The Hubble Telescope Comparison
Massive at UC Irvine 
1,000,000 minutes watched per month on You Tube
Massive at UC Irvine 
Month Views Minutes 
Watched 
Non-U.S. 
Views 
% of Total 
Views 
January 
96,102 842,274 51,827 53.9% 
February 
106,259 981,718 49,867 46.9% 
March 
119,340 1,045,636 59,435 49.8% 
April 
117,033 1,050,816 58,230 49.8% 
May 
115,681 1,025,005 60,572 52.4% 
June 
104,526 918,185 55,031 52.6% 
July 
104,999 913,054 58,453 55.7% 
August 
113,703 980,820 68,083 59.9% 
September 
132,231 1,074,562 79,167 59.9% 
October 
162,138 1,356,094 89,543 55.2% 
Total 2014 1,172,012 10,188,164 630,208 53.8% 
Avg./Month 
117,201 1,018,816 63,021
Massive at UC Irvine 
 UC Irvine is among the leaders in offering MOOCs with well over 
three quarters of a million enrollments to date.
Massive at UC Irvine 
 Over 75,000 enrollments in Principles of 
Microeconomics
Types of MOOC Research 
 Use of MOOCs 
 Impact of MOOCs 
 MOOCs and Learning
Use of MOOCs: Who Uses 
MOOCs 
 MOOC users are typically 
 25-64 years old 
 Well educated and economically advantaged 
 Informal learners 
 Pursuing a personal interest 
 Residents of a country other than the U.S. 
 Male
Impact of MOOCs 
 MOOCs and academic credit 
 MOOCs and credentialing 
 Flipped classroom 
 Use of MOOCs as basis for university courses 
 Developing countries
MOOCs and Learning 
 Flipped classroom 
 Informal learning 
 At risk students 
 Universal courses 
 Course commons
Barriers to MOOC 
Research 
 Personally identifiable information (and FERPA) 
 Ownership of data 
 Messy data 
 Intellectual property
The Future 
 Collaborative efforts to coordinate research 
 Institutional stakes in research 
 Replicability 
 Dissemination
For More Information 
 Visit UC Irvine’s Open Education Website: 
http://ocw.uci.edu 
 Or contact Kathy Tam at kstam@uci.edu 
 Download this presentation at 
www.slideshare.net/garymatkin/seville

Seville

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  • 3.
    Massive at UCIrvine 1,000,000 minutes watched per month on You Tube
  • 4.
    Massive at UCIrvine Month Views Minutes Watched Non-U.S. Views % of Total Views January 96,102 842,274 51,827 53.9% February 106,259 981,718 49,867 46.9% March 119,340 1,045,636 59,435 49.8% April 117,033 1,050,816 58,230 49.8% May 115,681 1,025,005 60,572 52.4% June 104,526 918,185 55,031 52.6% July 104,999 913,054 58,453 55.7% August 113,703 980,820 68,083 59.9% September 132,231 1,074,562 79,167 59.9% October 162,138 1,356,094 89,543 55.2% Total 2014 1,172,012 10,188,164 630,208 53.8% Avg./Month 117,201 1,018,816 63,021
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    Massive at UCIrvine  UC Irvine is among the leaders in offering MOOCs with well over three quarters of a million enrollments to date.
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    Massive at UCIrvine  Over 75,000 enrollments in Principles of Microeconomics
  • 7.
    Types of MOOCResearch  Use of MOOCs  Impact of MOOCs  MOOCs and Learning
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    Use of MOOCs:Who Uses MOOCs  MOOC users are typically  25-64 years old  Well educated and economically advantaged  Informal learners  Pursuing a personal interest  Residents of a country other than the U.S.  Male
  • 9.
    Impact of MOOCs  MOOCs and academic credit  MOOCs and credentialing  Flipped classroom  Use of MOOCs as basis for university courses  Developing countries
  • 10.
    MOOCs and Learning  Flipped classroom  Informal learning  At risk students  Universal courses  Course commons
  • 11.
    Barriers to MOOC Research  Personally identifiable information (and FERPA)  Ownership of data  Messy data  Intellectual property
  • 12.
    The Future Collaborative efforts to coordinate research  Institutional stakes in research  Replicability  Dissemination
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    For More Information  Visit UC Irvine’s Open Education Website: http://ocw.uci.edu  Or contact Kathy Tam at kstam@uci.edu  Download this presentation at www.slideshare.net/garymatkin/seville

Editor's Notes

  • #3 In 1990 the Hubble Telescope was launched providing current and future generations of scientists with a view of the cosmos unobstructed by the earth’s atmosphere. Ten years later over 9,000 journal articles had been based on the science delivered by the Hubble. It is the main contention of this presentation that MOOCs (and other forms of Open Educational Resources–OER) will have the same effect on higher education research by providing “massive” responses to exactly the same educational treatments delivered in the same way.
  • #4 Over 100,000 viewers watch UCI YouTube lectures for over 1,000,000 minutes every month.
  • #5 Over 53% of the viewers of UCI YouTube courses are from outside the U.S.
  • #6 UCI’s 17 MOOCs offered since the beginning of 2013 have enrolled nearly 900,000 (with the usual drop out and completion rates).
  • #7 UCI’s latest MOOC delivered on Coursera, the Principles of Microeconomics is currently at over 75,000 enrollments.
  • #8 So far MOOC research has concentrated on three categories of research questions. The use of MOOCs category involves an investigation about who is using MOOCs and why. A second category looks at the impact of MOOCs, on institutions, faculty roles, and as projected into the future. Third category looks at how MOOCs might improve learning and teaching.