Paper presented at European policy response on MOOC opportunities. HOME policy forum, Brussels, 28th June, 2016.

1. MOOCs in the Republic of Ireland:
A Gap in the Policy Landscape
Mark Brown & Eamon Costello
Brussels, Belgium
28th June, 2016
European Policy Forum on MOOCs

2. Do European countries
need a strategy
for MOOCs?

3. MOOCs in the Republic of Ireland:
A Gap in the Policy Landscape
1. MOOC activities
2. Policy response
3. Recommendations

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5. 1. MOOC Activities

6. 1. MOOC Activities
2016

7. 1. MOOC Activities
2016

8. 1. MOOC Activities

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10. 1. MOOC Activities

11. 1. MOOC Activities
FOMO

12. 1. MOOC Activities

13. 1. MOOC Activities

14. 1. MOOC Activities

15. 1. MOOC Activities

16. 1. MOOC Activities

17. 1. MOOC Activities

18. 1. MOOC Activities

19. http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2151
2015 Irish MOOC survey…
• Increase Institution Visibility
• Reach New Students
• Innovative Pedagogy
1. MOOC Activities

20. “Resilience requires
adaptation and evolution to new
environmental conditions, but retains core identity”
(Weller & Anderson, 2013, p.55).
1. MOOC Activities

21. 2. Policy Response

22. “The subject of this meeting is
studying at university through
online learning, including massive
open online courses, MOOCs”
2. Policy Response

23. Executive Summary
March 2015
2. Policy Response

24. Executive Summary
March 2015
2. Policy Response

25. Executive Summary
March 2015
2. Policy Response

26. Executive Summary
March 2015
2. Policy Response

27. Executive Summary
March 2015
2. Policy Response

28. Executive Summary
March 2015
2. Policy Response

29. 3. Recommendations

30. Do European countries
need a strategy
for MOOCs?
3. Recommendations

31. “As a country we have everything to
gain and nothing to lose by
increasing levels of participation in
higher education among all Irish
citizens”
(National Plan for Equity of Access to Higher Education, 2015, p. i)
3. Recommendations
In response…

32. 3. Recommendations
In response…
• High-level policy forum
• Recognise online learners in new funding
model(s)
• Establish contestable fund to support
strategic developments in fully online
programmes

33. Go raibh
maith
agaibh!