Towards Open Higher Education 2030

Christine Redecker, PhD

JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies

European MOOCs Stakeholder Summit,

Lausanne, 10-12 February 2014

The MOOC hype cycle

A very slow tsunami: projection of the Hype Cycle for MOOCs by Jonathan Tapson, University of Western Sydney http://pandodaily.com/2013/09/13/moocs-and-the-gartner-hype-cycle-a-very-slow-tsunami/

We are here

& technological revolutions

The MOOC hype cycle

A very slow tsunami: projection of the Hype Cycle for MOOCs by Jonathan Tapson, University of Western Sydney http://pandodaily.com/2013/09/13/moocs-and-the-gartner-hype-cycle-a-very-slow-tsunami/

We are here

In this situation we should "move policy thinking (…) towards actively shaping market conditions to enable the full flourishing of the newly installed technological potential into what can be a sustainable global golden age" Carlota Perez (referring to the financial crisis)

Installation period

& technological revolutions

Bubble

Collapse

Deployment period

Opening Up Education COMMUICATION September 2013

Horizon 2020

Member States E&T institutions

1. Open Learning Environments

2. Open Educational Resources

3. Connectivity and Innovation

4. EC support

new business and educational models large-scale research & policy experimentations New tools for validation and recognition

EU funded content open license Open Education Europa portal Partnerships for quality OER, new business models Open access policies for publicly-funded materials Recommend OER; public procurement for OER

EU action EU funding

Open frameworks and (EU-wide) standards for digital content, applications and services

Research on technologies

http://openeducationeuropa.eu/ platform European Hub of Digitally Innovative Education institutions

European Commission support

for better knowledge and stronger evidence-based policies

Develop foresight scenarios for education in Europe 2030

High Level Group for Modernisation of Higher Education

Monitor the integration of ICT

Impact assessment on open licensing for publically funded content

Assess the current practices and needs of sharing (copyright, licensing multilingualism, quality assurance, etc.)

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS):

Research institute supporting EU policy-making on socio-economic, scientific and/or technological issues

JRC - IPTS

IPTS research

Scenarios for Open Education

2030

Framework of institutional strategies for

openness (post-secondary

education)

Higher Education

School Education

Adult Learning

Recognitionschemes

Business models

Guidelines for HE institutions

Empirical evidence on

learning with MOOCs

(learner survey)

2013 2014

http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/openeducation2030/

Research

Content

Guidance

Assessment

CertificationSe

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2030

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Selection

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Learner initiated

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Learning contextGuided

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goals

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Self-guided

Self-guided discovery

Learner initiated

Externallyset

Learning contextGuided

Learn

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goals

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Self-guided

Guided discovery Self-guided discovery

Guided journey Self-guided journey

Learner initiated

Externallyset

Learning contextGuided

Learn

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goals

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Self-guided

Networked knowledge Distributed knowledge

Fit for success My career path

Universities play a key role:→ As professional training

providers→ As educational content

providers

Universities play a key role:→ As educational content

providers→ For certification and

accreditation

A global open research arena enables anybody to engage in research

Universities play a key role: → as research hubs

Guided discovery Self-guided discovery

Guided journey Self-guided journey

Learner initiated

Externallyset

Learning contextGuided

Learn

ing

goals

§

Self-guided

Networked knowledge Distributed knowledge

Fit for success My career path

Universities play a key role:→ As professional training

providers→ As educational content

providers

Universities play a key role:→ As educational content

providers→ For certification and

accreditation

A global open research arena enables anybody to engage in research

Universities play a key role: → as research hubs

Guided discovery Self-guided discovery

Guided journey Self-guided journey

Where are the MOOCs???

Learner initiated

Externallyset

Learning contextGuided

Learn

ing

goals

§

Self-guided

Networked knowledge Distributed knowledge

Fit for success My career path

Universities play a key role:→ As professional training

providers→ As educational content

providers

Universities play a key role:→ As educational content

providers→ For certification and

accreditation

A global open research arena enables anybody to engage in research

Universities play a key role: → as research hubs

Guided discovery Self-guided discovery

Guided journey Self-guided journey

MOOCs MOOCs

Research

Content

Guidance

Assessment

Certification

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Research

Research

Research

MOOCs

MOOCs

2030

Research

Content

Guidance

Assessment

Certification

Selection

Selection

Research

Content

Guidance

Assessment

Certification

Research

Research

Research

MOOCs

MOOCs

2030

What do we need to think about today?

• New business models

• New funding schemes

• Certification, recognition and credit transfer across institutions, across borders

• New interfaces between education and research

• Experimentation!

• Thank you very much for your attention!

• Christine Redecker

• Christine.Redecker@ec.europa.eu

• http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/eLearning.html• http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/openeducation2030/