Week 3 – HCI
Hot topic
MOOCs
The next step
MOOC
http://cogdogblog.com/2012/07/17/mooc-hysertia/
Massive Open Online Courses, aka MOOCs, Transform Higher Education and Science
Scientific American, Mar 13, 2013 |By M. Mitchell Waldrop and Nature magazine
Kay, J., Reimann, P., Diebold, E., & Kummerfeld, B. (2013). MOOCs: So Many
Learners, So Much Potential... IEEE Intelligent Systems, 28(3), 70-77.
Kay, J., Reimann, P., Diebold, E., & Kummerfeld, B. (2013). MOOCs: So Many
Learners, So Much Potential... IEEE Intelligent Systems, 28(3), 70-77.
An Early Report Card on Massive Open Online Courses
MOOCs promise to change the face of higher education, one giant classroom at a
time. Here's what they're doing well—and how they can do better.
Wall Street Journal, Geoffrey A. Fowler
October 8, 2013
“…Often, more than 90% of people who sign up for a MOOC don't
finish, though many come to online learning with a different intent than would students at a traditional
university….
For all but the most self-reliant, online learning can be isolating. Perhaps
the largest challenge MOOCs face is that students lose interest when they don't feel engaged….
"The most important thing that helps students succeed in an online course is interpersonal
interaction and support," says Shanna Smith Jaggars, … 32% of students failed or withdrew from forcredit online courses, compared with 19% for equivalent in-person courses….
emails congratulating
them on what they've already completed as a gentle nudge to
keep going, says co-founder Andrew Ng. The company tried notes that simply reminded
the students about what was due, but they weren't as well
received….
At Coursera, when students have work that needs to be done, the company sends them
San Jose State University that
offer students college credit, MOOC provider Udacity hired mentors who stayed on top
Adding manpower is another potential solution. In trial courses with
of students. … Ellen Junn, the provost of San Jose State. …
incorporating content from an online
course, Circuits and Electronics, into a for-credit campus-based
course increased pass rates to 91% from as low as 55% without the
online component.
One fall 2012 test by San Jose State and edX found that
Current MOOCs
• Lots of students
• Lots of data – Harvard released public data
collection
• Computer scientists inspired
• Potential opportunities for disadvantaged
learners
• Campus experience?
Future MOOCs?
• Make use of learning data to support
– the learner
– the current teaching team
– course authors
– education researchers
• Incorporate latest education research
– eg track what learners’ progress against learning
objectives
• Business models….