This document discusses using MOOCs to promote fair education and improve teaching quality. It provides details on a principles of electric circuits MOOC developed by Tsinghua University, including enrollment numbers from multiple countries/regions. The MOOC was found to improve on-campus teaching quality by incorporating pre-class study, in-class discussion, and post-class summary. Several patterns for integrating MOOCs into on-campus courses are described, including outcomes like enhanced hands-on ability and improved exam scores. The MOOC/SPOC model has now been applied at multiple universities in China.

1. MOOC:
a new way to promote fair education
and improve teaching quality
Tsinghua University
DEE
Xinjie Yu

2. Contents
• Basics on MOOC
• Principles of Electric Circuit MOOC
• Student-centered Teaching and Leaning

3. Terms
• MOOC (massive open online course)
– Social learners
• SPOC (small private online course)
– Campus learners
• Flipped classroom
– Students’ Behavior been flipped (in/off class)
• Blended learning
– Online & Offline

4. Three Main MOOC Platforms
Coursera
Udacity
edX

5. Why I Developed the Circuit MOOC?
• First class university
– What is the first class higher education?
• Improve teaching quality of Tsinghua
– How can MOOC serve Tsinghua?
• Improve teaching quality of other
universities
– How can MOOC serve other Universities?

6. Principles of Electric Circuits MOOC from
Tsinghua University

7. First run
158 Countries/regions
Enrolled Students
13F-14S 14F 15S 15F 16S Total
edX 24645 17790 14065 13680 5194 75374
XuetangX 26026 10382 9851 8637 6692 61588
50671 28172 23916 22317 11886 136962

8. Chinese Levels of Students on edX

9. Age Distributions of Students in 2014F
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
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年龄
学堂在线平台
0
20
40
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edX平台
人数
age
XuetangX
Student number

10. Working Status of Students in 2014F
48%
34%
2%
3%
7%
2%2%2%
59%
37%
1%1%1%1%
全日制学生
全职工作者
兼职工作者
自由职业者/农民
NGO工作人员，全职志愿者
或宗教界人士
失业者
无业且没有求职打算
全职顾家、照顾家人或孕期
离职
退休
无法工作者
edX
XuetangX
Full-time student
Full-time worker
Part-time worker
Freelancer
NGO
Jobless
Jobless and no intend to wok
Housewife
Retired
Cannot work

11. Feedback on Video and Audio
Qualities of Students in 2014F
34%
45%
17%
4%0%
50%
36%
12%
2%0%
非常好，完全能满足学习需求
很好，但是有些地方需要改进
还行，能够顺利进行学习
一般，对学习造成了一定障碍
不怎么样，基本上没什么帮助
edX
XuetangX
Excellent
Good
OK
Acceptable
Not acceptable

12. How Can MOOC Improve on-Campus Teaching
Flipped Classroom
Self-study
before class
Discussion
in class
Summary/Discussion
after class

13. Several Possible Patterns
Tier
Score
of CEE
Te
rm
Outcome
Student
Selection
Stu
N
Nanjing U
Standard
1
“985”
>610 1F Not Difficult Apply 36
Tsinghua U(a)
Reinforced
1
“985”
>630 1S Creation Apply 20
Qinghai U
Simplified
2
“211”
480-
580
2F
Low teaching
load
Apply
Consider Score
24
Guizhou I Tech
Transitted
4
380-
450
2F
Learning is
fun
Select 50*4
Tsinghua U(b)
Mini
1
“985”
>630
F/
S
Flexibility
Elective
course
30·

14. Task Requirements
After L5
Exercise 3
Experime
nt
Use MOSFET to build an inverter. Use 100Hz square wave
as the input signal. Verify the correctness.
Before L6
Watch
video
MOOC video 18-21
Ex MOOC quizzes
Experime
nt
Design an experiment to measure the input characteristics
of a Op Amp Follower.
Tsinghua (a) Pattern

15. • Knowledge Discussion
 Questions asked by students/instructor
10~15 knowledge points, 30 min
• Exercise Discussion
 Quiz discussion
 More complicated Exercises and real engineering
background problems
3-5 problems, 30 min
• Experiment
 Elaborate and demonstrate the experiments
30 min
In Class Activities

18. Outcomes (Tsinghua (a))
• Enhanced hands-on ability
Patent name Stu name Status
1 An active noise cancellation
earphone
Chen, Liu Authorize
2 The implementation of ANC
earphone
Zhu, Shi Authorize
3 An earphone amplifier Wu, Guo Authorize

19. • a
19
Final Exam Score (Tsinghua)
2013F 2013S 2014S 2015S
Mid Final Final Mid Final Mid Final
a 87.3 85.8 75.7 90.4 84.3 84.6 83.9
Control 82.0 76.2 68.0 80.1 73.3 65.1 72.0

20. Applications
• 2014F
– Tsinghua(1), Nanjing(1) 、Qinghai(2)、GIT(4）
• 2015S
– Yangzhou(3), Xiamen IT(3), Neimengu Normal U (3),
Chongqing C S&T(4)
• 2015F
– North China Electric Power U(2)
• 2016S
– Hefei U T(2), China U Petroleum (2), Jiangsu(3),
Jiangsu IT(4), Guangxi Normal U (3), Wenzhou(4),
Shanghai Electric Machine C (4), Sanya I (4)…

21. Conclusions
• MOOC/SPOC can serve
both social and campus
learners
• Students benefit from
student-centered teaching
and learning

22. Thanks
Q&A