52.049 - MOOC Hype Versus MOOC Research: The Role of Cross-Institutional Collaborations in Advancing Science and Equity

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have not yet yielded the “revolution” that captured the public imagination at their 2012 emergence, but they have initiated new cross-university research efforts that are yielding insights into the uses and affordances of MOOCs. In a moderated panel discussion, education researchers who have worked with MOOCs combine their diverse disciplinary expertise in reflecting on five key topics: The current state of MOOC research; the responsibility of researchers to advance science in a way that integrates with policy and technology to reduce inequities in access and quality of postsecondary education; fair and privacy-respecting research using learner data; best principles for intra- and inter-institutional research collaboration; and future directions for research on MOOCs and online courses.

Sub Unit

• Division J - Postsecondary Education / Division J - Section 1: College Student Learning and Development

Chair

• Laura W. Perna, University of Pennsylvania

Papers

• Panel Speaker 1 - Isaac Chuang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Panel Speaker 2 - Andrew Dean Ho, Harvard University

• Panel Speaker 3 - Ellen Junn, California State University - Dominguez Hills

• Panel Speaker 4 - Carolyn Penstein Rose, Carnegie Mellon University

• Panel Speaker 5 - Candace Thille, Stanford University