The presentation discusses the rapid growth of higher education and the increasing demand for flexible learning options, emphasizing the role of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) in providing accessible education globally. TU Delft's various offerings, including MOOCs, online courses, and blended education, aim to accommodate the rise in student enrollment and cater to individual learning preferences. The document outlines the importance of innovative educational models and highlights the impact of technology on the future of learning.

1. MOOCs as
accelerator of change
Willem van Valkenburg
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2. Willem van Valkenburg
Production & Delivery Manager
TU Delft Extension School
Board member
Open Education Consortium
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3. Foto: Ulrike Reinhard Learning Stations in Khajuraho, Rural India
1.
“The number of higher
education students in the world
is expected to quadruple,
from around 100 million in
2000
to 400 million in 2030”

4. To accommodate them we need to build
9.615 universities in 30 years
That is 3 universities
For 30.000 students
per week

5. 2.
“Students expect to choose
what they learn, how they
learn and when they
learn”
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6. Yet, this is how we teach
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7. Content
1. Context @ TU Delft
2. Global Developments
3. Vision on the future of education
4. TU Delft Extension School
5. Discussion

8. Context @ TU
Delft

9. “Open and online
education allows people
from around the world
access to the top education
of TU Delft. It enables
everybody who wants to
develop themselves and
accommodates the
increasing number of
students seeking higher
education. TU Delft is
dedicated to deliver
world class education
to everyone.”
Drs. Anka Mulder. Vice President Education TU Delft

10. Open & Online portfolio
Massive Open
Online Courses
(MOOCs)
Open
Course
Ware
(OCW)
Online Distance
Education
(ODE)
Campus
Education
• 5 MOOCs (> 140.000 enrollments)
• ≈ 5.000 Certificates of Completion
• 11 new MOOCs announced
• No Credits
• More than 140 courses online
• Unique visitors > 1000 /day
• No interaction with faculty
• No accredited certificate
• 1 full online master (25 courses)
• 2 modules, 1 minor, 1 master (6 courses)
• 50 students (30 on-campus)
• Full Master Degree / Accredited Course Certificate
• 19.000 on-campus students
• Bachelor – Master – PhD
• 2 blended Bachelors

11. OpenCourseWare
•Course Materials including recorded lectures
•More than 140 courses online
•Big Exposure, Worldwide audience
•Both Bachelor and Master level (Dutch and English)
•No interaction with faculty
•No accredited certificate
•Focus on use and re-use

12. What kind of MOOCs do we want?

13. DelftX Courses
Water
Treatment
Solar
Energy
Next Generation
Infrastructures
Aeronautical
Engineering
Credit Risk
Management

14. MOOC students: life long learning

15. Teaser Aeronautical Engineering
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1UVE1GPdgc
Image video still from above video CC-BY DelftX

16. Basic ingredients of a MOOC
Learning
Unit 1
Learning
Unit 2
Learning
Unit 3
Learning
Unit 4
Learning
Unit 5
Learning
Unit 6
Up to 10
weeks
Learning Unit
MOOC is divided into weeks. From 3 to 10 weeks
4 to 12 hours study time
Clear learning goals, end-of unit assessment
Learning
Block 1
Learning
Block 2
Learning
Block 3
Each with a couple of self-contained
learning blocks
video quiz text quiz discuss

17. Map Next Generation Infrastructures
Each marker on the map represents a participating student in this course.
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18. User-generated content:
show your own PV System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHuQpF0WL6o

19. Next Generation
Infrastructures - 2
Drinking Water
Treatment
Functional
Programming
Delft Design
Approach
Technology for
Biobased Products
Solving Complex
Problems
Responsible
Innovation
Treatment of
Urban Sewage
Introduction to
Water & Climate
Introduction to
Solar Energy
Aeronautical
Engineering
Pre-University
Calculus

20. Global
Developments

21. 21
Salman Khan
Prof. Peter Norvig & Prof. Sebastian Thrun
(Stanford)
Prof Andrew Nge & Prof. Daphne Koller
(Stanford)
Prof. Anant Agarwal
(MIT)
MOOC pioneers

22. Creating platforms that grow spectacular
Founded: April 2012
Founder: Koller & Ng
(Stanford professors)
Company: For profit
Funding: Venture Capitalist
# Universities: 110
# Courses: 700+
# Topics: All academic fields
# Students: 8+ million
Certification: Yes (most)
Open Source: No (licensed)
Founded: May 2012
Founders: MIT & Harvard
Company: Not- for-profit
Funding: Harvard / MIT/members
# Universities: 54
# Courses: 280+
# topics: All academic fields
#students: 2.5 million
Certification: Yes
Open Source: Yes (platform and some
courses)
Founded: January 2012
Founder: Sebastian Thrun
(ex Stanford professor)
Company: For profit
Funding: Venture Capital
# Universities: none
# Courses: 50+
# Topics: ICT
# Students: 2 mllion
Certification: Yes
Open Source: No (licensed)

23. Followed by a surge of new platforms

24. Swedish Universities?

25. Vision on the
Future of EDU

26. Disruptive innovation..

27. … for online education?

28. … for online education?

29. … for online education?

30. … for online education?

31. … for online education?

32. … for online education?

33. TU DELFT
EXTENSION
SCHOOL

34. E-Dean Director of
Education
Delft Extension School
MOOCs
Blended
Education
Online
Courses

35. MOOC
• Open Access
• Bachelor level
• Single course
• No EC
• Certificate of
Completion
Course
• Pay per course
• Bachelor and master
• Single Course
• <10 EC
• Course Certificate
Series
• Pay per course
• Bachelor and Master
• Couple of courses
• 10 -15 EC
• Formal Certificate
Module
• Pay per course
• Bachelor & Master
• Couple of
courses/series
• 30 EC
• Formal Diploma
Program
• Pay per course
• Master
• Couple of
courses/series/modules
• > 60 EC
• Formal Master
N = 50.000
BLENDED
-10.000
N = 500
-100
N = 50-10
BUSINESS MODEL VARIES
VALUE PRICE OTHER ROI

36. BK CiTG EWI IO LR TBM TNW
29 courses 8 courses 30 courses 29 courses 3 courses 7 courses 6 courses
Drinking water Solar energy
Credit Risk
Functional
Programming
Design
Approach
Aeronautical
Engineering
NGInfra
Responsible
Innovation
Solving Complex
Problems
Biobased
Products
Fundamentals of
Water Treatment
Advanced Design &
Optimization of
Aerospace Structures
Principles of Policy
Analysis
Blended Bachelor
Technische
Bestuurskunde
(44 courses)
Adaptive Aerospace
Structures
Advanced Structural
Analysis
StructuralModeling
Non-Linear Structural
Modeling
Buckling of Structures
Policy and Strategy
Models
Policy Analysis of
Multi-actor Systems
Technology
Development &
Impact Assessment
Continuous Systems
Modelling
Ethics
MSc Civil
Engineering,
Water
Management
track
(24 courses)
AMS courses
Fatigue of Structures
and materials
Composites:
Materials, Structures
and Production
Processes
Rotorcraft Mechanics
and design
Aeroelasticity
Rotor Aerodynamics
Master Thesis
Preparation
MOOC Online Course Online Master Programme Blended programme
3mE
Digitale
Doorstroom
Minor
HBO-WB
(8 courses)
17 courses
OpenCourseWare
Sewage water
Water & Climate
Pre-University
Calculus

37. Delft Extension
School
Research and
Innovation
Administration &
Student Services
Production &
Delivery
Business
Administration
Certification Centre
Training Development
Certification , Accreditation &
QA
Faculty Projects
Infrastructure
Multimedia
Course Development
Account Management
Product Management
Business Model
Corporate Account
Management
Marketing

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