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The document summarizes work being done on analyzing media coverage of MOOCs in Ireland and facilitating cross-country comparisons. It discusses developing a protocol to analyze over 75 Irish news publications on MOOCs from 2011-2015. The protocol examines topics like platform used, stance, disruption level discussed, and implications for policymakers. It aims to understand drivers mentioned and issues raised in the Irish discourse to help compare coverage across countries. Initial analysis of Irish media is complete and next steps involve using the developed tools and protocols to enable cross-country media discourse comparisons.
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- 1. Eamon Costello HOME Project EDEN June 09 2015 Building an open knowledge network on joint European MOOCs offerings
- 2. WP6: Building an open knowledge network on joint European MOOCs offerings • Build up a sustainable open knowledge network for these types of MOOCs which is open to the whole world. • Create guidelines and the policy incentives on a local, national and European level for an open knowledge network in MOOC offerings
- 3. Expert Group Topics • MOOC Readiness – Drivers => Platform Selection Checklist • European MOOC Discourses – Media analysis and implications for policy
- 4. MOOC Readiness – Platform Selection Background –Platform selection (and migration) –Community activities: –"Mapping The European MOOC Territory“ Conference, Porto Nov 2014 –National MOOC Symposium, 01-MAY-15 - 02-MAY-15, Dublin, Ireland
- 5. MOOC Readiness – Platform Selection –Related Work: • ECO Project – MOOC Platform Checklist http://ecolearning.eu/checklistmoocplatform/ •Spyropoulou, N., Pierrakeas, C., & Kameas, A. (2014). CREATING MOOC GUIDELINES BASED ON BEST PRACTICES. EDULEARN14 Proceedings, 6981-6990. A Simple Guide to Navigating the MOOC Muddle - WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies http://wcet.wiche.edu/learn/talking-points/moocs –Platform selection (and migration) •Defining drivers and mapping them to options. –Brown et. Al. (forthcoming) “A strategic response to MOOCs: How one European university is approaching the challenge“ International Review of Research in Distributed Learning
- 6. MOOC Readiness – Platform Selection –A key idea: What is your institutional identity? (Williams van Rooij, 2011; Costello, 2014) Williams van Rooij, S. (2011). Higher education sub-cultures and open source adoption. Computers & Education, 57(1), 1171-1183. Costello E. (2014) Opening up to open source: looking at how Moodle was adopted in higher education.Open Learning: The Journal Of Open And Distance Learning, 28, 3, pp187-200.
- 7. MOOC Readiness – Platform Selection What is a University? “A set of warring departmental fiefdoms held together by a common concern about parking” – Anonymous
- 8. Expressions of Interest • Join us: –What are your institutional drivers? –Case Studies are lacking in this area in the literature –Case studies of platform specific implementations
- 9. European MOOC Discourses • MOOCs in the Popular Media • Media discourse driving policy and influencing policy makers • Protocol developed to enable cross-country comparison of MOOC coverage in the news media • The Washington Post in 1999: "Blackboard Chalks Up a Breakthrough; Its Educational Software Lets Colleges Put Classes on the Internet.” • “we can't move forward, until we reconcile where we've been before” Audrey Watters
- 11. • Methodology • Media Sources • Discourse Analysis Protocol - 20 items - Google form - Descriptive - Interpretative 3. What is the Irish story so far? About the Study
- 12. Year – 2011 = 1 | 2012 = 1 | 2013 = 24 | 2014 = 39 | 2015 Media Publications - Breakdown by media source | Irish Times | Type of Article – Descriptive | Investigative Content of Story – Local | International (US | UK | European | Other) Average Word Length – Total = X | 2011 = X | 2012 = X | 2013 = X | 2014 = X | 2015 = X Stance Adopted - Positive | Neutral | Negative Likely Disruption - Revolution | Evolution | Minimal | Sceptical | None | Not Stated Major Focus – Platform | Pedagogy | Both | Other Supporting Evidence for Assumptions – Yes | No Platform – Alison | Coursera | Futurelearn | Tata System | Other MOOCS in Irish Media: Discourse Analysis Protocol
- 13. Major Drivers – Fear of Missing Out | Institutional Branding | Increase Student Recruitment | Extend Access | Reduce Costs | Generate Revenue | Unbundling of Services | Innovation | Curriculum Renewal | Supporting Student Readiness | Promote Research on New Models of Teaching | None Problem of Completion Rates – Yes | No Reference to Learning Analytics – Yes | No Explicit Implication for Policy Makers – Yes | No Change Perspective – In Change (Reactive) | For Change (Proactive) | None Dominant Discourse – Reproduction | Re-schooling | De-schooling | Re-conception Type of MOOC – cMOOC | xMOOC | Other Name of Institution - Institutional Ranking – Elite | Non Elite | Other Education Level – Higher Education | Post Secondary | School MOOCS in Irish Media: Discourse Analysis Protocol
- 14. Total of 77 publications
- 15. Completed: Initial analysis of Irish media coverage of the MOOC phenomenon. Required: Cross-country comparisons Facilitated by using the tools and protocols we have developed Contact us [email protected] [email protected]
- 16. Go raibh maith agaibh. Questions?