The Quality of MOOCs

ir. Willem van Valkenburg@wfvanvalkenburg

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Willem van Valkenburg

Manager Teaching & Learning Services

Delft University of Technology

Vice-President

Open Education Consortium

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PROGRAMME

1. TU Delft Online Learning Programme

2. From Courses to Programmes

3. Quality Assurance

4. Educational Quality

5. Internal Quality

6. External Quality

7. Questions

1. Programme

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VISION

“Educate the world

&

enhance quality

of online & campus

education”

E-Dean Director ofEducation

Delft Extension School

MOOCsBlended

EducationOnline

Courses

2. From Courses to Programmes

Blended Education

OpenCourseWare MOOCs ProfEdsOnline Academic

Courses

• Learning Activities &

Course Materials

• Free

• Enrolled students only,

massive numbers

• Mostly Bachelor level

• Certificate of

Completion

• Course Materials

• Free

• Big Exposure,

Worldwide audience

• Both Bachelor and

Master level

• No interaction with

faculty

• No accredited

certificate

• Learning Activities &

Course Materials

• Paid enrollment

• Enrolled students only,

limited numbers

• Accredited Course

Certificate

• Full Master Degree

• Learning Activities &

Course Materials

• Paid enrollment

• Enrolled students only,

moderate numbers

• Course Certificate

• Continuous Education

Units

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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

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Short Learning Programmes“Group courses into short learning programmes to guide the learner through a relevant learning path to obtain a relevant certificate”

• Xseries– understanding of specific subject through a series of courses.

– At least 3 courses

• Professional Certificate Programme– Gain the critical skills and knowledge you need to stand out in your field.

– At least 2 courses

• MicroMaster– A series of Master’s-level courses to advance your career, accelerate your

Master’s Degree

– MicroMasters Programs are credit-eligible and may be applied to accelerate a Master’s Degree.

– At least 15 EC

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PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

3. Quality AssuranceCC-BY-NC Michael Sauers: https://flic.kr/p/4HeVxR

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WHAT IS QUALITY ASSURANCE?

• Have a quality standard and process

• Being in control of the process

• Internal validation

• External validation

4. Educational Quality

Online Learning Experience

“The purpose of the OLE radar graph is to rise reflection and critical thinking regarding online courses, not to judge”

https://onlinelearningresearch.weblog.tudelft.nl/2015/07/05/defining-a-pedagogical-model-the-tu-delft-online-learning-experience/

Running EvaluationCourse Development

Kickoff Review Start of Course Evaluation Meeting

Course Improvement Plan

OLE introduction use for reflection use for evaluate

Draft Course Design Draft Planning

Evaluation Report

List of final improvements

building testing

Onboarding

Final Course Design & PlanningCourse Team, Roles & Processes

use as guidelines

planning

T U D e l f t O n l i n e L e a r n i n gEd u c a t i o n Q u a l i t y C yc l e

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ONLINELEARNINGHUB.TUDELFT.NL

5. Internal QualityCC-BY-NC-ND https://flic.kr/p/dyq4xR

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MOOCS FOR CREDITS

https://www.tudelft.nl/studenten/onderwijs/virtual-exchange/

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Virtual Exchange Programme

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6. External Quality

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NVAO: ACCREDITATION ORGANISATION OF

THE NETHERLANDS AND FLANDERSInstitutional audit

‘The university has a strong quality culture; its quality assurance

system is not an end in itself, but a means to emphasise this quality

culture. The panel is impressed by the convincing way in which TU

Delft has shown to be in charge of educational quality assurance.’

‘Educational developments and innovation are important pillars of TU

Delft’s educational quality policy, in particular the development of

open and online education’.

Source: https://www.nvao.com/instellingen/nederland/technische-universiteit-delft

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EXTERNAL RECOGNITION

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2018/tu-delft/mit-benchmark-puts-tu-delft-at-the-forefront-of-innovative-education/

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AWARDS

• 2014 Nuffic Orange Carpet Award

• 7 Open Education Awards for Excellence for MOOCs

• First edX Award for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and

Learning for Arno Smets (professor of Solar Energy MOOC)

• 2016 EDEN ‘Best Practice Initiative Award’

• EMOOCS2016 Outstanding Paper & Video Award

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CHALLENGES

• Conservatism in education

• How to recognize a quality MOOC?

• Low Completion Rates

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ONLINE-LEARNING.TUDELFT.NL

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