edX and the Physics Department

REINVENTING EDUCATION:
THE CASE FOR DIGITAL UNIVERSITIES
Universities
Lecture,
ESTABLISHED 1088
AD Circa 1308 AD
From Wikipedia
Courtesy Eric Klopfer
But other industries have seen that…
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Cloud/Mobile/Internet
Digitized products
Mass customization
User experience focus
B2C2B
Democratization
Unbundled services
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Crowdsourcing
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Big Ideas
World Innovations
Internet of Things
Ultra-high-tech
Academia has had a few disruptive
technologies
Blackboard, 1801
From Wikipedia
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* Asia Europe  U.S. 1801 at West Point
* 1814: colored chalk
So we launched a new venture
President: Anant Agarwal
• MIT & Harvard invest
$30M each
• Free world education
• Open source platform
• We disrupt ourselves!!
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Where is this?
The edX Impact
2.5MM Learners
180+ Courses
English, French,
Mandarin, Hindi
196+
4.5MM
All Countries
Course Enrollments
44+
130+
Institutions
Blended Classes
13,500+ Enrollments
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Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOC’s)
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Video Lectures
Forums
Automatic assessments
Rich interactive content (edX
special)
7.00x
Auto-graded Exercises Provide Instant Feedback
Virtual Game-Like Laboratory
Interactive Simulations in Physics
What is MITx?
edX versus MITx
edX is the platform for a global audience
MITx is the production house
and the product
...the interests of Commerce and
the Arts, as well as of General
Education, call for the most
earnest co-operation of intelligent
culture with industrial pursuits.
MIT versus Status Quo, 1861 CE
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Learning by doing versus memorization
All comers versus versus privileged few
Science versus dogma
Egalitarianism versus exclusivity
Internal adoption has been amazing
Number
of
Courses
Number
of
Students
Courses Offered
2012 Fall
3
600
8.01rq, CC.801, ES.801
2013 Spring
7
994
5.11x, 6.041,6.s064, 8.011, 18.05, CC.801, ES.802
2013 Fall
13
1689
2.01, 2.03, 3.012, 3.091, 5.37, 6.341, 6.042, 8.21,
8.33, 8.021, 8.13, 18.03, CC.801
2318
2.01, 2.003, 5.03, 3.039, 3.086, 3.091, 5.11x,
7.013, 7.014, 7.06, 7.28, 8.011, 8.02, 8.13, 8.421,
6.00, 6.002, 6.003, 6.042, 6.s076, 6.874, 16.003,
16.90,, 18.03, 18.05, 18.06, CC.802
Semesters
30
25
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15
10
2014 Spring
27
5
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FALL 2012
SPRING 2013
FALL 2013
SPRING 2014
THIN SLICES, INSTANT FEEDBACK
SHORT LECTURES, INSTANT FEEDBACK, REPEATED PRACTICE
LEARN
ASSESS
PRACTICE
Cracking the Code?
Students are beginning to like it
8.02
Student feedback: “Instant feedback = better study habits and I'm
able to retain the right material right away”
The boundaries are blurring
Latest Projects
• First Entrepreneurship class
launched: Sloan 15.390x
– Twitter feed
– Video trailer
– Alums activated as mentors
• First professional education
course launched
– 3,440 signups
• Engagement and outreach
– K12 has started
– Outreach around the world
Thanks! Questions?

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