1. Are MOOCs the answer?
What is the question?
Yvonne Belanger
MOOCs in STEM: Exploring new educational technologies
June 5 – 6, 2014
San Jose State University
2. Overview
• The Foundation’s Postsecondary Success
Strategy
• How did we (collectively) get here? The forces
shaping higher education
• Questions about MOOCs – ours and yours
13. Higher education isn’t the only thing
changing…
The internet in real time http://pennystocks.la/internet-in-real-time/
14. Emerging technologies are shaping
higher education…
Trends over the next 2 years…
• Integration of Online, Hybrid, and Collaborative
Learning
• Growing Ubiquity of Social Media
Trends over the next 3-5 years…
• The Shift from Students as Consumers to
Students as Creators
• The Rise of Data-Driven Learning and Assessment
NMC, 2014 Horizon Report
15. Strong forces are changing the higher
education landscape
Rising tuition
Rising student
debt
Declining public
investment
Demographic
shifts
Changing faculty
Globalization
Emerging technologies
Big data
Cloud Computing
Networked video
Something new
we haven’t seen
yet…
18. Led by your curiousity…
How can I make my course more engaging without
sacrificing rigor?
Can we build digital tools that leverage cognitive
science principles and enhance retention?
Can we use learning analytics to
create a more efficient learning path
for students?
Can MOOCs support interdisciplinary cross-
campus programs of study?
Could MOOCs help us reimagine STEM
educator recruitment, training and professional
development?
Can MOOCs improve face to face and
remote laboratory learning?Does flipping the class using MOOCs
increase student satisfaction?
What types of online learning
experiences are most effective at
increasing learning motivation?
How can MOOCs engage learners with
little or no college experience in STEM?
19. Inspired by MOOCs to explore and
experiment…
How can we leverage technologies and
content from MOOCs to improve
instruction for students whose habits have
been shaped by the networked digital age?
What are the key indicators of student
success in different delivery formats
(online, hybrid and face to face)?
Can MOOCs be leveraged to close achievement
gaps for women and URMs in STEM introductory
courses?
Do MOOCs offer opportunities to promote and
increase flexibility in instructor-student
interaction?
What does it take to flip a class using a
MOOC?
Does flipping the class with MOOCs
increase student satisfaction?
What happens when you convert a
not-for-credit MOOC into a for credit
course?
Can MOOCs help us build learning communities of
current and future STEM faculty to spread
evidence-based high impact teaching practices?
20. We’ve been curious also…
MOOC Research Initiative
Reports available Monday at moocresearch.com/reports
Ithaka S+R study of
MOOCs in Maryland
28. Is a balanced view emerging?
Irrational
exuberance
Fear and
loathing
http://cbcse.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MOOCs_Expectations_and_Reality.pdf
29. Can faculty-driven innovation chart a
path through the perfect storm?
Image credit: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/05/14/faculty-group-continues-anti-mooc-offensive