkuD4dMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quYDkuD4dMU