Tom Staubitz from the Hasso Plattner Institute's Open HPI team presents on what learners and employers expect in terms of certification from MOOCs. Listen to the full webinar recording at https://soundcloud.com/openeducationeuropa/moocs-accreditation-and-recognition

1. How do we connect MOOCs accreditation and certification with the needs of future employers?
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openHPI, Thomas Staubitz, Hasso Plattner Institute

2. openHPI - Thomas Staubitz, Hasso Plattner Institute
About me
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Tom Staubitz, M.Sc.
■ Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI), Potsdam, Germany
■ openHPI Team
■ Research Assistant and PhD Student
■ Integration and Assessment of Practical Programming
Assignments in Large-Scale Learning Environments
Previous Experience
■ Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin
■ Adjunct Professor, Department of Game Design
■ Master of Science in International Media and Computer
Science
■ Beuth Hochschule Berlin, Lab Online Learning, Virtuelle
Fachhochschule

3. openHPI - Thomas Staubitz, Hasso Plattner Institute
Hasso Plattner Institute
■ IT Systems Engineering for Bachelor, Master, and PhD
■ D-School - Design Thinking
■ HPI Research School
■ Open Campus
■ HPI Academy
■ HPI Youth Academy
■ openHPI
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■ https://hpi.de/en.html
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4. openHPI - Thomas Staubitz, Hasso Plattner Institute4
xMOOC started 2012
openHPI
10 courses offered as of today
openSAP
56000 users 106000 enrollments
openHPI.cn
till 03/2014: monolithic architecture,
based on existing LM System (v1)
since 04/2014: micro service
architecture (v2)
In-Memory Data Management (En/Zh)
Internetworking (De/En/Zh)
Semantic Web Technologies (En)
Datenmanagement mit SQL (De)
Web-Technologien (De)
Business Process Modeling (En)
Parallel Programming Concepts (En)
Internet Sicherheit (De)
15000
certificates
video self-tests material homework
final exam
practical assignments
Sister
Platforms
community

5. openHPI - Thomas Staubitz, Hasso Plattner Institute
The User Survey
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700 survey participants vs. 50000 registered users
Distribution Survey openHPI
Gender Almost identical
Age 40-70 year olds slightly over represented
Geographic Almost identical

6. openHPI - Thomas Staubitz, Hasso Plattner Institute
Minimum percentage of points / accessed material to earn a
Record of Achievement or Confirmation of Participation?
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0.00%$
5.00%$
10.00%$
15.00%$
20.00%$
25.00%$
30.00%$
35.00%$
50%$ 60%$ 70%$ 80%$
RoA$
CoP$
43%
Almost half of the users
would raise the bar to earn a
Record of Achievement
Record of Achievement
Confirmation of Participation

7. openHPI - Thomas Staubitz, Hasso Plattner Institute
What is your opinion on the certificate’s verifiability?
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I"don’t"care"too"much"about"
the"cer0ficates,"I"par0cipate"
in"the"courses"for"other"
reasons."
Proctored"exams"should"be"
op0onal."Whether"the"
par0cipant"took"this"op0on"
or"not"should"be"stated"on"
the"cer0ficate.""
Proctored"exams"should"be"
mandatory"to"receive"a"
cer0ficate.""
Just"leave"it"as"it"is."
Not interested in certificate
Optional Proctored Exam
Mandatory Proctored Exam
Keep Status Quo

8. openHPI - Thomas Staubitz, Hasso Plattner Institute
Certificate verifiability
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0.00%$
5.00%$
10.00%$
15.00%$
20.00%$
25.00%$
30.00%$
35.00%$
40.00%$
45.00%$
50.00%$
Yes$(Y)$ No$(N)$
Link certificates to
online portfolios
(LinkedIn,
Xing, etc.)?

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Proctored Exam
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<"50"€""
50"&"100"€"
>100"€"
Offline&
Online&
Less than 50€
50-100€
100€
How much would you pay?
Offline (Traveling might be required)
Online (Privacy issues)
Offline
Online

10. openHPI - Thomas Staubitz, Hasso Plattner Institute
Would you add a MOOC certificate to your job application?
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No.$I$would$not$do$that.$$
I$would$only$add$a$verified$
(e.g.$by$a$proctored$exam)$
cer<ficate.$$
I$would$only$add$a$
cer<ficate$but$not$a$
confirma<on$of$
par<cipa<on.$
If$I$have$not$received$a$
cer<ficate,$I$would$also$
add$a$confirma<on$of$
par<cipa<on.$
No, I would not
Only with a proctored exam
RoA yes, CoP no
CoP if no RoA

11. openHPI - Thomas Staubitz, Hasso Plattner Institute
Employer Survey
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https://blog.openhpi.de/survey/index.php/427793/lang-en

12. Thank you for your attention
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Contact: thomas.staubitz@hpi.de
Questions?