MOOCs4D: Potential at the Bottom
of the Pyramid April 10-11, 2014
Presentation by
Michele Petochi
the advent of the MOOCs…
…and the lent of the user
MOOCs: A Normal Hype Cycle
Future Mul4ple forms Different blends How useful for me? Business models? Outlook: Here to stay Key Ingredients Great offering Tech, Data, Visualiza4on Know learning more
MOOCs help redefine the boundaries between educa4on and life (long learning & professional dev)
Gartner’s hype cycle, EPFL 2013
The User at the Center: What is More or Less Relevant to Whom
Undergrad Student Grad Student
MOOC faculty
Secondary School Student
Teacher or School leader
Other student Mother Elder
MOOC Aca xxx xx xxx xx xx xx xx x
MOOVE* xx x x xx xx xx xxx x
Campus blend xxx xx xxx
Other blend x xx xx xx xx
Credits xxx xx (x) (x)
Certi>icate xx x xx xx xx xx x
Skills xx x xx x xxx xxx xx
Community xxx x x xx xx x xx xxx
x = relevant; xx = very relevant; xxx = key *Massive Online Open Voca6onal Educa6on …and the user is not like me!!!
How do we serve people in resource poor communi4es
across the world?
How to serve every individual and group, and in the right way?
-> Innovative solutions for access to bandwidth seem not impossible
-> Some off-line solutions may offer viable options on the short term
-> Increasing use of the right teaching language
-> Increasing involvement of faculty and administrators in including MOOCs into the local curricula
-> Blended configurations, including distant faculty
Opportunity 4D - Dissemination
EPFL Flying Donkey Challenge 2013 – www.flyingdonkey.org
-> Get credit (university) and certification (self-learner) right
-> Adapt governance (broad opportunity to look at the reward system)
-> Work on the regulatory environment (or simply allow to test)
-> Continue to pursue multi-partner collaborations, no matter if challenging
-> Continue to test the blend
-> Facilitate evaluation for quality and knowing the user more
Opportunity 4D – Academic Environment
The same EPFL MOOC “Numerical Analysis” was evaluated … - Negatively by Physics
students
- Positively by Mechanical Engineering students
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Nega4ve Posi4ve ME PH
EPFL 2013
Foundation courses are potentially key. MOOCs is a powerful enabler as long as:
à Students have enough basis to take them à There is collaboration at the teachers’ level à Teacher and instructor are trained and mobile
à Should the MOOC be integrated into the curriculum?
Courses developed around areas of priority for a particular region (water, energy, nutrition, health...) are an opportunity for specializations and continuing Education
Opportunity 4D – Content Development
Université St-‐Joseph – Beyrouth – Liban
Ecole Na4onale Supérieure Polytechnique de Yaoundé – Cameroun
Ecole supérieure polytechnique – Université Cheick Anta Diop – Dakar – Sénégal 2IE Ins4tut interna4onal d’ingénierie en Eau et Environnement
– Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso
Ecole Mohammadia d’ingénieurs affiliée à l’Université Mohammed V Agdal – Rabat – Maroc
Ins4tut polytechnique d’Ho-‐Chi-‐Minh-‐Ville – Vietnam
Ini4a4ve du RESCIF en Haï4 avec les Universités d’Etat et Quisqueya de Port au Prince
EPFL -‐ Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Ecole Normale Supérieure ENS-‐Lyon
Université catholique de Louvain
Ins4tut polytechnique de Grenoble
Paristech
Ecole polytechnique de Montréal
Réseau d’excellence des sciences de l’ingénieur de la Francophonie
Opportunity 4D – Harnessing Networks