current status of open education in japan
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日本におけるOpen Educationの現状Current Status of Open Education in Japan
重田勝介
Katsusuke Shigeta北海道大学
Hokkaido University
3 players (partly) conducts Open Education
Institutions of Higher Ed.
SocialEntrepre-neurship
Ed-techCompanies
1) Institutions of Higher Education
Institutions of Higher
Ed.
• OpenCourseWare(2005-)
– JOCW (Regional Consortium)
• OER development and utilization
– By some universities
• e.g. Hokkaido consortium
• MOOC
– With providers or consortiums
• 1 Coursera / 1 FutureLearn / 5 edX
– JMOOC: Regional efforts
Hokkaido University Consortium
• Center for Open Education at Hokkaido U.
• Share liberal arts education through videoconferencing and OER
– Share OER via Open edX based platform
– Open MOOC with translation on OECx
• International Collaboration
– Reuse OER from CMU OLI (translation and modification)
– Cooperation for learning analytics
• Joint industry-university research with Fujitsu
– Personalized learning for student success
JMOOC: Initiative to accelerate collaboration between universities and industry
• Japan Massive Open Online Course
• MOOC providers under JMOOC
• Courses by universities, faculty and education companies ( or MBA school etc.)
• Launched Oct 2013, open over 30 courses
• Over 150 thousands enrollments
Comparison of MOOC activities between Japan and other regions
Services Players Business model
U.S.Coursera, Udacity
Udemy, edX
For-profit orNon-profit
organization
VC orMembership fee for organization
EUAsia
FutureLearnFUN
学堂在线 EdraakTaiwanMOOC
Companies orGovernment-driven
organization
Governmental funding orFoundation
support
JapanJMOOC
(gacco, OUJ MOOC, OpenLearning)
Universities and Companies
cooperated with general incorporatedassociation(JMOOC)
Membership fee for association
Taiwan MOOC
• Over 100 courses• Used for campus education
• Governmental funding by course development
Japan Univ. activities for MOOC
• Few university participate MOOC
– Recognition raises recently
• Lack of resources and support
– Funding
– Staffs for course development and management
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1 寄付金
2 学内資金
3 政府からの競争
的資金4 その他の外部資
金5 不明
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Planning
Using
No
Not sure
Donation
University
Government
Other funding
Other
2) Ed-tech companies
Ed-tech Companies
• MOOC providers
– For-profit companies
• Branch or project of existing companies
– Aim to leverage online learning for existing education system
• Pursuing business model for sustainability (notes: my suspicion)
– Hosting service for universities
– Course development with companies
GaccoOne of JMOOC course provider
• Operated by NTT docomo
• Open edXbased platform
• Part of courses include offline sessions
Jyuken-sapuri(Supplements for examination)
• Operated by human resource company
• Learning materials for entrance examination of universities for high school students
• Pay 8 dollars permonth
• Pursue comprehensiveagreement withschools
https://jyukensapuri.jp
3) Social Entrepreneurship
SocialEntrepre-neurship
• Promote social change
– By bold young challengers
• OER translation and dissemination
– E.g. Asuka Academy
• Pursuing business model for sustainability (notes: my suspicion)
– Pursue public support including government
ManaveeVoluntary activities by university students
• Learning materials for entrance examination of universities to be used by high school students
• Operated by univ. students group activities
• Potential for sustainability
eBoard
• Learning materials for schools
• Offer knowledge map for learners
• Supported by VC, company and local government
Potential and challenges
• Continuous MOOC movement
• Consortium-based Collaboration
• Raise Ed-tech companies and entrepreneurs
• No governmental support
• Fragmented activities
• Beneficiary-to-pay principle
Institutions of Higher Ed.
SocialEntrepre-neurship
Ed-techCompanies
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