Presented in the Workshop “Opening Up Education”, March 13th 2015, Timisoara, Romania

1. Romanian Tutors
and Students
Interaction with
MOOCs
Workshop “Opening Up Education”, March
Vlad
Mihăescu

2. Has Education Changed?

3. Has Education Changed?
Past Today

4. Has Education Changed?
Past Today
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5. MOOCs – possible catalyst for change
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6. What are MOOCs?
• Worldwide phenomenon -> revolution of Higher Education?
• Open access & scalability
• Disruptive innovation?
• cMOOC or xMOOC
• Popular platforms: Coursera, edX, Udacity, FutureLearn
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7. Students interaction with MOOCs
• Respondents’ background
Higher Education
Diploma
71%
Age
23 - 27 years
43%
Sex
Male
58%
Town
Timisoara
68%
University
Politehnica
Timisoara
75%

8. Used MOOCs
30%
Coursera - 66%
Edx - 25%
Udacity - 18%
Engineering field
64%
Completed
50%
Students interaction with MOOCs

9. • How do students rate the following?
• Easy to access – very good 61%
• Free – very good 56%
• Learn anytime – very good 65%
• Learn anywhere – very good 58%
• Course topic – very good 40%
• Easy communication – average 32%
• Video material – very good 51%
• Course material – very good 51%
• Lack of pressure – very good 42%
Students interaction with MOOCs

10. • What do students want more?
Students interaction with MOOCs

11. Higher
Education
89%
Age
31 - 40 years
36%
Sex
Male
63%
Town
Timisoara
84%
University
Politehnica
Timisoara
77%
• Respondents’ background
Tutors interaction with MOOCs

12. Used MOOCs
30%
Coursera - 38%
Edx - 18%
Udacity - 15%
Used MOOCs in class
11%
Recommended MOOCs to
students
35%
Tutors interaction with MOOCs

13. • How do tutors rate the following?
• Easy to access – very good 45%
• Free – very good 42%
• Learn anytime – very good 56%
• Learn anywhere – very good 53%
• Course topic – good 37%
• Easy communication – average 58%
• Video material – good 40%
• Course material – good 49%
• Lack of pressure – average 45%
Tutors interaction with MOOCs

14. • What do tutors want more?
Tutors interaction with MOOCs

15. Conclusions
• Same numbers about the use of MOOCs.
• Most appreciated aspects: learn anytime, anywhere,
easy to access, free.
• Tutors are more critic than students.
• What does everybody want? More interaction with the
teacher and more video material.
• Tutors point out the quality of the information.
• Interest for MOOCs: high.

16. Conclusions
• Change is happening.
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17. Thank you!
Any
questions?
Vlad
Mihăescu