1. Using MOOCs for Developmental Education
Bill Weber
@wlweber
Montana State University Billings

2. Problem: Students Are Entering Higher Ed
Underprepared

3. Some Issues Related
to Dev Ed
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35% to 40% of entering
freshmen are placed into
Remedial Courses (Bettinger,
Boatman, & Long, 2013).
Issues of Cost

4. Solution: Require Minimum Scores For Initial
Course Registration

5. Justifications
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The less time in Dev Ed —> More likely to
complete (Bettinger et al, 2013; Edgecombe,
2011)
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“Leakage Points”
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Acceleration (Edgecombe, 2011)
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“Summer Bridge/Learning Communities”
(Bettinger et al, 2013)

6. Multiplication Principle, Myra Snell
(Edgecombie, 2011)

7. Action: Enter The Developmental MOOC

8. MOOCs

9. Two Examples From The Bleeding Edge

10. How Can We Put It Together

11. How Can We Put It Together

12. How Can We Put It Together

13. How Can We Put It
Together
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Other Educational Resources
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Instructor Created
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Open Educational Resources

14. Drawbacks

15. Completion

16. Other Issues
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Lack of Research
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Time, Money, Resources
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Very Early Stages
Especially for Writing
May not be for all students

17. Ties To This Course
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Exposure to College Earlier
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Many skills to get through MOOCs align with
traditional 100-level lecture courses.

18. Questions?

19. Resources
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Bettinger, E., Boatman, A., Long, B. (2013, Spring). “Student Supports:
Developmental Education and Other Academic Programs”. The Future of
Children. (23:1). pp. 93-115.
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Edgecombe, N. (2011, Feb). “Accelerating the Academic Achievement of
Students Referred to Developmental Education”. CCR Working Paper No.
30. Community College Research Center: Teachers College, Columbia
University.
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Epper, R., Goodwin, M., Rowenhorst, T., Tirrell, T. (2013, Nov 14). “Finding
Integrating, and Understanding OERs”. 2013 WCET Annual Meeting,
Denver, CO.
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Kizilcec, R., Piech, C., Schneider, E. (2013). “Deconstructing
Disengagement: Analyzing Learner Subpopulations in Massive Open Online
Courses”. Third International Conference on Learning Analytics and
Knowledge, LAK ’13, Leuven, Belgium.
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Mitchell, J. (2013, Nov 5). “MOOCs and Beyond”. Educause Learning
Initiative FOCUS Session 2013, Online.