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Opportunities and Challenges
beyond d MOOCs
T.C. PongC o gSenior Advisor to the Executive Vice
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Professor of Computer Science & Engineering Professor of Computer Science & EngineeringHong Kong University of Science & Technology
5 March 2015
Outline
• Overview on recent developments of technology in education
• HKUST’s experience in MOOC and blended learning
• Opportunities offered by MOOC • Concluding remarks
Trends and Convergence
High quality content and access to digital resources
Platforms that support interaction and collaboration
Mobile & wireless ubiquity
Greater understanding of learning and learner
Focus on outcomes and mastery
Emphasis on active and collaborative learning
Pedagogy Technology
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Teaching
The criticisms of lecture style teaching can be summarized by a quote attributed to Mark Twain:
• College is a place where a professor’s lecture notes go straight to the student’s lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either.
• How to make teaching and learning more effective?
• Chinese proverb (Xun Zi ):Tell me and I will forget ( ) , Show me and I will remember ( ) , Involve me and I will understand ( ) .
“Improved Learning in a Large-Enrollment Physics Class,” Louis Deslauriers, Ellen Schelew and Carl Wieman, Science (2011).
In classroom At home
Flipped Classroom pedagogy inverts traditional teaching
In classroomAt home
Flipped Classroom pedagogy inverts traditional teaching
• Students can learn from each other• More personal attention from teacher
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Massive Open Online Program (MOOP)
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RFP: “Introduction to Software Development” Specialization• Google and Coursera are looking for a forward-thinking,
innovative university to create and launch a series of Computer Science Specializations
• Google will be offering $300,000 to Coursera university partners to create the specialization designed to be accessible and affordable to students around the world
• Google will work with the winning Universities to create a number of creative problem-solving projects for the courses
• Google will also offer guest lectures from working engineers to explain the connections between theoretical and applied computer science.
Coursera Specializations
edX Professional Education
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US President Obama Announces edX’sFree Teacher Professional Development
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Massive Open Online Degree(MOOD)
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MOOC Degree
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MOOC for Peer Review
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MOOC completion rates
MOOC completion rates
Over 200,000 learners have registered and Over 200,000 learners have registered and over 10,000 have earned certificates from have earned certifi
HKUST MOOCs.
Blended Learning and MOOC: Introduction to Computing with Java
• Offered as a flipped course in Spring 2014 – The course is divided into two sections of 45 and 65
students.– Students watch online lecture videos and participate in
online quizzes before class.– Classes start with Q&A and then redo some of the online
quizzes. – Students then participate in group discussions and
activities.
Classroom for Active Learning
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DIY Studio
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• Enable enhanced studio lighting, sound and green screen effect
• Less post production work involved• Practices necessary for teaching in a studio
setting.
• In workshop, lab, off-campus locations like museum or countryside
• For experiments, demos and student interaction
• For creating promo video (MOOC).
Student groups No. of students Total views Average views
Midterm score >= 90 25 1465 1.33
Midterm score >= 80 54 2975 1.25
Midterm score >= 50 92 4846 1.20
Midterm score < 50 15 607 0.92
Total number of videos = 44Average video hit counts per student per video
Student groups No. of students Total views Average views
Final score >= 90 21 1276 1.38
Final score >= 80 44 2502 1.29
Final score >= 50 82 4231 1.17
Final score < 50 25 1138 1.03
Total number of videos = 44Average video hit counts per student per video
Blended Learning and MOOC: Introduction to Computing with Java
• Offered as a flipped course in Spring 2014 – The course is divided into two sections of 45 and 65
students.– Students watch online lecture videos and participate in
online quizzes before class.– Classes start with Q&A and then redo some of the online
quizzes. – Students then participate in group discussions and
activities.• Offered as a MOOC on edX started in June 2014
MOOC on edX: Introduction to Computing with Java
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Introduction to Computing with Java:Demographic Distribution
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Introduction to Computing with Java:Activities on edX platform
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Introduction to Computing with Java:Activities on edX platform
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Introduction to Computing with Java:Activities on edX platform
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Introduction to Computing with Java:Comments from edX discussion forum
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Survey results:
Top Students with almost perfect scores
Learning Analytics on MOOCs
VisMOOC: A visual analytics tool for MOOC developed by Prof. Huamin Qu’s research group
http://vis.cse.ust.hk/vismooc/
Extending MOOCs forAsynchronous Flipped
A pilot trial was conducted in Spring/Summer 2014 on the Science of Gastronomy course• Students from HKUST:
– Complete the MOOC in the Spring semester– Take an assessment to confirm participation– Enroll in a face-to-face Summer session and earn
academic credit for the course• A model to use MOOCs for expanding the
international student exchange program
Using MOOCs for Expanding Student Exchange Programs• Participating in international student exchange is a
very valuable learning experience for students• Currently around 40% participating in exchange • Further expansion faces the following constraints:
– Delay in graduation– High cost– Insufficient accommodation for exchange-in students
• Using MOOCs, students can participate in an F2F summer program at an overseas institution to complete the MOOCs for credits
• Faculty exchange is also possible• A pilot is planned for Summer 2015
Chemists Onlinefor Secondary School Students
Chemists Online is a collaborative project between universities and secondary schools (or high schools) in Hong Kong that aims at• nurturing scientific literacy and questioning
skills of students • providing them with exposure to university
education through blended learning
Chemists Onlinefor Secondary School Students
Students participated in the lectures given by universityprofessors live and online.
Students participating live in a university lecture hall.
Students participating online in aclassroom in their school.
Number of students
% of registered
% of active
Registered students
4,113 100% N/A
Active students 2,865 70% 100%
Students received certificates
2,127 52% 74%
No of Participating Schools from Hong Kong: 143 and Macau: 1
Chemist Online Award Scheme(Spring 2014 cohort)
Wharton-QS Stars Awards 2014Reimagine Education
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MOOC as a Catalyst for Enhancing Learning Experience
Using our own MOOCs• A basis for developing blended / flipped credit-bearing
courses– A blended learning initiative was launched in 2013 to pilot courses
in different disciplines and levels.
• Using Learning analytics to improve students’ learning experience
– Faculty from different disciplines work together to analyze the MOOC data and develop approaches for improving students’ learning experience.
• Outreaching to prospective undergraduate/graduate students
MOOC as a Platform for Inter-institutional Collaborations
Using MOOC as a platform for inter-institutional collaborations• Expanding student/faculty exchange programs• Packaging MOOCs as components of academic
programs• Translating MOOCs into different languages• Sharing data for learning analytics• Collaborations in education research• Extension of existing practice – e-books, digital
materials in blended / flipped courses
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