Presented at the 10th Open Education Conference, November 8, 2013, Park City, UT

1. Openness in Three Acts: A Narrative Inquiry into
Teacher Educators' Conceptions of MOOC
Dalit Levy and Sarah Schrire
Kibbutzim College of Education,
Technology & Arts
Tel Aviv, Israel
10th Annual OpenEd Conference
Park City, UT, November 8, 2013

2. WHAT SHOULD TEACHER
EDUCATORS DO?
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
• Examine models for learning and
teaching
• Provide
experiences
that
prepare future teachers for
education in the digital age
• Promote pedagogical innovation
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3. WHEN YOU HEAR
“PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION”…
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
What do you see?
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
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4. An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOGY
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
Baratz & Levy, July 2, 2013

5. An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOGY
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
Baratz & Levy, July 2, 2013

6. An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOGY
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
Baratz & Levy, July 2, 2013

7. An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOGY
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

8. An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOGY
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
Baratz & Levy, July 2, 2013

9. An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOGY
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts

10. An Image of Pedagogical Innovation
ABOUT US
MOTIVATION
BACKGROUND
CRITICAL LOOK
THE ISSUE
THE FIELD
METHODOLOGY
FINDINGS
NEXT STEPS
Baratz & Levy, July 2, 2013

11. As Part of Promoting Pedagogical
Innovation at our College…
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
• STUDY #1: Collect teacher
educators’ images and stories of
pedagogical innovation in their field
of practice
• STUDY #2: listen to the
organizational voices regarding an
initiative of developing a MOOC for
Hebrew-speaking student teachers
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12. As Part of Promoting Pedagogical
Innovation at our College…
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
• STUDY #1: 2011-2012
110 responses were collected (in a narrative form)
to the question: describe a situation in which you
implemented pedagogical innovation
• STUDY #2: 2012-2013
10 in-depth interviews with stakeholders whom
we identified as potential partners in the initiative
to establish a MOOC at our college of education
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13. STUDY #1 – FINDINGS (1)
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
TEACHER EDUCATORS’ DISCOURSE OF
PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
NO
INNOVATION
MENTION
TECHNOLOGIES
SUGGEST RENEWED
DEFINITION
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
4. RECURSIVE
THINKING
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3. DOUBLE
MEANING
2. VARIETY OF
APPROACHES
1. BUILD
THEORY

14. STUDY #1 – FINDINGS (2)
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
TEACHER EDUCATORS’ DISCOURSE OF
PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
NO
INNOVATION
MENTION
TECHNOLOGIES
SUGGEST RENEWED
DEFINITION
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
1. GENERAL
TERMS
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2. NOT THE MOST
UPDATED APPS
3. FUTURE
THINKING

15. STUDY #1 – FINDINGS (3)
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
TEACHER EDUCATORS’ DISCOURSE OF
PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION
•MENTION SUGGEST RENEWED
OER
TECHNOLOGIES
DEFINITION
• OPENNESS
• OPEN EDUCATION
NO
INNOVATION
1. GENERAL
TERMS
Levy & Schrire, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology, and the Arts
2. NOT THE MOST
UPDATED APPS
3. FUTURE
THINKING

16. STUDY #1 – SUMMARY
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
TEACHER EDUCATORS’ DISCOURSE OF
PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION
The discussion of innovation among
NO
teacher educators seems to differ from
•MENTION SUGGEST RENEWED
OER
INNOVATION
DEFINITION
what can beTECHNOLOGIES
found in other professional
• OPENNESS
“communities of practice” (agriculture,
environment, health, high-tech,
• OPEN EDUCATION
1. GENERAL
2. NOT THE MOST 3. FUTURE
business development, science…)
TERMS
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UPDATED APPS
THINKING

17. STUDY #2 – BACKGROUND
MOTIVATION
• 2012 – “The year of the MOOCs”
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
• Before 2012, MOOCs were c-MOOCs
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
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18. STUDY #2 – BACKGROUND
MOTIVATION
• 2012 – “The year of the MOOCs”.
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
• MOOC phenomena redefines what
is meant by “learning,” “teaching,”
and “assessment,” and at the same
time blurs the boundaries between
them.
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19. STUDY #2 – BACKGROUND
MOTIVATION
Current and future teachers should:
INNOVATION
• Participate in MOOCs as learners
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
• Gain experience in facilitating
learning in MOOCs (plus in
instructional- design)
Our initiative concerns c-MOOCs; The
interviewees hear x-MOOCs.
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20. STUDY #2 – FINDINGS (1)
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
OPENNESS EMERGED AS A KEY ISSUE
FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEWS
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
STORY I.
VISION OF
AN OPEN
BLOG
(May 2011)
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STORY II.
VISION OF AN
OPEN LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
(March 2012)
STORY III.
OPENNESS
vs.
CONTROL
(May 2012)

21. STUDY #2 – FINDINGS (2)
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
OPENNESS EMERGED AS A KEY ISSUE
FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEWS
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
STORY I.
VISION OF
AN OPEN
BLOG
(May 2011)
STORY II.
VISION OF AN
OPEN LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT
(March 2012)
STORY III.
OPENNESS
vs.
CONTROL
(May 2012)
RESISTANCE TO
OPENNESS
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22. STUDY #2 – FINDINGS (1)
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
OPENNESS EMERGED AS A KEY ISSUE
FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEWS
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
Beth: “one of the main objections (raised
by other stakeholders) was that the STORY III.
open
STORY I.
STORY II.
VISION OF
blog envisaged VISION OF AN Story I) would
by Jake (in OPENNESS
AN OPEN
OPEN LEARNING
vs.
bypass the college’s official website”
BLOG
ENVIRONMENT
CONTROL
(Story III)2011)
(May
(March 2012)
(May 2012)
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23. STUDY #2 – FINDINGS (2)
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
OPENNESS EMERGED AS A KEY ISSUE
FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEWS
The main obstacle to openness, as
expressed by our interviewees, is
STORY c-MOOCs may subvert theIII.
STORY II.
STORY
that I.
VISION OF
VISION OF AN
OPENNESS
organization’s agenda by placing
AN OPEN
OPEN LEARNING
vs.
BLOG
ENVIRONMENT
CONTROL
the locus of control outside the
(May 2011)
(March 2012)
(May 2012)
boundaries of the organization.
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24. STUDY #2 – FINDINGS (3)
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
A OPENNESS EMERGED AS “Breaking
new meaning for A KEY ISSUE
FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEWS
down the classroom walls”:
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
Natural & Open TechnologyEnhanced STORY II. Space III.
Learning STORY
STORY I.
VISION OF
VISION OF AN
OPENNESS
Versus
AN OPEN
OPEN LEARNING
vs.
BLOG
ENVIRONMENT
CONTROL
Technology-Enhanced Learning
(May 2011)
(March 2012)
(May 2012)
Tools supplied by the College
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25. STUDY #2 – SUMMARY
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
OPENNESS assessment that
From an initialEMERGED AS A KEY ISSUE the
FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE INTERVIEWS
main issues in setting up a c-MOOC
in our college of education would
be technical, it became clear that
STORY I.
STORY II.
STORY III.
VISION OF
VISION education on
c-MOOCs can “turnOF AN OPENNESS
AN OPEN
OPEN LEARNING
vs.
its head”.
BLOG
ENVIRONMENT
CONTROL
(May 2011)
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(March 2012)
(May 2012)

26. STUDY #2 – SUMMARY
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
OPENNESS longer with ISSUE
KEY the
“control is noEMERGED AS A INTERVIEWS
FROM THE ANALYSIS OF THE
teacher as in behaviorism, or with
the learner, as in constructivism,
but distributed,STORY II.
everywhere, and
STORY I.
STORY III.
VISION OF
VISION OF AN
OPENNESS
nowhere…” (Authors meeting,
AN OPEN
OPEN LEARNING
vs.
May 2012). ENVIRONMENT CONTROL
BLOG
(May 2011)
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(March 2012)
(May 2012)

27. THINKING@FUTURE
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
July 7-11, 2013
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
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Encourage
future thinking,
including
current trends
like MOOCs as
well as future
learning
technologies

28. SURVEY FOLLOWING
THINKING@FUTURE
MOTIVATION
Among those who knew something:
INNOVATION
• 5 agree with the claim that MOOCs
will contribute to teacher
education;
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
• 8 don’t agree;
• 13 don’t know…
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29. SURVEY FOLLOWING
THINKING@FUTURE
STUDY #1
The numbers are slightly different
when asked about contribution of
MOOCs to Higher Education (or
Education in general):
STUDY #2
• 10 agree (7);
SUMMARY
• 5 don’t agree (7);
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
• 11 don’t know (12)…
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30. SURVEY FOLLOWING
THINKING@FUTURE
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
How frequently you use OER?
frequently
All the time
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
Never
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
sometimes
Rarely
Some feel a lack of
institutional support for OER
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31. SURVEY FOLLOWING
THINKING@FUTURE
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
How frequently you use OER?
“I have nothing against open
education, but I can’t imagine
myself going to a dentist that
gained her/his medical education
solely via MOOCs” (July 2013).
sometimes
frequently
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All the time
Never
Rarely

32. Back to an Image of Pedagogical Innovation
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
What do you see now?
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
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33. QUESTIONS?
MOTIVATION
INNOVATION
INVESTIGATION
STUDY #1
STUDY #2
SUMMARY
Thanks for listening!
dalitl
dalit.levy@smkb.ac.il