1. KIx: Karolinska Institutet at edX.org Join the journey! Cormac McGrath, Unit for medical education, Centre for learning & knowledge, Dept. LIME @ Cormac_McGrath

2. MOOCs Massive Online Open Courses The phenomenon has been likened by the president of Stanford University to "a digital tsunami", threatening to sweep aside conventional university education. 3. MOOC kan utveckla men knappast hota den svenska hgskolan Lars Haikola Does Europe need its own MOOC? Alex Katsomitros 4. it was the best of times the worst of times 5. What is edX? Created by Harvard and MIT International MOOCs and interactive online classes High Quality Education 6. Goals & Principles Goals Expand access to education for everyone Enhance teaching and learning on campus and online Advance teaching and learning through researchedX principles Non-profit Open source platform Collaborative Financially sustainable 7. The edX Consortium 8. Course Offerings Law History Science Engineering Business Social sciences Computer science Public health Artificial intelligence (AI) Current Course Offerings 9. MOOCs? Massive Open Online Course Lectures Readings Forums Quizzes Labs Interactives Peer to Peer 10. Pedagogical aspects of the MOOC Allow students opportunities to frame their own learning Allow opportunities to re-visit conceptually difficult passages Allows opportunities to formatively assess ones knowledge Allows for a massively broad range of input 11. KIx: Karolinska Institutet at edX.org Course development IT expertise Dissemination: Tredje uppgiften Marketing 12. KIx: Karolinska Institutet at edX.org The competition 13. Developing KIxWebsite 14. Developing KIxCourse Proposal Form 15. Developing KIx Basic info Development base Outreach Introductory video Tentative plan of first week 16. A few challenges-looking ahead Examination in the MOOC Learning as opposed to information transfer Swedish language strategy; is English the lingua Franca of the learning community, are we happy with that? How would SOOCs work, what audience would they satisfy? Validation what counts as credit? How do we think grades when examination is done by artificial intelligence? 17. Questions?