The Online Revolution
From e-books to MOOCs: Coping, adapting, embracing
Intro
Frank Vahid
UC Riverside
Systems
Smita Bakshi
Research
Diane Rover
Experiences
Options
Zyante CEO
Iowa State Univ.
Yacob Astatke
Morgan State Univ.
FV
All slides: www.cs.ucr.edu/~vahid/asee2013
Frank Vahid
2012 – Year of the Massive Open Online Course
Introduction
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/massive-open-online-courses-are-multiplying-at-a-rapid-pace.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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Frank Vahid
The Stanford Experiment
Aug 2011
AI:
160,000
Machine learning:
120,000
Databases:
92,000
NYT 3/4/12 Instruction for Masses
Knocks Down Campus Walls
Udacity
$5M Series A 4/12,
$15M Series B 10/12
Coursera
EdX
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Frank Vahid
Online/virtual not new
• 1960: PLATO
Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations
• …
• 1976: Coastline Community College First virtual college in U.S.
• …
• 2002 MIT OpenCourseWare
(…MITx…EdX)
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Frank Vahid
Online course stats
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Frank Vahid
Why now?
• Technology
• Prices
– HTML5
– Broadband
– Cloud computing
– Pads
• Lack of access
– Avg CA college: 7,000
on wait lists
– CSU: 16% 4-yr
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Frank Vahid