2. Cost is an access issue!
RUMBEK, 13 June 2010 (Gurtong) - The students were protesting against the
severe shortage of classrooms, teachers and lack of foodstuff.
3. The cost of MOOCs
• Survey of 27 UK universities
– £29,356 average (€40,485)
– Times Higher Ed. http://goo.gl/1kQE2V
• What about niche courses?
– Small target audiences
– Higher levels
– Minority languages
– Changing technologies
4. Why do universities spend so much on
MOOCs?
• Reputation?
• Quality of Learning?
5. Is the Coursera xMOOC pedagogy
sophisticated?
Do people learn?
“I got exactly what I wanted from it and more…
.. a most enjoyable and educational course”
6. If an online course is good enough for
30 students,
is it good enough for 3000 students?
8. A simple online course
• 12 x Weekly 1-hour lectures
• Additional readings and recordings
• Weekly quizzes
• Tuition and Peer support via fora.
• 2 or 3 assignments
• Final examination
• €6,000 to develop and deliver
30 x 15-minute recordings
Peer-assessed
9. • Funded research into low-cost methods.
• Four MOOCs in coding for young people
– Web development, Mobile Games, Multiplayer games, Roboslam
• Started September 2014
• 3 pilots in Spring 2015
• Going live Autumn 2015
Intel CodeMakers
10. moocs4all.eu
• Collection and dissemination of low-cost methods
– Started 1 Feb 2015
• Website and Community Forum
• MOOC: “Making MOOCs on a Budget”
• Pilot: edge.edx.org June 2015 The Team
Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland
Technical University of Delft, Holland
Fachhochschule Bielefeld, Germany
University of Girona, Spain
Bath Spa University, UK
LoCoMoTion Project