This brief presentation

1. MOOC?
August 8, 2012
Pat Sine

2. Massively
Open
Online
Course

3. Who’s offering these?
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechresearcher/2012/05/all_m
d_market_open_and_dewey.html

4. The Experience
• Why does it work for a student?
• What does it take from technology?
• What does it take from the faculty?

5. Db-class.org
• http://www.db-class.org
• Stanford U introductory database class running
along traditional course
• Total registered students: 91,734
• Students turning in some work
(composite score > 0): 25,859
• Students receiving
Statement of Accomplishment
(composite score >= 160) : 6,513

6. Why do people participate?
• Filling in gaps
o New things since formal schooling
o Things we missed but know we need
• Participating in a group with common interests
• Certification
• Degrees

7. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/edtechres
earcher/2012/05/all_moocs_explained_mar
ket_open_and_dewey.html

19. Features
• Web site with weekly calendar and regular updates
• Text and other materials available for easy download
• Videos in small chunks, some with embedded check
questions
• Automated Assignments – with multiple attempts!
o Quizzes
o Exercises in a self-correcting workspace
• Automated Exams
• Q & A forum, with *very* active TAs and others
• Weekly Screenside Chats

20. Good MOOC’s, Bad MOOC’s
Chronicle.com, July 25, 2012, 4:06 pm
By Marc Bousquet
Predicted ways Coursera and others will make money:
a. Charging for certification and testing.
b. Vending of tutorial services, translations, facilitation
of small-group discussion and peer learning, etc.
c. Direct tuition for courses or clusters of courses
d. Miscellaneous sources like ads and employment
services

21. Four Barriers That MOOCs Must Overcome To Build a Sustainable Model
http://mfeldstein.com/four-barriers-that-moocs-must-overcome-to-become-sustainable-model/