The USC Viterbi iPodia Program leverages three major trends in education: the rise of massive open online courses, the growing role of technology in learning, and increasing globalization. The iPodia Program promotes interactive, inverted, and international learning through online discussions and virtual classrooms connecting students across USC, Technion, and Aachen University. It aims to complement massive open online courses by providing contextual knowledge and mutual understanding gained through interactions with global peers.

1. USC Viterbi iPodia Program
Education + Technology + Globalization
Professor Stephen Lu, Director, the Viterbi iPodia Program; sclu@usc.edu
Dr. Ang Liu, Manager, the Viterbi iPodia Program; angliu@usc.edu

2. • Education has reached a historical turning point
– Massively-open, completely-free courseware has
changed the value proposition of campus education
• Technology has become ubiquitous in learning
– Advanced IT can/should do more than increasing
the delivery distance from teachers to students
• Globalization has made the world “fairly” flat
– Global education is no longer the privilege of the
few, but rather the right of the many
Three major trends of the 21st century
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3. What is iPodia (in a nutshell)?
LearningTogether
foraBetterWorld
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Diversity can increase
learning opportunity (hence
the international learning)
Context is important and
best acquired via interaction
(hence the inverted learning)
What you learn depends on with whom you learn
(hence the interactive learning)
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4. Discussions are compared to
understand the effects of interactions
“i” in iPodia is for inverted learning
Content
Lectures
Context
Interactions
Schoolwork Homework
Homework Schoolwork
Examine
Quiz
Pain
Index
Online
Discussion
Before
Interaction
Team
Project
Online
Discussion
After
Interaction
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5. (Adobe Connect for Small Group Interaction)
Virtual Chat Rooms
Technion Classroom USC Classroom Aachen Classroom
Direct
Audio/Video
Link
Direct
Audio/Video
Link
(iPodia Platform for Large Group Interaction)
“i” in iPodia is for interactive learn
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Cross-campus cohorts
can have live chats
among themselves while
the teacher conducts
interactive exercises in
iPodia classrooms

6. “i” in iPodia is for international learning
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7. iPodia complements MOOC Movement
Traditional
Schoolwork
at Home
Watch online
lectures by best
global teachers
at home or in
the library
Traditional
Homework
at School
Participate in
interactions with
global peers in
the iPodia
classroom
MOOC
Content Knowledge Contextual knowledge
Mutual Understanding
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