Trends in Open Distance and eLearning 2013
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This document summarizes several trends in open, distance, and e-learning in 2013. It finds that open educational resources are becoming more widely adopted, with over 2500 entries in open directories and 70 repositories containing over 400 million items. Massive open online courses are also growing rapidly, with 13% of schools currently offering MOOCs but 43% planning to by 2016. Other trends include the increasing use of open badges, mobile learning on tablets and smartphones, social media and video for education, cloud-based learning management systems, and learning analytics to identify at-risk students. Criteria for open and distance education are shifting from isolated learning to connected social learning using open resources across multiple devices.
Trends in Open Distance and eLearning 2013
- 1. Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia Trends in Open, Distance and eLearning 2013 Sanjaya Mishra
- 3. OER Trends 2013 From idea to reality Implications of OER Paris Declaration Open licensing of learning materials getting adopted 32 countries have adopted some sort of CC licensing framework Over 2500 entries listed in Directory of Open Educational Resources (DOER) Over 70 OER repositories, over 300 projects on OER , over 400+ millions items (in 2010) Research on OER is emerging to start with Open University’s OER Hub and IDRC’s ROER Add to this the dramatic growth of Open Access…
- 4. Massive Open Online Courses
- 5. MOOC Trends 2013 Only 13% of schools offer MOOC; but 43% plan to offer MOOCs by 2016 84% of schools say MOOCs complement residential education MOOCs are appropriate for -- top 3 answers: continuing education (72%), non-degree programs (59%), technical training (53%). Only 19% believe MOOCs are appropriate for all courses. Biggest value of MOOCs: 44% keeping up with development in education, 35% raising visibility of the school, 16% improving quality of our residential teaching Biggest drawback of MOOCs: 41% lack of consistent review and grading system, 25% high cost to develop and implement, 15% high time commitment Only 44% of schools are planning to offer MOOC credits! 83% of schools would consider joining an online education group such as edX, Coursera, or Udacity 67% of schools believe that MOOCs will never replace traditional, residential classes; 5% said yes within 5 years! Source: http://blogs.enterasys.com/trends-in-massive-open-online-courses-infographic/
- 6. Open Badges
- 7. Open Badges Trends 2013 Over 600 agencies have started using badges Identity management Authenticating learning and skills Banking of skills and display online
- 9. Mobile Trends 2013 There are as many mobile subscriptions as people in the world (mobile penetration 96% globally, ITU) 2.1 billion mobile broadband subscribers in 2013, of which 1.16 in developing countries 867.02 million mobile subscribers in April 2013 in India, of which about 40% are rural subscribers Tablet devices as ‘learning companion’ to surpass sale of all portable devices (to surpass PC sales by 2015. IDC) Emergence of ‘Tablet servers’ as last mile connectivity solution Power back up and ‘learning design’ matter of research and development Increasingly Govts would consider Tablets as an alternative to printed textbooks in the classroom
- 10. Social Media
- 11. Social Media Trends 2013 Facebook users (over 1 billion; 604 million mobile users) Increasing use of social media though mobile devices Community building is a top priority (looking for repeat customers) Social media as a tool for brand building and loyalty Learning Management Systems incorporating social media features to develop ‘sense of belongingness’ amongst students and keep them on the loop for continuous and lifelong learning
- 12. LMS on the Cloud
- 13. LMS Trends 2013 LMS integrating more HR functions to become TMS Moodle is the most popular LMS with largest number of installations and users Moodle service providers hosting to new trends of Cloud based LMS – Canvas, Edmodo, Schoology, OpenClass, haikulea rning Open Source model of LMS getting popular, with Canvas and EdX Every teacher can host a coursesite free of cost; institution need not spend on local hosting
- 14. Video Learning
- 15. Video Learning Trends 2013 Age of Video is here…you can find almost anything to learn from video online More than 100 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute Khan Academy has over 3000 video Short <3 minutes, <7 minutes and <10 minutes videos are popular Increasingly people are watching live TV on the Web or even watching shows at a time of their choice online… web is the preferred medium for delivery of short videos
- 17. LA Trends 2013 Some of the best universities of the world are supporting The Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR): Athabasca, UKOU, Standford, UBC, etc. Institutions identifying at-risk students using LA Recognition of the ‘big data’ in education and learning Policy for protecting student data from fraudulent use, and data-mining for decision- making
- 18. Implications for ODeL Criteria Past Present Provider Universities Anyone Structure Programmes Courses Class Size Few hundreds Few thousands Pedagogy Isolated individual learning Connected social learning Resources Proprietary specially prepared lessons Packaged Open Educational Resources Interaction One to one/One to many Many to many Assessment Highly controlled teacher centred More flexible, evidence based, and learner focussed Certification Paper-based Online Badges Computing Personal Computer Handheld Tablet Learning Technology Learning Management Systems Integrated Talent Management Systems Delivery Options Institutional hosted services Hosted services on the Cloud Approach One size fits all Custom and BYOC
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