6. iTunes U
Moodle
Claroline
iTunesU since 2011
Digital Culture Lab
Laboratorio di Cultura
Digitale
Production line based
on Apple software
lunedì 30 settembre 13
10. Problems:
too few people at work
not automated production
lack of central strategy
lack of administrative help
about MOOCs:
not widespread
knowledge
not widespread
acceptance
no money
no incentives
lunedì 30 settembre 13
11. Do we really need money?
Yes, but less then expected
* promo - €
* lessons - self recording
* postproduction - internship / €
* teaching materials - self production &
internship
* tutor - internship / €
* quiz/test - internship
* platform & data entry - ITC office
* administration ???
* comunication - PR
lunedì 30 settembre 13
12. What do we really need?
• a dedicated small team
• incentives for teachers (non only money:
hours of work, rating, awards)
• a central strategy
• key peolple inside each department
• outside connections (a regional / national /
european web of MOOCs?)
lunedì 30 settembre 13
13. Do we really need
MOOCs?
YES if we want
• Clever answer to the crisis (people)
• Great opportunity to enhance culture, skils,
knowledge among people
• Clever answer to the crisis (Institution) BUT..
• Promotion of the Institution
• Help for the “standard” students
lunedì 30 settembre 13
14. Do we really want
MOOCs?
NOT if we want
• defend our garden (as teacher, as department, as
university) and the traditional vision of
the Academy
• put the (low) budget in the tradition
• preserve traditional education
• accept the power of bureaucracy inside the
university
lunedì 30 settembre 13
15. Can education be really
massive and global?
• huge numbers (effective education?)
• huge numbers / students as numbers
(distruptive innovation)
• english based and USA rule (another blow to
cultural diversity)
• traditional universities and MOOCs are in
natural competition (?)
lunedì 30 settembre 13