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This presentation about Open Education focuses on Open Educational Practice and Open Access. It was delivered as part of the Jisc Digital Leaders programme on 20th November 2015. The presentation was collaboratively put together by @celeste_mcl (focussed on OEP) and @hblanchett (focussed on Open Access).
This document discusses open educational resources (OER) including definitions, arguments for OER, categories of OER providers, and challenges. It defines OER as educational materials that are freely available online for anyone to use and that can be adapted. Benefits include broader dissemination of knowledge and faster innovation. Institutions are motivated by leveraging taxpayer money and competition, while individuals are motivated by access to resources and altruism. Challenges include lack of awareness of copyright, ensuring quality, and developing sustainable business models for OER initiatives.
How inclusive is the "Openness" of Open Education?Sarah Lambert
This document provides an overview of a PhD student's research on how open education programs can be used by Australian higher education institutions to promote student equity and social inclusion. The research aims to critically examine whether open education truly benefits underprivileged groups or exacerbates existing inequities. The student's literature review identified some programs that successfully supported equity cohorts using open online courses, though more targeted interventions may be needed. Her research will analyze case studies of programs combining open technologies with physical and social supports. The goal is to understand how open education can be designed and implemented inclusively for different student populations and circumstances.
Keynote Presentation by Professor Alan Tait (UK Open University) at the CDE’s Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning conference, held at Senate House London on 1 November 2013.
Francisco Iniesto, Patrick McAndrew, Shailey Minocha and Tim Coughlan Institute of educational Technology
and
Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology The Open University
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The document discusses the concept of "unbundling" in higher education, where educational services are disaggregated and potentially delivered by multiple providers. It examines how unbundling is occurring through online education models in the UK and South Africa. Key findings include private companies prioritizing university rankings and building partnerships focused on new markets, while students prefer on-campus learning for social and networking benefits. The research aims to understand different stakeholder perspectives on unbundling and how it intersects with digital technologies and potential inequalities in provision.
This presentation about Open Education focuses on Open Educational Practice and Open Access. It was delivered as part of the Jisc Digital Leaders programme on 20th November 2015. The presentation was collaboratively put together by @celeste_mcl (focussed on OEP) and @hblanchett (focussed on Open Access).
This document discusses open educational resources (OER) including definitions, arguments for OER, categories of OER providers, and challenges. It defines OER as educational materials that are freely available online for anyone to use and that can be adapted. Benefits include broader dissemination of knowledge and faster innovation. Institutions are motivated by leveraging taxpayer money and competition, while individuals are motivated by access to resources and altruism. Challenges include lack of awareness of copyright, ensuring quality, and developing sustainable business models for OER initiatives.
How inclusive is the "Openness" of Open Education?Sarah Lambert
This document provides an overview of a PhD student's research on how open education programs can be used by Australian higher education institutions to promote student equity and social inclusion. The research aims to critically examine whether open education truly benefits underprivileged groups or exacerbates existing inequities. The student's literature review identified some programs that successfully supported equity cohorts using open online courses, though more targeted interventions may be needed. Her research will analyze case studies of programs combining open technologies with physical and social supports. The goal is to understand how open education can be designed and implemented inclusively for different student populations and circumstances.
Keynote Presentation by Professor Alan Tait (UK Open University) at the CDE’s Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning conference, held at Senate House London on 1 November 2013.
Francisco Iniesto, Patrick McAndrew, Shailey Minocha and Tim Coughlan Institute of educational Technology
and
Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology The Open University
Models for unbundling university learning and teaching provisionNeil Morris
The document discusses the concept of "unbundling" in higher education, where educational services are disaggregated and potentially delivered by multiple providers. It examines how unbundling is occurring through online education models in the UK and South Africa. Key findings include private companies prioritizing university rankings and building partnerships focused on new markets, while students prefer on-campus learning for social and networking benefits. The research aims to understand different stakeholder perspectives on unbundling and how it intersects with digital technologies and potential inequalities in provision.
Response to presentations of the MOOC for Web Skills workshop at EC-TEL 2014 http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/MOOCsworkshop by Carlos Delgado Kloos and Davinia Hernández-Leo
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This document provides an overview of open education trends presented in a keynote by Yves Punie at the 2014 EADTU Conference. It discusses the history and understanding of open education, current trends like MOOCs and learning analytics, and the results of an IPTS foresight study on open education in 2030 including tensions around guidance, goals, and certification. The document also outlines further IPTS research on the supply and demand sides of open education including case studies and building a knowledge base on European MOOC learners.
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Barriers to the integration and adoption of ICT in Developing CountriesKhalid Md Saifuddin
Invited talk at "Africa Panel: potentials & problems related to ICT in Africa with a focus on mobile". Panel members: Sudhir Dixit, dir. HP, USA
Mona Dahms, Associate Prof., AAU
Md. Saifuddin Khalid, Assistant Prof., AAU
Idongesit Williams, PhD fellow, AAU
ICDE Policy Forum in partnership with UNESCO: Directions and challenges for g...icdeslides
The annual ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents (SCOP) meeting included the ICDE Policy Forum, co-organized with UNESCO. On the theme of "Directions and challenges for government and institutions when post-secondary education moves into the MOOC territory: public policies and institutional strategies in the digital learning age", the Policy Forum included organizations and key stakeholders including UNESCO, OECD, the European Commission, Open Courseware Consortium and International Association of Universities.
Martin Weller is Professor of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK. His keynote at the #EDEN2015 Annual Conference is captured on video and will be published on on EDEN's Youtube channel. Read about EDEN: http://www.eden-online.org
Reimagining Higher Education in the digital ageNeil Morris
Digital education is growing rapidly globally and transforming higher education. The University of Leeds supports students through campus-based, hybrid and fully online learning. It offers courses, modules and programs through various digital channels to provide a flexible experience. While online learning offers opportunities, there are also risks of inequality and exclusion if its growth is unequal. The prevalence of "unbundling" educational content is increasing partnerships between universities and private companies in higher education.
The document discusses the unbundling and rebundling of higher education. It begins by reviewing the history of unbundling in different industries and outlines how every aspect of higher education can now be unbundled. Unbundling involves disaggregating educational provision into separate components that can be provided by different partners. This raises questions around whose interests are served by new models and issues of inequality. The document then examines how components like curriculum, resources, roles of academics, and student support are being unbundled and rebundled in both traditional and emerging flexible pathways. It raises concerns that unbundling could negatively impact knowledge production, student experience, and working conditions unless issues of access, success, legitimacy, and
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Alan Tait is the Director of International Development and Teacher Education at The Open University in United Kingdom. See his presentation at the #EDEN2015 Annual Conference here. His talk is captured on video and will be published on the EDEN Youtube channel.
Read about EDEN: http://www.eden-online.org
Neil Morris is the Director of Digital Learning at the University of Leeds. The document discusses how the University of Leeds is unbundling and rebundling its higher education provision through digital technologies. It offers online courses, modules, and programs through its Digital Education Service to provide more flexible learning opportunities for both campus-based and online students. Some of its initiatives include MOOCs on FutureLearn, online credit-bearing courses, and online CPD courses developed with industry partners. The goal is to enhance student education and support multiple delivery modes through an unbundled approach.
Bridging the digital divide: academic skills and digital literacies to suppor...RichardM_Walker
This presentation reflects on recent developments in the adoption of technology enhanced learning (TEL) tools within the UK higher education sector - in particular the rise of student-controlled and creative technologies to promote information, knowledge-sharing and networking in learning and teaching activities. Current generations of students are now arriving on campus with the expectation that their technologies will seamlessly interconnect with university services and support a flexible and personalised learning experience - engaging them in collaborative knowledge creation activities and developing their learning as producers of ‘content’ (Generation ‘C’). Drawing on the most recent sector-wide research (Jisc, 2017; UCISA 2018), this paper discusses the impact of these technological developments on academic practice – specifically the scope that learning technologies now present for innovation in the delivery of the taught curriculum.
Opening Comments, ALT policy board, 29th April 2013Martin Oliver
1. The document discusses the past, present, and future of technology in education, noting that while technology has long been predicted to transform education, its impact has been slow.
2. Currently, MOOCs and online education are proliferating but face challenges around student retention and completion rates.
3. Looking ahead, issues include whether prestigious universities' MOOCs will displace lower-prestige institutions, competition from global providers, and ensuring education remains accessible to all.
Politehnica University of Timisoara Impact on Learning Technologies in RomaniaDiana Andone
Presentation at the opening of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2017), Timisoara, Romania, 3 – 7 July, 2017.
Focus on main developments in UPT by the e-Learning Center, the actions for open education enhancement from the technology, quality, leadership and strategy dimensions. Technology and leadership steps toward an Open Life Long Learning Student with 21st century skills and abilities to learn independently and digital all their life.
This document discusses open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). It provides an overview of key concepts around OER such as definitions from UNESCO, the Paris OER Declaration, and quality assurance. MOOCs are discussed in terms of their dimensions and why institutions develop them. Barriers to openness are mentioned as well as the potential benefits of OER and MOOCs at the individual, institutional, national and global levels. The document advocates embracing ubiquitous and mobile learning opportunities to drive innovation in higher education.
This document discusses using Industrial MOOCs (I-MOOCs) to improve engineering education by bringing practical experience into the classroom. It proposes a collaborative model between academia and industry where engineering students work directly with industrial teams to develop and enhance online course content. The goals are to complement traditional theory-focused education with applied learning and foster innovation through collaboration. Challenges include gaining acceptance across institutions and adjusting policies around content sharing. Overall, I-MOOCs aim to bridge the gap between engineering theory and real-world practice.
Accessibility and effeciency of developed online learning systemBryan Guibijar
The document summarizes a study that examined the accessibility and efficiency of an Online Learning System (OLS) developed at Surigao del Sur State University-Main Campus in the Philippines. A survey and interviews were conducted with 56 non-computer science students to assess the system's accessibility and ease of use. Results found that the system allowed users to easily access information, post messages, and participate in synchronous discussions online. While uploading files received lower ratings, the system was still seen as important for maintaining teaching and learning through online interaction and engagement of students.
Global trends in online education. Threats and Opportunities. icdeslides
Online learning trends. Global. About ICDE, International Council for Open and Distance Education. The Big Picture. Online and distance education is steadily increasing all over the world.The growth in higher education is massive. The change is dramatic.
MOOCs are peaking. Numbers of MOOCs. Innovation in Education. Example from US online 2014. Example from ECAR 2013. Analysis of driving forces. Analysis of Opportunities.
The small text, which you should read.
Response to presentations of the MOOC for Web Skills workshop at EC-TEL 2014 http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/MOOCsworkshop by Carlos Delgado Kloos and Davinia Hernández-Leo
141023 EADTU Keynote Open Education 2030Yves Punie
This document provides an overview of open education trends presented in a keynote by Yves Punie at the 2014 EADTU Conference. It discusses the history and understanding of open education, current trends like MOOCs and learning analytics, and the results of an IPTS foresight study on open education in 2030 including tensions around guidance, goals, and certification. The document also outlines further IPTS research on the supply and demand sides of open education including case studies and building a knowledge base on European MOOC learners.
The document summarizes a presentation on using Moodle to educate people in Africa. It provides background on challenges in Africa like low internet access and unreliable electricity. It then describes a training project in Burundi that taught educators how to use Moodle. Interviews found most had no prior Moodle experience. After training, participants reported creating online courses, adding content, and conducting assessments. While challenges remain, the study found Moodle can educate masses in Africa by allowing anytime, anywhere access to courses. It recommends Moodle to policymakers as it's free and can scale to large learner numbers.
Barriers to the integration and adoption of ICT in Developing CountriesKhalid Md Saifuddin
Invited talk at "Africa Panel: potentials & problems related to ICT in Africa with a focus on mobile". Panel members: Sudhir Dixit, dir. HP, USA
Mona Dahms, Associate Prof., AAU
Md. Saifuddin Khalid, Assistant Prof., AAU
Idongesit Williams, PhD fellow, AAU
ICDE Policy Forum in partnership with UNESCO: Directions and challenges for g...icdeslides
The annual ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents (SCOP) meeting included the ICDE Policy Forum, co-organized with UNESCO. On the theme of "Directions and challenges for government and institutions when post-secondary education moves into the MOOC territory: public policies and institutional strategies in the digital learning age", the Policy Forum included organizations and key stakeholders including UNESCO, OECD, the European Commission, Open Courseware Consortium and International Association of Universities.
Martin Weller is Professor of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK. His keynote at the #EDEN2015 Annual Conference is captured on video and will be published on on EDEN's Youtube channel. Read about EDEN: http://www.eden-online.org
Reimagining Higher Education in the digital ageNeil Morris
Digital education is growing rapidly globally and transforming higher education. The University of Leeds supports students through campus-based, hybrid and fully online learning. It offers courses, modules and programs through various digital channels to provide a flexible experience. While online learning offers opportunities, there are also risks of inequality and exclusion if its growth is unequal. The prevalence of "unbundling" educational content is increasing partnerships between universities and private companies in higher education.
The document discusses the unbundling and rebundling of higher education. It begins by reviewing the history of unbundling in different industries and outlines how every aspect of higher education can now be unbundled. Unbundling involves disaggregating educational provision into separate components that can be provided by different partners. This raises questions around whose interests are served by new models and issues of inequality. The document then examines how components like curriculum, resources, roles of academics, and student support are being unbundled and rebundled in both traditional and emerging flexible pathways. It raises concerns that unbundling could negatively impact knowledge production, student experience, and working conditions unless issues of access, success, legitimacy, and
This document summarizes a webinar on quality in e-learning presented by Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson. It discusses how the rise of online learning poses new questions about quality. It addresses key questions about what quality means, why it's important, who's involved, quality for whom, and when it should be measured. It also discusses approaches to quality at the nano, micro, meso and macro levels and how quality is an ongoing debate that requires redefining issues in light of global education challenges. The webinar aimed to address the current discourse around quality in open and flexible online learning.
Alan Tait is the Director of International Development and Teacher Education at The Open University in United Kingdom. See his presentation at the #EDEN2015 Annual Conference here. His talk is captured on video and will be published on the EDEN Youtube channel.
Read about EDEN: http://www.eden-online.org
Neil Morris is the Director of Digital Learning at the University of Leeds. The document discusses how the University of Leeds is unbundling and rebundling its higher education provision through digital technologies. It offers online courses, modules, and programs through its Digital Education Service to provide more flexible learning opportunities for both campus-based and online students. Some of its initiatives include MOOCs on FutureLearn, online credit-bearing courses, and online CPD courses developed with industry partners. The goal is to enhance student education and support multiple delivery modes through an unbundled approach.
Bridging the digital divide: academic skills and digital literacies to suppor...RichardM_Walker
This presentation reflects on recent developments in the adoption of technology enhanced learning (TEL) tools within the UK higher education sector - in particular the rise of student-controlled and creative technologies to promote information, knowledge-sharing and networking in learning and teaching activities. Current generations of students are now arriving on campus with the expectation that their technologies will seamlessly interconnect with university services and support a flexible and personalised learning experience - engaging them in collaborative knowledge creation activities and developing their learning as producers of ‘content’ (Generation ‘C’). Drawing on the most recent sector-wide research (Jisc, 2017; UCISA 2018), this paper discusses the impact of these technological developments on academic practice – specifically the scope that learning technologies now present for innovation in the delivery of the taught curriculum.
Opening Comments, ALT policy board, 29th April 2013Martin Oliver
1. The document discusses the past, present, and future of technology in education, noting that while technology has long been predicted to transform education, its impact has been slow.
2. Currently, MOOCs and online education are proliferating but face challenges around student retention and completion rates.
3. Looking ahead, issues include whether prestigious universities' MOOCs will displace lower-prestige institutions, competition from global providers, and ensuring education remains accessible to all.
Politehnica University of Timisoara Impact on Learning Technologies in RomaniaDiana Andone
Presentation at the opening of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2017), Timisoara, Romania, 3 – 7 July, 2017.
Focus on main developments in UPT by the e-Learning Center, the actions for open education enhancement from the technology, quality, leadership and strategy dimensions. Technology and leadership steps toward an Open Life Long Learning Student with 21st century skills and abilities to learn independently and digital all their life.
This document discusses open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). It provides an overview of key concepts around OER such as definitions from UNESCO, the Paris OER Declaration, and quality assurance. MOOCs are discussed in terms of their dimensions and why institutions develop them. Barriers to openness are mentioned as well as the potential benefits of OER and MOOCs at the individual, institutional, national and global levels. The document advocates embracing ubiquitous and mobile learning opportunities to drive innovation in higher education.
This document discusses using Industrial MOOCs (I-MOOCs) to improve engineering education by bringing practical experience into the classroom. It proposes a collaborative model between academia and industry where engineering students work directly with industrial teams to develop and enhance online course content. The goals are to complement traditional theory-focused education with applied learning and foster innovation through collaboration. Challenges include gaining acceptance across institutions and adjusting policies around content sharing. Overall, I-MOOCs aim to bridge the gap between engineering theory and real-world practice.
Accessibility and effeciency of developed online learning systemBryan Guibijar
The document summarizes a study that examined the accessibility and efficiency of an Online Learning System (OLS) developed at Surigao del Sur State University-Main Campus in the Philippines. A survey and interviews were conducted with 56 non-computer science students to assess the system's accessibility and ease of use. Results found that the system allowed users to easily access information, post messages, and participate in synchronous discussions online. While uploading files received lower ratings, the system was still seen as important for maintaining teaching and learning through online interaction and engagement of students.
Global trends in online education. Threats and Opportunities. icdeslides
Online learning trends. Global. About ICDE, International Council for Open and Distance Education. The Big Picture. Online and distance education is steadily increasing all over the world.The growth in higher education is massive. The change is dramatic.
MOOCs are peaking. Numbers of MOOCs. Innovation in Education. Example from US online 2014. Example from ECAR 2013. Analysis of driving forces. Analysis of Opportunities.
The small text, which you should read.
Presentation on UCT MOOCs project to the University of Western Cape's School of Public Health workshop (Emerging models in Public Health education) , 20 May 2015
Practical Competences in a Changing World New Learning Technologies in Renewa...Manuel Castro
Our world is in continuous change, and inside the Engineering Education arena we saw those changes arising mainly in the last 10 years. Teaching methodologies are evolving such as remote and virtual laboratories, MOOCs and blended learning, among others like learning analytics, assessment and engagement, they will be analyzed and connected. Those activities and learning technologies are impacting Renewable Energies Engineering Education as part of the Engineering areas. The evolution of teaching through face-to-face, distance learning and now online learning will be linked to the increasing use of technology in teaching, analyzing the main critical factors in the EHEA as changes followed by other areas like Middle East and North Africa. This evolution is a key driving factor towards blended learning and jumping to open education (OCW and MOOCs) which are caused today by a change in the higher education paradigm pushed by the international crisis as well as the in-depth refurbishing of the public and private university roles in the different education steps and in life-long learning
Keynote held at the International ICDE-MESI conference "Connecting the World through Open, Distance and e-Learning" in Moscow, Russia, 25 September 2014. The conference had about 200 participants from about 40 countries.
Presented by Antonella Poce, Maria Rosaria Re, and Francesco Agrusti (Roma Tre University, Italy), Gonçalo Cruz and Caroline Dominguez (University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal) during the 1st European Summit for Critical Thinking Education
Make the difference - at the UNESCO IITE Conference 2014icdeslides
Education and learning is probably that single phenomenon that has the greatest impact on humans and societies, in particular in a long-term perspective (OECD 2014).
Grand challenge number one is to breach the trend preventing developing countries, in particular South of Sahara, taking part in the global knowledge revolution. Everyone aspiring for higher education should have the right to affordable access. This is grand challenge number two. And it cannot be met without open education and technology enhanced learning.
Three messages:
• Senior management in education needs to innovate from within to open up education.
• Governments must take firm decision on holistic policies for open and distance education.
• Stakeholders should team up meeting the two grand challenges through open education and technology enhanced learning.
Open learning in higher education an institutional approachBrian Murphy
The vaue of open learning can be a conflict within higher education instituions. This presentation is the result of an instituional review and research on the open education movement in higher education, given greater impetus by the advent of the MOOC. The journey of exploring MOOCs resulted, ironically, in an enhanced apreciation of OERs and revised strategic thinking of their impact for teaching and research, especially when viewed as a vehicle of co-creation between staff and students. Once value is attached, the principle becimes embedded and accepted rarher than an additional burden of academic endeavour; and the door is opened to the business case for systems, investment and development as well as academic development, support, reward and recognition.
Integrating MOOCs in Traditional Higher Education- eMOOCs15Diana Andone
This document discusses integrating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) into traditional higher education. It notes that worldwide participation in higher education is expected to grow significantly by 2025. MOOCs can help address this growth by supplementing traditional courses. The document outlines several ways MOOCs have been integrated into existing university classes, such as having students participate in MOOCs and complete assessments. Student surveys found positive reactions to supplementing courses with MOOCs. MOOCs exposure increased students' interest in online learning.
Closing the Gap - flexible approaches to adult learningDiana Andone
Closing the Gap - flexible approaches to adult learning
Diana Andone, EDEN EC
Antonio Teixeira, EDEN president
Presentation for the IDEAL Workshop at the EADTU Conference, 29-30 October, 2015, Hagen
The document discusses the unX project, an online community for entrepreneurship and lifelong learning in Latin America. It provides context on the Center for Higher Virtual Education (CSEV), which focuses on open innovation in eLearning. CSEV's projects include MOOCs that have enrolled over 300,000 students and an entrepreneurship community called unX with almost 30,000 members.
unX uses a phased learning approach that begins with MOOCs, builds an open knowledge community, offers certifications, and facilitates the creation of new businesses and local partnerships. The goal is to stimulate entrepreneurship and support aspiring entrepreneurs. The methodology combines MOOCs with an active social community based on practical challenges, collective learning
This document discusses a study on using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Educational Resources (OER) to widen participation in Rwandan higher education. The study aims to identify OER units and MOOCs that could be integrated into Rwandan education and determine stakeholder readiness. A pilot study evaluated 5 MOOCs and 5 OER units, finding some appropriate to include. The full study will collect data from additional MOOCs, OERs, and stakeholders in Rwandan education to assess feasibility and potential contributions of open resources to addressing access issues in Rwandan tertiary education.
The Future of Higher Education, the Future of Learningicdeslides
Presentation given at Higher Education Leadership Forum
Dubai, 12 – 13 November 2013 by Gard Titlestad, Secretary General, International Council For Open and Distance Education, ICDE
MOOCs for Opening Up Education
The role of Quality and Openness
Used at Masterclass MESI - 24 September 2014
Some slides used at ICDE-MESI Conference – panel 27 September 2014
Promising aspects of online education in Africa: OER, Open Textbooks & MOOCsROER4D
Promising aspects of online educationin Africa: OER, Open Textbooks & MOOCs? A presentation by Associate Professor Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams for the World Development Report 2016: Internet for Development Regional Consultation Conference, Nairobi, 26-27 January 2015, Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, University of Cape Town
Sharing innovation practices around OER: theory, practice, examples and debatesRobert Farrow
This ENCORE+ Network Event focuses on Innovation & Business Models - preliminary results for the ENCORE+ OER Innovation Evaluation Framework and associated case studies are presented.
We will be taking a look at the results of more than two years of research and networking activity, including outcomes from the OER Innovation Survey; and desk research into the essential factors relating to OER innovation.
An expert panel provided responses and reflections, and looked ahead to a packed final year of ENCORE+ including our integration events and final conference.
Digital technologies and education were discussed over three phases: multimedia/internet, learning design, and social media. Five key facets of technologies were reviewed: openness and the rise of OER/MOOCs; mobile learning and its benefits of learning anywhere; social media and participatory web; digital identity and online presence; and distributed cognition through access to vast information. Both advantages and disadvantages of technologies were considered, such as accessibility versus distraction. Future challenges were identified around new business models, skills gaps, and blurring boundaries between formal and informal learning.
Global online learning is steadily increasing worldwide. MOOCs initially took the world by storm but have since opened up opportunities for massive innovation in education. While MOOCs are initially open in terms of free enrollment, most course content is not openly licensed. Governments are implementing strategies to promote digital learning and the application of information technologies. Online and campus-based learning are converging into blended models. Technological advances will continue to remove barriers to access while new understandings of learning and the brain will shape new pedagogical approaches. We are still in the early stages of these developments.
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The challenges and options that appear along with recent innovations in online education make researchers to reflect on the barriers that still exist for learners with special needs. In case of vulnerable learner groups, MOOCs seem to include special benefits for them, such as openness, low cost, ubiquity, social learning and the possibility of acquiring knowledge, new competences and develop professionally.
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Accessibility analysis in MOOC platforms. A case study: UNED COMA and UAb iMOOCFrancisco Iniesto
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Accessibility and MOOCs: an adaptive model for developing services for people with special needs
1. Accessibility and MOOCs: an adaptive model for
developing services for people with special needs
Francisco Iniesto
Supervisors: Prof Patrick McAndrew, Prof Shailey Minocha & Dr Tim Coughlan
Leverhulme Doctoral Training Session
24November 2015
2. Context: lll for people with special needs:
• Integrates education, work and personal life in a
continuous process.
• People with special needs tend to choose distance
education universities (eLearning) for their studies.
Context: ICT + Disabilities:
• ICT offers people with disabilities with possibilities: to
improve their wellbeing and their inclusion in the labour
market.
• Digital skills reduce unemployment rate in people with
special needs.
• High percentage consider that the incorporation of ICT
into the workplace has increased their work possibilities.
Context: Accessible MOOC Learning:
Benefits such as:
• Openness
• Low cost
• Ubiquity (Time, place and pace)
• Acquiring knowledge
• Social learning: Connectivism
• Achieving new competences
• Develop professionally
(Fisseler & Bühler, 2007; Díaz & Bonjoch, 2007; Vila et al, 2007; Kop & Bouchard, 2011; Downes, 2013; Siemens, 2013,
Morrison, 2013; Haggard, 2013; Waard et al 2014)
3. MODEL a personalized system for recommending
MOOCs adapted to user needs:
• Help to find MOOCs that are more accessible
regarding his/her disability.
• Accessibility Analysis of both of eLearning
platforms and educational resources.
• Personalization: adaptation to each assistive
technology.
• Rated list of recommended MOOCs to best fit
accessibility requirements and learning
preferences.
4. Literature Review
Accessibility Assessment:
(Sanchez-Gordon & Luján-Mora, 2013). Review of five Coursera courses. Authors found Web accessibility problems in Coursera platform and
the contents of the five courses, limiting access to elderly students.
(Najd et al, 2014). Evaluation of 10 Coursera courses on different topics (technology, design, humanities, physics, etc. according to WCAG 2.0 is
aimed to blind or partially sighted people, none of the courses reaches the level A.
(Bohnsack & Puh, 2014). Evaluation of the accessibility of the five MOOC platforms more popular in the United States (Udacity, Coursera, edX)
and in Germany (OpenCourseWorld and Iversity) for blind users. All platforms (except edX) had fatal accessibility problems in the initial stages of
the interaction.
Accessibility Framework:
(Sanchez-Gordon & Luján-Mora, 2015). Proposal of a three-layer architecture to extend the platform Open edX to enhance course content
accessibility for users with disabilities. The goal of the proposed extension is to enhance MOOCs’ accessibility by adapting course content to
student needs, preferences, skills and situations.
(Rodríguez-Ascaso & Boticario, 2015) Accessibility and MOOC: Towards a holistic perspective. Authors offer a framework of services, standards,
quality procedures and related issues that should be taken into account
5. Accessibility at EADTU, data from 5 different
universities:
• Open University. UK
• UNED. Spain
• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Spain.
• Universidade Aberta. Portugal.
• Open Universiteit. The Netherlands.
Research in terms of people with disabilities and socialization
6. Accessibility at EADTU, data from 5 different
universities:
• Open University. UK
• UNED. Spain
• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Spain.
• Universidade Aberta. Portugal.
• Open Universiteit. The Netherlands.
Research in terms of people with disabilities and socialization
• Availability of data and own reports.
• Availability of data and own reports.
• Government data
• There is no data.
• There is no data.
7. Accessibility at EADTU
Disabled Student Numbers Summary: Q4 2014-15 The Open University (The Disability Advisory Service)
Total of Active
Students
Total Disabled
Students
% Total Disabled
Total Disabled New
Students
% Disabled Students
who are New
Total Disabled
Continuing Students
% Disabled Students
who are Continuing
102.224 15.847 15,5% 2.905 18,3% 12.942 81,7%
2554
2966
3462
3830
4283 4224
4808
6294 6104
7469
7670
7847
7469
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
9000
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Evolution of enrolment of disabled students
over period 2003 – 2015 at UNED (UNIDIS)
8. Report on Disabled Student Satisfaction (2013/14):
For Internal Use Only
Accessibility and policies at OU
Report from the "Accessibility and OERs (SCORE ):
• The responsibility for the provision of accessible OERs
should not solely reside with resource creators
• There are a number of relatively simple strategies that
could greatly enhance the accessibility of OERs,
• Provision of transcript for any audio/video material and
ensuring that the resource is an easily customisable
format
• There is a need to provide OER-related accessibility
resources
• There is a need to address accessibility features of
platforms where OERs are deposited
Open Media Unit 2014:
Number of disabled visitors to the platforms per
year:
• OpenLearn (23%)
• iTunes U (18 %)
• YouTube U (14%)
(Gruszczynska, 2012)
Securing Greater Accessibility (SeGA):
• Accessibility Guidelines
• VLE and Media Player Accessibility and Usability tests
9. Accessibility and policies at OU
Adapting online learning resources for all: planning
for professionalism in accessibility (EU4ALL):
Implications of adopting the framework in the following
areas:
• legacy curricula: the need to accurately describe and
manage adaptation
• availability of accessible content: validation against
standards such as WCAG 2 and providing alternatives as
necessary
• course development and lesson design: appropriate
representation and recording of decision points
• the need to ensure users have adequate training and IT
skills.
• the culture change required to promote proactive
consideration of accessibility
Imparting digital skills to people aged 55 years
and over in the UK:
The group of 55 years of age and over is normally not
recognised as being significant for the workforce and
the economy.
If UK could boost its employment rate for workers aged
55--‐64 then it would boost Britain’s GDP by 5.4% or
£100 billion.
Recommendations:
• MOOC on “Designing individual MOOCs and MOOC
platforms for older and disabled students”
• A MOOC on developing social media strategy for
digital professionals
• OpenLearn: Introducing Ageing, Success in the
workplace, Using Voluntary work to get ahead in the
job market(McAndrew et al, 2012; Minocha et al 2015)
10. Global or heuristic vision:
MOOC accessibility vector of
characteristics.
Evaluation through automatic
accessibility tools :
WCAG Accessibility Validation
Disability Simulators
User Experience (UX)
Testing Tools
Educational content evaluation
Text based: PDF, Word,…
Multimedia, Video lessons.
The MOOC
platform
The educational
content.
Are MOOCs accessible enough?
(Iniesto & Rodrigo, 2014)
11. Holistic approach evaluation
Past Case Studies
COLMENIA: Weprendo + UnX:
"Emprendimiento y Desarrollo de Aplicaciones de
Realidad Aumentada“. UNED.
UNED COMA
"España+Francia+Cerca I". UNED.
Miriada X:
"Estrategias de Marketing Online. Community
Manager". University of Cantabria.
UAb iMOOC
“As alterações climáticas - or contexto das
experiências de vida”. Universidade Aberta
12. Holistic approach evaluation
Past Case Studies
COLMENIA: Weprendo + UnX:
"Emprendimiento y Desarrollo de Aplicaciones de
Realidad Aumentada“. UNED.
UNED COMA
"España+Francia+Cerca I". UNED.
Miriada X:
"Estrategias de Marketing Online. Community
Manager". University of Cantabria.
UAb iMOOC
“As alterações climáticas - or contexto das
experiências de vida”. Universidade Aberta
All platforms obtain average results 5 – 6 /10 ->
place for improvement. None of the platforms achieve
reasonable values (higher than 60%).
For the educational content -> no standards (either
platforms or accessible educational content). ->
accessibility guidelines.
Lack of accessibility of audiovisual resources exist
for all the platforms.
(Iniesto et al, 2014; Iniesto & Rodrigo 2014)
13. Holistic approach evaluation
Past Case Studies
COLMENIA: Weprendo + UnX:
"Emprendimiento y Desarrollo de Aplicaciones de
Realidad Aumentada“. UNED.
UNED COMA
"España+Francia+Cerca I". UNED.
Miriada X:
"Estrategias de Marketing Online. Community
Manager". University of Cantabria.
UAb iMOOC
“As alterações climáticas - or contexto das
experiências de vida”. Universidade Aberta
Present Case Studies
FutureLearn:
• Introduction to cyber security. The Open University.
• What is character? Virtue ethics in education. University of
Birmingham.
• How to succed at: witting applications. The University of Sheffield.
Coursera:
• What a Plant Knows (and other things you didn’t know about
plants). Tel Aviv University
• Cryptography I. Stanford
• Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach. University
of Washington.
edX
• Mobile Computing in App Inventor: CS Principles. TrinityX (Trinity
College)
• Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science. MITx
(MIT)
• Circular Economy: An Introduction. DelftX (TuDelft)
Udacity
• Health Informatics in the Cloud. Georgia Tech
• Google Play Services: Location & Context. Google
• Data Analysis with R. Visually Analyze and Summarize Data Sets.
Facebook.
14. Past Case Studies
Evaluation through automatic accessibility
tools :
WCAG Accessibility Validation:
eXaminator
Disability Simulators: aDesigner
User Experience (UX)
Testing Tools: Sortsite
Educational content evaluation: Manually
Holistic approach evaluation
15. Past Case Studies
Evaluation through automatic accessibility
tools :
WCAG Accessibility Validation:
eXaminator
Disability Simulators: aDesigner
User Experience (UX)
Testing Tools: Sortsite
Educational content evaluation: Manually
Holistic approach evaluation
Present Case Studies
Evaluation through automatic accessibility tools :
WCAG Accessibility Validation: eXaminator
Mobile Checker: TAW
Disability Simulators: aDesigner + Virtual
Users
User Experience (UX)
Testing Tools: Sortsite
Educational content evaluation: Manually + PDF
Accessibility Checker
16. Do we have a real feedback in terms of accessibility from the MOOCs stakeholders?
MOOC providers:
• How each provider works in terms of accessibility?
Students:
• Have feedback from users of the courses
Coursetalk. (https://www.coursetalk.com/)
• Can we get information about accessibility there? => NO
• Coursetalk. Develop an accessibility Coursetalk.
Next steps
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26–28. Archives Ouvertes ,2007
• Díaz, M. P., & Bonjoch, M. R. ¿ Y después del trabajo, qué?: más allá de la integración laboral de las personas con discapacidad. Revista de Educación, (342), 329-348 ,2007.
•Vila, M.; Pallisera, M. & Fullan J. Work integration of people with disabilities in the regular labour market: What can we do to improve these processes. Journal of Intellectual &
Developmental Disability, Volume 32, Issue 1:10-18, 2007.
•Kop R. , & Bouchard P., “The role of adult educators in the age of social media”. Digital education: Opportunities for social collaboration, 61-80, 2011.
•Downes S., “What the „x‟ in „xMOOC‟ stands for?” https://plus.google.com/109526159908242471749/posts/LEwaKxL2MaM, 2013.
•Siemens G., “MOOCs are really a platform”. http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2012/07/25/moocs-are-really-aplatform, 2013.
•Morrison D., “The Ultimate Student Guide to xMOOCs and cMOOCs”. http://moocnewsandreviews.com/ultimate-guide-to-xmoocs-andcmoocso , 2013
•Haggard D. “Massive open online courses and online distance learning: review”. GOV.UK Research and analysis. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/massive-open-online-
coursesand-online-distance-learning-review, 2013
•De Waard I., Gallagher M.S., Zelezny-Green R., Czerniewicz L., Downes S., Kukulska-Hulme A., Willems J.: Challenges for conceptualising MOOC for vulnerable learner groups.
eMOOC2014 MOOC stakeholder summit, pp. 33-41. Lausanne, Switzerland. P.A.U. Education, S.L. U. Cress, C. Delgado-Kloos (2014).
•Najd A. Al-Mouh, Atheer S. Al-Khalifa, and Hend S. Al-Khalifa. A First Look into MOOCs Accessibility. The Case of Coursera K. Miesenberger et al. (Eds.): ICCHP 2014, Part I, LNCS 8547,
pp. 145–152. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2014
•Bohnsack, M., & Puhl, S. (2014). Accessibility of MOOCs. In Computers Helping People with Special Needs (pp. 141-144). Springer International Publishing.
•Rodríguez-Ascaso, A. y Boticario, J. G. Accesibilidad y MOOC: Hacia una perspectiva integral. RIED. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia, 18 (2), 61-85. doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/ried.18.2.13670, 2015
•Sandra Sanchez-Gordon S., Sergio Luján-Mora Adaptive Content Presentation Extension for Open edX. Enhancing MOOCs Accessibility for Users with Disabilities. ACHI 2015 : The
Eighth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions. IARIA, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-61208-382-7, 2015.
•Gruszczynska, A (2012). Report from the "Accessibility and OERs [Open Educational Resources]" survey
•McAndrew, Patrick; Farrow, Robert and Cooper, Martyn (2012). Adapting online learning resources for all: planning for professionalism in accessibility. Research in Learning
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•Minocha, Shailey; McNulty, Catherine and Evans, Shirley (2015). Imparting digital skills to people aged 55 years and over in the UK. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
•Iniesto, F., Rodrigo, C., Moreira Teixeira, A. Accessibility analysis in MOOC platforms. A case study: UNED COMA and UAb iMOOC. Libro de Actas del V Congreso Internacional sobre
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18. Accessibility and MOOCs: an adaptive model for
developing services for people with special needs
Francisco Iniesto
Supervisors: Prof Patrick McAndrew, Prof Shailey Minocha & Dr Tim Coughlan
Leverhulme Doctoral Training Session
24November 2015