Lecture at meeting Science Dissemination and On-line Certification for All (ICTP, Trieste 30 Sept - 2 Oct 2013)

1. Open On-line Courses at University of
Pisa: an evolution?
Enrica Salvatori - Trieste sept. 2013
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3. Points
• Could Pisa (Italian Universities) have
MOOCs?
• Why hasn’t it MOOCs yet?
• Do we really want them?
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6. iTunes U
Moodle
Claroline
iTunesU since 2011
Digital Culture Lab
Laboratorio di Cultura
Digitale
Production line based
on Apple software
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7. Students as fundamental
workforce
Interdepartmental center
Serious administrative
obstacles
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8. ToK 2013
National Meetings
Top courses
1200 files
30.000 visits / month
BUT
trend down
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9. ToK 2013
National Meetings
Top courses
1200 files
30.000 visits / month
BUT
trend down
lunedì 30 settembre 13

10. Problems:
too few people at work
not automated production
lack of central strategy
lack of administrative help
about MOOCs:
not widespread
knowledge
not widespread
acceptance
no money
no incentives
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11. Do we really need money?
Yes, but less then expected
* promo - €
* lessons - self recording
* postproduction - internship / €
* teaching materials - self production &
internship
* tutor - internship / €
* quiz/test - internship
* platform & data entry - ITC office
* administration ???
* comunication - PR
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12. What do we really need?
• a dedicated small team
• incentives for teachers (non only money:
hours of work, rating, awards)
• a central strategy
• key peolple inside each department
• outside connections (a regional / national /
european web of MOOCs?)
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13. Do we really need
MOOCs?
YES if we want
• Clever answer to the crisis (people)
• Great opportunity to enhance culture, skils,
knowledge among people
• Clever answer to the crisis (Institution) BUT..
• Promotion of the Institution
• Help for the “standard” students
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14. Do we really want
MOOCs?
NOT if we want
• defend our garden (as teacher, as department, as
university) and the traditional vision of
the Academy
• put the (low) budget in the tradition
• preserve traditional education
• accept the power of bureaucracy inside the
university
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15. Can education be really
massive and global?
• huge numbers (effective education?)
• huge numbers / students as numbers
(distruptive innovation)
• english based and USA rule (another blow to
cultural diversity)
• traditional universities and MOOCs are in
natural competition (?)
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16. Thanks
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