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Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
MOOC, digital learning…:an opportunity for Egypt!
Yves EpelboinProfessor Emeritus
UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, ParisPast CIO for teaching and Learning
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Agenda
• The context• The tools• A new era
•A chance for Egypt•It already started
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Information technology
• Irreversible impact on all societies and countries– Unlimited access to a huge amount of information (true
or false)– A turmoil in the process of delivering knowledge and
information– A revolution in the acts of learning and teaching
• Mandatory to acquire new skills for the next generation– For the daily work– Public and private lifes
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Information technology and Internet
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Learning, teaching and the digital world
• Learning: acquisition of knowledge and skills through experience and study
• Teaching: act of showing and explaining how to do, how to understand
• Digital world: tools, media & methods to learn and to teach
• Started in the 90’s with the web (hypertext) and the PC
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
VirtualVirtualofficeoffice
GuidanceGuidanceTeachers Teachers exchangeexchange
StudentsStudentsexchangeexchange
Learning Management System
Tool able to provide the functions of a classroom.
CoursewareCourseware
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
LMS in the world
LMS % world
Moodle 44.1 Open source
Blackboard 37.3
Desire2Learn 7.9
Sakai 6.1 Open source
Source: ListEdTech.com http://listedtech.com/tags/lms
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
A new eraA new era
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Massive Open Online Course
• Massive: large number of participants– Definition of large?
• Depending on the subject• Lurkers, true participants and certification
• Open:– No prerequisite but must register– Not Open Source
• Online– More than contents: self contained
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Massive distance teaching: a short history
• 1972: Open University (UK) • 2000: Learning Management Systems (LMS)• 2002: Open Educational Resources (OER)• 2008: George Siemens “all learners, all teachers”
The connectivist MOOC, cMOOC• 2011: S. Thrun, Stanford
xMOOC and transmissive MOOC• 2012: Coursera, edX…
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Growth of MOOCs
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-12-22-moocs-in-2013-breaking-down-the-numbers
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Provider distribution
https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-12-22-moocs-in-2013-breaking-down-the-numbers
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Mass education: a priority for the 21st century
• In Africa and Asia one shouldopen one university every day!
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Internet accessibility
Mobile devices are becoming available everywhere
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
MOOC: a chance for Egypt
• In Egypt a young population to educate– + 2%/year– Median age: 24 years
• The only solution: massive teaching
BUT…
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
A concept to be adapted to Egypt
• Mix face-to-face & distance learning
• Distance learning and local tutors
• Face-to-face interchanges among students: local “houses of MOOCs”
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Ensure the quality of teaching
• Control of pre-requisites for students• Educate educators and tutors• Train teachers in the use of modern technology• Examinations and grades
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
A concept to adapt: education & culture
• Need to adapt to the national culture– The way to learn, the method to teach must be adapted
to the nation culture and history– International standardization is a danger
MOOCs must be build with the participation of Egyptian Academics
The organization must be adapted to the Egyptian life and culture
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
An important investment
• Course scenario renewed• New documents and OER• Massive use of short videos (chunks 5-7 up to 15
mn)• Need of a local organization
to sustain the MOOCs
A MOOC is a complex team project
A MOOC is a complex team project
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Cost of a MOOC
• 8 weeks course : 500 h of skilled staff– Teachers– Pedagogical support staff– Technical support staff
• Video studios• A network of servers to deliver the courses• Houses of MOOCshttp://www.slideshare.net/YvesEpelboin/mooc-a-european-perspective
http://www.eunis.org/download/2014/papers/eunis2014_submission_3.pdf
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
What to do?
• Adapted MOOCs and distance learning are the only solution to solve the need to educate masses of young people
Solutions must be adapted to the
Egyptian society and culture
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
It already started
• November 2013:Edraak, an education initiative of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development (QRF)
• July 2014: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labor announced the launch of an open-platform Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) portal designed to bridge the gap between education and employment in Saudi Arabia and throughout the Arab world
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
What next
• Work together to build a project for Egypt– Available forces (academics,
support…)– Cost estimates– Teaching priorities
• Funding?
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Discussion