The Future of Education

The Department of Information studies and Librarianship of Faculty of Arts, Masaryk university, is the first university department in Czech Republic, which offers credentials for the study of MOOC and additional activities. In semester Autumn 2014 and Spring 2014 was developed and tought the brand new subject: Online education MOOC. This hybrid course is unique combination of online learning with offline activities. For receiving credit, students have to sucessfully finish chosen MOOC, create the analysis and evaluation of the course and prepare the final presentation for other students and members of Department. Students can also attend seminars throught the whole semester and learn from each other and find out about key concepts of MOOCs and education technology. While the Faculty of Arts is sceptical about the suject, feedback from students is very positive and shows rapid growth of their enagegement, if they can choose the subject of study by themselves. The brand new subject offers a specifical model of blended learning. This course also brought an attention of Czech media and became an PR event for the whole Department.

The presentation will focus on the curriculum of the course, its learning methods and learning outcomes. The goal of the speech is also to indtroduce the key insights, which have been gained throught the two semesters experinece of managing this course. The presentation will offer concrete data and results from the course, as the data from students feedback. The pedagogical and technological side of the subject will be examined and summarized as a unique case study, which might inspire others to experiment with learning using MOOC. The final part of the presentation will focus on the future of possible use of MOOC on academic background, its positives, negatives and challenges ahead.