Presentation as prepared for ICDE SCOP meeting in Lisbon

1. Innovative Leadership using MOOCs
The OpenupEd Case
Lisbon, ICDE SCOP meeting
28 November 2013
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

2. Going pan-European … with OpenupEd MOOCs
MOOCs: predominantly US
• where it all started as of 2011 (or in Canada in 2009, or…)
• and … expanded massively (Coursera, Udacity, edX)
• some EU universities have joint US initiatives
• new launches in UK, Australia, Germany, Spain
TIME for a European initiative!
• nice umbrella: the EC launch ‘Opening up Education’
• that’s why OpenupEd is our name
• first pan-European MOOCs initiative
• launched April 25, joint press release EADTU & EC
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

3. MOOC: number of courses (10-11-2013)
•Coursera (VS):
•edX (VS):
•Udacity (VS):
537 courses
91 courses
28 courses
•Open2Study (AU):
•MiriadaX (ES):
•Futurelearn (GB):
•Universite Numerique (Fr):
•Iversity (D):
32 courses
90 courses
29 courses
24 courses
25 courses (2 with ECTS opp.)
•OpenupEd (EU)
174 courses (>100 ECTS opp.)
MOOCs run on own institutional platform (11 partners)
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

5. Source: openeducationeuropa.eu/en/european_scoreboard_moocs ; September 2013

6. Source: openeducationeuropa.eu/en/european_scoreboard_moocs ; October 2013

7. + 94 OpenupEd
(November 2013)
Source: openeducationeuropa.eu/en/european_scoreboard_moocs ; October 2013

8. OpenupEd Courses
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174 (40 at start, 80 by end of September, another 94 begin November)
wide variety in subjects and level
12 languages
scheduled or self-paced
20 to 200 hours of study
Massive-open-online-courses with recognition options…
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

9. MOOC: platform and/vs providers
•Private companies : Coursera (VS), Udacity (VS), MiriadaX (ES),
Iversity (D), ...
•Collaboration with platform: EdX (VS), Futurelearn (GB), France
Université Numérique (Fr), …
•Institutions with own platform: OpenupEd partners, Athabasca (C) ,...
Most OpenupEd partners do already have stable learning environments
that support students with online education on a massive scale.
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

10. Innovative Leadership using MOOCs
• It is not about providers and platforms
• It is not (only) about numbers
• It is not about transferring classroom to online
• It is not about online tests to get a certificate
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

13. MOOCs for Opening up Education for all (that have the potential)
• Openness in education needs to embrace all dimensions of
openness and provide flexibility to all learners in whatever
educational context.
• MOOCs should be designed such that all unnecessary barriers to
learning are removed, while aiming to provide students with a
reasonable chance of success in an education.
Darco Jansen

14. Optimizing openness by using MOOCs (1)
MOOCs by definition contribute to open education
• open access to courses without entry qualifications
• by anyone anywhere, having an internet connection
• free of charge (open in the sense of affordable)
But provide MOOCs access for everybody (also for those with special
needs)?
• Students need …
• Good internet connection
• Language skills (most MOOCs are in English)
• To understand global practices (hardly local cases…)
Darco Jansen

15. OpenupEd framework of 8 features (1)
1. Openness to learners (to learners’ needs)
2. Spectrum of diversity (in language, culture, etc.)
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

16. Optimizing openness by using MOOCs (2)
Difference between free education and open education
• Like difference between free software and open software
MOOCs in open education need to have an open licence policy
I.e. allow reuse – remix – rework – redistribute
• of educational material (OER)
• of educational software in MOOCs platforms (open software)
• of analytics, data and content produced in MOOCs (open data) to
improve the courses and the way we educate
‘Digital’ openness is needed to provide a potentially rich learning
environment
Darco Jansen

17. OpenupEd framework of 8 features (2)
1. Openness to learners (to learners‟ needs)
2. Spectrum of diversity (in language, culture, in (open)
learning environments)
3. Digital openness
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

18. Optimizing openness by using MOOCs (3)
We should focus more on innovations in open pedagogical thinking
and less on technology and platforms.
Open pedagogy is needed to provide students with a reasonable
chance of success in an education
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In open education we should also have an learner centered approach.
Courses should aid students to construct their own learning from a rich
environment, and to share and communicate it with others;
It is about the learned centred activities, which are carefully designed by
the teaching staff.
Here, the core question is "how does good learning proceed as a
process" in a potentially rich environment.
Darco Jansen

19. OpenupEd framework of 8 features (3)
1. Openness to learners (to learners‟ needs)
2. Spectrum of diversity (in language, culture, in (open)
learning environments, in didactical approaches)
3. Digital openness
4. Learner centered approach
5. Independent learning
6. Media-supported interaction
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

20. Optimizing openness by using MOOCs (4)
• MOOCs are courses
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educational content
interaction p2p
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-> learning community -> learning networks
feedback tutor
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-> part academic community
qualification and exams
MOOCs should part of (formal) education system,
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most MOOCs don’t give access to HE-system only to the
knowledge (no formal credits as part of accredited curricula)
we should incorporate some recognition options, from (open)
badges to credits in a formal education program (ECTS)
Darco Jansen

21. OpenupEd framework of 8 features (4)
1. Openness to learners (to learners‟ needs)
2. Spectrum of diversity (in language, culture, in (open)
learning environments)
3. Digital openness
4. Learner centered approach
5. Independent learning
6. Media-supported interaction
7. Recognition options
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

22. Optimizing openness by using MOOCs (5)
OpenupEd partners will continuously develop showcases that
MOOCs can indeed contribute
• to the open movement, to new pedagogies and
• to the transformation of teaching and learning
• while keeping highest quality standards as well.
So that MOOCs provide students with a reasonable chance of success
in higher education
OpenupEd partners must
• be positioned in national HE structure including QA &
Accreditation
• and institutional endeavour with evidence of QA for the MOOCs
Darco Jansen

23. OpenupEd framework of 8 features (5)
1. Openness to learners (to learners‟ needs)
2. Spectrum of diversity (in language, culture, in (open)
learning environments)
3. Digital openness
4. Learner centered approach
5. Independent learning
6. Media-supported interaction
7. Recognition options
8. Quality focus
Not meant to be a strict order but rather to give general guidance
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

24. Why bother with quality?
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Students – know what they are committing to
Employers – recognition of content and skills
Authors – personal reputation, 'glow' of success
Institutions – brand reputation
Funders – philanthropic, venture caps, governments
• Quality agencies – on behalf of above
• Review version of OpenupEd (MOOC quality) label available
since 9-11-2013
Darco Jansen

26. OpenupEd partnership
• from the EU: France, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands,
Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, the UK
• outside of the EU, from: Russia, Turkey, Israel
• planning to join, from: Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France (+1),
Greece, Ireland, Poland (2x), Slovenia, Spain (+1)
• Open to other potential partners (> 20 requests)
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

27. OpenupEd partnership: decentralized model …
Institutions themselves are leading
OpenupEd central communication portal,
a referatory to the institutional platforms
Driven by service to learners & society
(rather than by revenue)
Positioned in the public domain (not-for-profit)
(rather than the private sector)
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

28. OpenupEd partnership: but centralized for quality …
Branding: commonality in our eight features
Procedures: admission conditions and OpenupEd label
Continuous monitoring
Research and evaluation
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

29. OpenupEd: benefits for partners
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Strong and distinctive quality brand
Collective exposure beyond national borders
Visibility and marketing potential
Opportunity to join cross-national projects with external funding
Opportunity to engage with the expertise and experience in the
OpenupEd partnership
• Annual state-of-the-art meeting (part of EADTU Conference)
• Explore further extension of „opening up education‟ at the
institution
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

30. OpenupEd: six conditions to join
• Position in national HE structure including QA & Accreditation
• Institutional endeavour with evidence of QA for the MOOCs
• Endorsement of the eight common features and evidence of
how these are applied to the MOOCs; crucial are „openness to
learners‟ & „digital openness‟
• OpenupEd (MOOC quality) label required at entry & periodical
renewal
• The MOOC operation must be evaluated and monitored; data
and results must be shared within OpenupEd partnership
• Payment of a moderate annual fee (€2.500)
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

32. UNED Abierta
• 20 MOOCs on own platform, partner in OpenupEd
• First run > 170.000 students (all courses > 1000)
• New run starts 11 November 2013 (1 starts 24 November)
• Self paced and scheduled
• Short courses including video lectures
• Facilitate interaction and automated feedback
• Self–tests and p2p review
• Freemium certification model: Badges; Online examination for
certificate of completion and UNED Coma diploma (ECTS
recognition)
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

33. UNED Abierta
• Special focus on social inclusion
• Due to the digital divide, thousands of people still lack the most basic digital
competences to take advantage of this training offer, even though many
international organizations point up that these skills are essential in the 21st
century.
• Two dedicated MOOCs aimed at Developing teachers and
students‟ Digital Competences by MOOCs
1. Basic Digital Competences (14 “curators”, 4.558 participants)
2. Ict for teaching and learning (12.768 participants)
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

34. Universidade Aberta (Portugal)
• 1 experimental iMOOC on Climate Change
• According to the principle of their Virtual Pedagogical Model (a
student centered approach oriented to flexible participation, social
interaction, collaborative mediation, learning scaffolding, learning
community sustainability and digital inclusion)
• Lasted for eight weeks, from May 6 to July 1
• Based on OER material (LECHe project)
• Pilot with 1000 students
• Including ECTS certification option (11 passed)
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

35. Universidade Aberta (Portugal)
The open course has been an opportunity to access an
innovative learning experience
Connecting formal and informal learning scenarios
The challenge is to promote innovation in pedagogy for open
learning in the digital society
Innovation for digital inclusion
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

36. Open University of Israel (OUI)
Four MOOCs just opened
1. Educational Psychology in Arabic (just started)
2. Jews and Christians in Western Europe during the middleAges and Renaissance in Russian (just started)
3. The Modern Middle-East in Hebrew (start 21-11)
4. Genocide in English (start on March 6 2014)
High quality textbooks (2 with open license) suited for self study
Fred Mulder
Darco Jansen

37. Thank you!!!
Fred.Mulder@ou.nl
Darco.Jansen@eadtu.eu