The document discusses the MOOC@TU9 initiative, a massive open online course aimed at promoting German engineering and attracting international talent to TU9 universities. Launched from October to December 2014, the course covers various engineering topics and engages a diverse group of participants from over 80 countries. It highlights the course's structure, participation statistics, and the collaboration among leading German technical universities.

1. DISCOVER TU9:
MOOC ON GERMAN
ENGINEERING
17th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering
Education: New Frontiers
November 6-8, 2014 in Providence, Rhode Island
Presenter: Dr. Daniela Pscheida, TU Dresden, Germany

2. TU9 – Alliance of leading Institutes of Technology
in Germany

3. TU9 – Alliance of leading Institutes of Technology
in Germany
Strength in Research
Leading in Engineering Degrees
International Character
High Practical Relevance

4. How to call the attention of
INTERNATIONAL
TALENTS
to the wide range of
STEM SUBJECTS
and win them for
STUDY AT TU9
UNIVERSITIES?

5. Project MOOC@TU9
• Joint production of a
Massive Open Online Course on
German Engineering
• to show quality, diversity and
prospects of an engineering
degree in Germany
• with a mixture of marketing,
self-assessment and academic
advising
• and financial participation of the
partner universities to equal
parts
Credits: TU Braunschweig/Marek Kruszewski

6. Course Concept
• Nine course weeks from October 20 to December 21, 2014
• Between x(extended)MOOC and c(connectivist)MOOC approach
• Open course website (Wordpress), registration possible not necessary
• Lecture series: overview on engineering sciences at TU9 held by
renowned professors
Week 1: Start up
Week 2: Civil Engineering
Week 3: Digital Engineering
Week 4: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Week 5: Material Engineering
Week 6: Future Building
Week 7: Mobility
Week 8: Robots
Week 9: Aerospace

7. Course Week
Saturday/Sunday
Submission of weekly
tasks
Weekly summary
Weekly Evaluation
Tuesday-Friday
Forum discussions
Work on weekly tasks
(choice of 2-3
tasks/week)
Monday
Interactive live session
on YouTube
(interview, video, chat)
2-3 profs from TU9
moderator

8. Facts and Figures
• 3rd course week running, 1.163 registered participants (06/11/14)
• 4.500 watches on YouTube channel
• 113 submitted weekly tasks so far
• Participants come from more than 80 countries:
• Germany (23%)
• India (15%)
• Columbia (9%)
• China (8%)
• Spain (5%)
• Egypt (5%)
22.7
14.6
8.8 7.8
5.4 4.6
2.9 2.6 2.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
Participants MOOC@TU9 (in %,
n=1119)

9. Course page: http://mooc.tu9.de

10. Trailer

11. Thank you for your attention!
Interested? Join us!
Course: http://mooc.tu9.de
Twitter: @mooctu9
eMail: mooc@tu9.de

12. Backup slides...

13. Massive Open Online Courses in Germany
• experimental cMOOCs since 2011
• OPCO11/OPCO12 (OPCO=Open
Course), Studium Digitale (Universität
Frankfurt)
• #MMC13 – How to MOOC (MOOC
Maker Course)
• COER13 on Open Educational
Resources
• SOOC13/SOOC1314 (SOOC=Saxon
Open Online Course), TU Dresden/TU
Chemnitz/Universität Siegen)

14. Massive Open Online Courses in Germany
• xMOOCs on iversity, coursera, ... since
2012/2013
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology:
course „MOOC against procrastination“
on iversity
• RWTH Aachen University:
course „Introduction to business a
dministration“ on iversity
• TU München:
e.g. course „trauma surgery“ on
coursera