1. Barriers to Learners and OpenupEd Darco Jansen SEQUENT Consultation Session, Slovenia, 9 March 2015

2. Barriers to Learners and OpenupEd Barriers for learners About OpenupEd

3. Drivers for learners - MOOCs for Opening up Education MOOCs should be designed such that all unnecessary barriers to learning are removed, while aiming to provide students with a reasonable chance of success in education. All unnecessary barriers to learning should be removed, both at the entry into learning and along the learning path Learners should be facilitated with appropriate incentives to make progress and to succeed in their learning efforts

4. BarrierCould MOOCs remove the barrier? 1 EconomicYES, they do 2 Entry requirements YES, they do (formally) 3 LocationYES, they do (but not for exams) 4 SchedulingNO (generally), but YES is possible 5 Network connectivity NO (external factor) 6 Digital literacy YES (by offering a dedicated MOOC)

5. BarrierCould MOOCs remove the barrier? 7 Accessibility over timePROBLEMATIC, but YES is possible 8 Accessibility to allPROBLEMATIC (language, sanctioned countries) 9 CulturalPROBLEMATIC (dominant ‘Western’ perspective) 10 LegalYES, but ONLY with open licensing 11 QualityYES, to some EXTENT (no systems guarantee!)

6. IncentiveCould MOOCs offer the incentive? SatisfactionYES, but it’s a constant CHALLENGE (motivation, lay-out/text-graphics-video, learning environment, interaction) CompletionYES, but ONLY with DEDICATION to: online pedagogics, independent learning, context sensitivity, small units RecognitionYES, but PRIMARILY with the OPTION of formal credit & credit transfer (far from reality)

8. OpenupEd’s Mission 1.Contribute to Opening up Education by removing barriers and offering incentives as much as possible 2.Cherish the Values for Education in societies: equity, diversity, quality, and autonomy Characteristics Learner-at-the-Centre & Self-study High-quality Learning Materials Diversity in Language & Culture Public Domain & Decentralized

9. Going pan-European … with OpenupEd MOOCs OpenupEd: launched April 25 2013 joint press release EADTU & EC Need for a pan-European European initiative! nice umbrella: the EC launch ‘Opening up Education’ that’s why OpenupEd is our name first and still only pan-European MOOCs initiative European values: Equity, Quality, and Diversity Darco Jansen Fred Mulder

10. OpenupEd OpenupEd is an open, non-profit partnership on MOOCs OpenupEd aims to contribute to opening up education to the benefit of learners and the wider society while reflecting values such as equity, quality and diversity. Offering over 174 MOOCs in 12 different languages. Another 120-140 MOOCs will follow shortly With > 100 with an option to do a formal exam (ECTS credits). Darco Jansen

11. OpenupEd partnership from the EU: Cyprus, France, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, the UK outside of the EU, from: Russia, Turkey, Israel planning to join, from: Denmark, Estonia, France (+1), Greece, Ireland, Poland (2x), Slovenia, Spain (+1) Open to other potential partners (> 10 requests) Darco JansenFred Mulder

12. OpenupEd partnership: but centralized for quality … Branding: commonality in our eight features Procedures: admission conditions and OpenupEd label OpenupEd label : first quality label for MOOCS Continuous monitoring Research and evaluation Darco JansenFred Mulder

13. Thank you!!! Darco.Jansen@eadtu.eu Coordinator