Leadership Foundation

Online and Open Access Learning and MOOCs Conference

Online and open-access learning in higher education: MOOCs, new pedagogies and business models

Date: Tuesday 5 February 2012
Venue: Beveridge Hall, Senate House, University of London
 
This one-day seminar has been organised by University of London, International Programmes, The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education and the Leadership Foudation for Higher Education.

It takes a critical look at the current surge of online and open-access higher education in the US, as well as its emergence in the UK and elsewhere. What does it have to offer – to students and to universities seeking to adapt to this new landscape?

Online delivery providers delivered case studies of their business models, across a range of niches to include open-access provision. Participants had the opportunity to consider and critique these models.

Please find below presentations from the speakers.

Session 1: The Online Revolution: Innovating and Adapting
Dr Jeff Borden, Director of the Centre for Online learning, Vice President of Instruction & Academic Strategy, Pearson eCollege, Denver
Dr Jeff Borden_Always Learning_presentation

Professor Diana Laurillard, Professor of Learning with Digital Technologies, Institute of Education, University of London
Prof Diana Laurillard_Teaching as a Design Science_presentations

Session 2: Global Innovators
Dr Diana Oblinger, President and CEO, EDCAUSE, Washington
Dr Diana Oblinger_Education and IT_presentation

Edwin Eisendrath, Managing Director, Global Education & Advisory Services, Huron Consulting Group, Chicago - no presentation tools/ powerpoint used.

Session 3a: New Business and Technologies: Impacts and Perceptions
Professor Josie Taylor, Professor of Learning Technology and Director of the Institute of Education Technology, The Open University
Professor Josie Taylor_Winners and Losers in Online Open Education_presentation

Salah Khalil, Director, Macat International, London - no presentation tools/ powerpoint used.

Session 3b: World Cafe: Rotating Group Discussion
No presentations made

Other Resources

Videos of the presentations which speakers gave permission for can be found on the Univeristy of London International Programme website

Article by Chris Parr, THE [Times Higher Education]
Will MOOCs fail to give students help they need?

Twitter hashtag: #ldnmoocs