1. Towards
Open Higher Education 2030
European MOOCs Stakeholder Summit,
Lausanne, 10-12 February 2014
Christine Redecker, PhD
JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies

2. The MOOC hype cycle
& technological revolutions
We are here
A very slow tsunami: projection of the Hype Cycle for MOOCs
by Jonathan Tapson, University of Western Sydney http://pandodaily.com/2013/09/13/moocsand-the-gartner-hype-cycle-a-very-slow-tsunami/

3. & technological revolutions
The MOOC hype cycle
Bubble
Deployment period
Collapse
Installation period
We are here
In this situation we should "move policy thinking (…) towards actively
shaping market conditions to enable the full flourishing of the newly
A very slow tsunami: projection of the Hype Cycle for MOOCs
installed technological potential into what can be a sustainable global
by Jonathan Tapson, University of Western Sydney http://pandodaily.com/2013/09/13/moocsgolden age"
and-the-gartner-hype-cycle-a-very-slow-tsunami/
Carlota Perez
(referring to the financial crisis)

4. Opening Up Education
COMMUICATION
September 2013

5. Horizon 2020
EU action
1. Open Learning
Environments
Member States
E&T institutions
EU funding
 new business and educational models
 large-scale research & policy experimentations
 New tools for validation and recognition
 EU funded content
open license
2. Open Educational  Open Education Europa portal
Resources
 Partnerships for quality OER, new business models
 Open access policies for publicly-funded materials
 Recommend OER; public procurement for OER
3. Connectivity
and Innovation
 Open frameworks and (EU-wide) standards for digital
content, applications and services
 Research on technologies
4. EC support
 http://openeducationeuropa.eu/ platform
 European Hub of Digitally Innovative Education institutions

6. European Commission
support
for better knowledge and stronger evidence-based policies
 Develop foresight scenarios for education in Europe 2030
 High Level Group for Modernisation of Higher Education
 Monitor the integration of ICT
 Impact assessment on open licensing for publically funded content
 Assess the current practices and needs of sharing (copyright, licensing
multilingualism, quality assurance, etc.)

7. JRC - IPTS
European Commission,
Joint Research Centre
Institute for Prospective
Technological Studies (IPTS):
Research institute supporting EU
policy-making on
socio-economic, scientific and/or
technological issues

8. IPTS research
2013
Scenarios for
Open Education
2030
http://blogs.ec.europa.eu
/openeducation2030/
2014
Framework
of institutional
strategies for
openness
(post-secondary
education)
School Education
Recognition
schemes
Higher Education
Business models
Adult Learning
Guidelines for HE
institutions
Empirical
evidence on
learning with
MOOCs
(learner survey)

9. Research
Assessment
Certification
Assessment
2030
Guidance
Selection
Guidance
Content
Selection
Today
Educational Institution
Certification
Content
Research

10. Learner
initiated
goals
Self-guided discovery
Learning
context
Learning
Guided
Externally
set
Selfguided

11. Self-guided discovery
goals
Guided discovery
Learner
initiated
Learning
context
Selfguided
Learning
Guided
Guided journey
Externally
set
Self-guided journey

12. Guided discovery
Learner
initiated
Self-guided discovery
Universities play a key role:
→ as research hubs
Networked knowledge
Distributed knowledge
Learning
Fit for success
context
Learning
Guided
goals
A global open research
arena enables anybody
to engage in research
My career path
Universities play a key role:
→ As professional training
providers
→ As educational content
providers
Guided journey
Externally
set
Selfguided
Universities play a key role:
→ As educational content
providers
→ For certification and
accreditation
Self-guided journey

13. Guided discovery
Learner
initiated
Self-guided discovery
Universities play a key role:
→ as research hubs
A global open research
arena enables anybody
to engage in research
Networked knowledge
Distributed knowledge
Learning
Fit for success
context
Learning
Guided
goals
Where are the MOOCs???
My career path
Universities play a key role:
→ As professional training
providers
→ As educational content
providers
Guided journey
Externally
set
Selfguided
Universities play a key role:
→ As educational content
providers
→ For certification and
accreditation
Self-guided journey

14. Learner
initiated
Guided discovery
Self-guided discovery
Universities play a key role:
→ as research hubs
Networked knowledge
context
Learning
Fit for success
Guided journey
Distributed knowledge
Learning
Guided
Universities play a key role:
→ As professional training
providers
→ As educational content
providers
goals
A global open research
arena enables anybody
to engage in research
My career path
MOOCs
MOOCs
Externally
set
Selfguided
Universities play a key role:
→ As educational content
providers
→ For certification and
accreditation
Self-guided journey

15. Research
Research
Research
Research
2030
Certification
Content
MOOCs
Assessment
MOOCs
Selection
Guidance
Guidance
Certification
Content
Selection
Today
Educational Institution
Research
Assessment
Selection

16. Research
What do we need to
think about today?
Research
Research
• New business models
• New funding
schemes
• Certification,
recognition and
credit transfer across
institutions, across
borders
• New interfaces
between education
and research
• Experimentation!
Research
2030
Content
MOOCs
MOOCs
Guidance
Certification
Assessment

17. • Thank you very much for your attention!
• Christine Redecker
•
Christine.Redecker@ec.europa.eu
• http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/eLearning.html
• http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/openeducation2030/