Digital Education & Lifelong Learning Professor Jeff Haywood, Vice Principal, CIO & Librarian University of Edinburgh, UK jeff.haywood@ed.ac.uk http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/jhaywood 1
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Change my job Be a better citizen Return to work Improve my career Socialise Help my kids with schoolwork Keep studying my favourite subject Keep my brain active Learn for fun 3
To satisfy these needs, worldwide, we need lifelong learning provision that is flexible in time flexible in location flexible in format and affordable 4
The lifelong learning landscape Formal learning Non-formal learning Informal learning o o o o Learning taking place at the level of the Corporate / organisation SME Social group Individual 5
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An educational portfolio with technology: 2013 6 MOOCs 308k learners since 2012 ~25 MOOCs under construction On-campus 30,000 students all courses since ~1990 Off-campus 2000 students 50 Masters since ~2005 open T E C H N O L O G Y 7
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An educational portfolio with technology: 2013 On-campus 30,000 students all courses since ~1990 T E C H N Open studies Extension ~17,000 learners enrolled 14 MOOCs 750k learners since 2012 ~15 MOOCs under constructio n Off-campus 2000 students 50 Masters since ~2005 open O L O G Y LITTLE/NO TECHNOLOGY 9
William G Bowen, Tanner Lecture, Stanford University, October 2012 10
MOOCs as Lifelong Learning Currently approaching 1000 MOOCs worldwide from an increasing range of MOOC platforms 11
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Increasing repeat study of learners on 6 Edinburgh MOOCs 13
Age profiles of learners on 6 Edinburgh MOOCs 14
Top countries supplying learners on 6 Edinburgh MOOCs 15
Educational profiles of learners on 6 Edinburgh MOOCs 16
Prior study subject of learners on 6 Edinburgh MOOCs 17
Reasons for learners to study on 6 Edinburgh MOOCs 18
Reasons for studying on a MOOC vs age profiles 19
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Probable/possible MOOC developmental pathways MOOC as traditional MOOC MOOC into university curriculum MOOC as content & curriculum only = open resource MOOC as solo study MOOC as group study (auto-cohort) MOOC content & curriculum taught by another college/university/tutor (SPOC) Underpinned by: Open access publication (=open digital library) Open access research datasets (=open research) Open instrumentation (=open laboratory) 21
Challenges to making progress Assessment for all forms of digital education Credits & awards for open study Real credit transfer Recognition of prior learning Security Digital education in practical subjects Independent advice and guidance services for learners 22
E-assessment the big challenge High quality online tools for a wide range of assessments at scale o Reflection, problem-solving, teamwork, labwork & practicals, research skills, presentation skills, quantitative reasoning, subject-specific knowledge, analytic skills, logic & argumentation, creativity Identification of the individual & their work o In-person (testing centres) & remote proctoring (360 deg webcams) o Biometrics & ID documentation 23
An educational portfolio with technology: c2020 On-campus AND off-campus 40,000 students, all with at least one fully online course T E C Off-campus 10,000 students 100 Masters 10s of PGRs Open studies Extension ~17,000 learners enrolled H N O 100s MOOCs 1000s OERs 10,000,000 learners since 2012 Open open L O G Y 24
Thank you for listening MSc Digital Education University of Edinburgh 25 http://online.education.ed.ac.uk/