Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3 rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014 MOOC, digital learning…: an opportunity for Egypt! Yves Epelboin Professor Emeritus UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, Paris Past CIO for teaching and Learning [email protected]
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Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
MOOC, digital learning…:an opportunity for Egypt!
Yves EpelboinProfessor Emeritus
UPMC-Sorbonne Universités, ParisPast CIO for teaching and Learning
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
A new eraA new era
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Massive Open Online Course
• Massive: large number of participants– Definition of large?
• Depending on the subject• Lurkers, true participants and certification
• Open:– No prerequisite but must register– Not Open Source
• Online– More than contents: self contained
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Massive distance teaching: a short history
• 1972: Open University (UK) • 2000: Learning Management Systems (LMS)• 2002: Open Educational Resources (OER)• 2008: George Siemens “all learners, all teachers”
The connectivist MOOC, cMOOC• 2011: S. Thrun, Stanford
xMOOC and transmissive MOOC• 2012: Coursera, edX…
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
What to do?
• Adapted MOOCs and distance learning are the only solution to solve the need to educate masses of young people
Solutions must be adapted to the
Egyptian society and culture
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
It already started
• November 2013:Edraak, an education initiative of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development (QRF)
• July 2014: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labor announced the launch of an open-platform Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) portal designed to bridge the gap between education and employment in Saudi Arabia and throughout the Arab world
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014
What next
• Work together to build a project for Egypt– Available forces (academics,
support…)– Cost estimates– Teaching priorities
• Funding?
Y. Epelboin UPMC-Sorbonne Universités 3rd Int. Conf. Achieving sustainable development in Egypt 2020 Genève 13/09/2014