Very brief talk on open education and MOOCs, for the Midwestern Higher Education Compact's 9th Annual Policy Summit: http://www.mhec.org/events/9th-annual-policy-summit

1. Image by Alan Levine

3. Monthly
environmental scan
report
Trends identified,
tested, projected

4. Some concepts:
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Open education vs
MOOCs;
cMOOCs vs xMOOCs;
Selected strategic uses
of MOOCs

5. “…Open education seeks
to create a world in which
the desire to learn is fully
met by the opportunity to
do so, where everyone,
everywhere is able to
access affordable…”

6. “…educationally and
culturally appropriate
opportunities to gain
whatever knowledge or
training they desire.”
“About Open Education,” Open Education Week,
February 2012,
http://www.openeducationweek.org/about-openeducation/.

7. educational resources
(OER)
courseware (OCW)
learning tools (Moodle)
scholarship

9. assessment (badges)
learners
universities
courses (MOOC)

17. Why open?
Cost savings
Access boost
Academic profile and
conversations

18. Flexibility, creativity
International reach
Rising trendlines

19.  Expand curriculum,
formal and
in Professional development – all
staff
 Use MOOCs content as OER
materials for classes

21. Photo by Tony Fischer, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythemisfit/4099700944/

22. Explore online teaching
and learning
Outreach: public
scholarship, new
students

23. Perceived
lower quality
learning experience
Increased adjunctification
(lecture-TA analog)
Non-adjunct faculty resistance

24. Perceived
lower quality
learning experience
Increased adjunctification
Costs (except North Dakota)
Faculty resistance

27. Bryan’s email
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Bryan’s thinking
http://bryanalexander.org
Bryan on Twitter
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