Lowering MOOC Production Costs and Significance for Developing Nations
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This document discusses lowering the costs of developing MOOCs and their potential benefits for developing countries. It notes that while traditional MOOCs can be expensive to produce, focusing on reusable open educational resources, simple video production techniques, and scalable communication and assessment tools can significantly reduce costs. The document promotes the moocs4all.eu initiative, which shares low-cost MOOC development methods and has delivered a course on developing MOOCs inexpensively. It argues this approach could enable developing affordable online degree programs featuring free courses and lower-cost proctored exams and assignments.
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Lowering MOOC Production Costs and Significance for Developing Nations
- 1. Lowering MOOC Production Costs and the Significance for Developing Countries Brian Mulligan Centre for Online Learning, Institute of Technology Sligo, Ireland mulligan.brian@itsligo.ie AACE Global Learn, April 28-29, 2016 Limerick, Ireland moocs4all.eu
- 2. moocs4all.eu
- 3. You can learn anything online…. ….well, almost!
- 4. Is learning a hobby in the developing world?
- 5. • University of Washington study • < 50% have completed college – Take courses to advance their careers • 49% received certification • 79% completed a course People in developing countries use MOOCs differently By Tara García Mathewson | April 13, 2016 goo.gl/yVamFA
- 6. “Unleash Online Learning to Address Global Inequality” Mike Feerick, CEO of ALISON SXSW in Austin, Texas • “Our universities and colleges, almost without exception, provide education and training that is too expensive” • “We have been stopping people from educating themselves” • “free online informal learning becomes an integral part of any hiring decisions”
- 8. Phil Hill, 2012 MOOC – Barriers to Overcome http://mfeldstein.com/four-barriers-that-moocs-must-overcome-to-become-sustainable-model/
- 9. The cost of developing MOOCs • Survey of 27 UK universities – €40,485 average • What about small target audiences? – Specialised topics – Minority languages – Changing technologies – Local needs
- 10. Why do universities spend so much on MOOCs? • Quality of Learning? • Reputation?
- 11. Is the Coursera xMOOC pedagogy sophisticated? Do people learn? “I got exactly what I wanted from it and more… .. a most enjoyable and educational course”
- 12. If an online course is good enough for 30 students, is it good enough for 3000 students?
- 13. Are high production values required?
- 14. A simple online course • 12 x Weekly 1-hour lectures • Additional readings and recordings • Weekly quizzes • Tuition and Peer support via fora. • 2 or 3 assignments • Final examination • €6,000 to develop and deliver 48 x 10-minute recordings Peer-assessed
- 15. moocs4all.eu • Collection and dissemination of low-cost methods – Started 1 Feb 2015 • Website and Community Forum • MOOC: “Making MOOCs on a Budget” – 2nd delivery – starts 17th May, 2016 The Team Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland Technical University of Delft, Holland Fachhochschule Bielefeld, Germany University of Girona, Spain Bath Spa University, UK LoCoMoTion Project
- 16. Content • Principles – Real learning Not “glitz” – Some options are not possible – Reuse OER • Video content – Simple graphics (avoid animations) – Good microphone – Minimise editing • Tolerate mistakes • Repeat sections • Leave audio clues for editing
- 17. Lean Video Production Process
- 18. Communication • Are the discussion tools in your platform scalable? • External tools: – Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter – Piazza, Prulu, Discourse (via LTI?)
- 19. Assessment • Must be scalable • Objective Tests – MCQs • Peer Assessment – E.g. Moodle Workshop activity • Could you award formal credits for this?
- 20. What about Certification? • Certification requires – assessment – identity verification • Cannot be done for free – But we can bring down the cost.
- 23. Disaggregation / Unbundling • Separation of Learning from Assessment – Learning can be free – Assessment a fraction of course cost. • Colleges starting to offer “Competency Based Assessment”
- 26. Higher Certificate (Assoc. Degree) Electronic Engineering • 90% courses free – Existing free content / rapidly developed content – Scalable assessment (quizzes, peer assessments) • Credit will cost – Proctored examination – assignments – Cheap electronic kits – Capstone project • Contributions welcome
- 27. Thanks Thanks for listening – over to you! moocs4all.eu mulligan.brian@itsligo.ie
Editor's Notes
- http://mfeldstein.com/four-barriers-that-moocs-must-overcome-to-become-sustainable-model/