This PPT was used as an internal presentation in 2015 to report about the work to select the most suitable platform for the MOOC at USI.

1. This is a journey to
eTourism: Communication Perspectives
Star by Stefano Tardini, Nadzeya Kalbaska, Silvia de Ascaniis, Elena Marchiori,
Emanuele Mele, Elisabetta Frick, Mattia Pera, Shondel Bervini
Director: Lorenzo Cantoni Producer: Jingjing Lin
A MOOC COMING ON SCREEN THIS AUTUMN 2015

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5. Coursesites
• For individual instructors
Open Education
• For academic institutions
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6. Open Education by Bb is only for existing Bb
institute clients to launch MOOCs.

8. Udemy
It is a party for individual specialists and business sectors.
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9. Versal has no experience to partner with academic institutes.
Versal

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11. Why NO to Alison?
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14. openlearning has Australian and Malaysian dominant universities
partners in the club at present. It is expanding into Asian market.

15. Back up by Open Universities Australia and have 10 universities in the
partner list, exclusively Australian institutes.

17. Too small. Too mathematic. No university level partners.

19. Not the right community.

20. Eliademy
“God, all I need is just
Sardine, and millions of
users.”
…only 50,000 users.

22. Pros Cons
• Annual partnership fee: USD 50,000.
• No mobile app, no responsive site design.
• Based in America: time difference when
collaboration.
• 600,000 users.
• Full list of features. (100%,15/15)
• Stanford background.
• High reputation of participating universities.
• Certification: free/paid.
• Basic learner statistics overview available to
user.

23. Pros Cons
• Not to display university logo and intro page.
• Annual partnership fee: GBP 10,000.
• Time-driven learning mode.
• No control over video speed.
• Only paid certificates offered.
• 900,000 users.
• High reputation of participating universities (less competitive to
NovoED).
• Satisfying list of features.(80%,12/15)
• Based in the UK with no time difference when collaboration.
• Led by the UK Open University with rich experiences in online
education.
• Underlying pedagogy as social constructivist learning instead of
the behaviourism approach by the US xMOOC platform.
• Mobile app available. Responsive site design.
• Basic learner statistics overview available to user.

24. Pros Cons
• Certificates not available.
• Cannot download videos.
• No responsive site design.
• 200,000 users.
• Free to partner with USI.
• Satisfying list of features.(87%,13/15)
• Good reputation of participating universities
(less competitive to FutureLearn).
• Mobile app available.
• Basic learner statistics overview available to
user.

25. Pros Cons
• 47 courses available.
• No mobile app.
• No basic learner statistics overview available
to user.
• 500,000 users.
• Free to partner with USI.
• Satisfying list of features.(87%,13/15)
• Good reputation of participating universities (less
competitive to Canvas).
• Responsive site design.
• Certification: free/paid.
• Based in Germany with no time difference when
collaboration.
• Availability of bridging ECTS in courses.

26. March 26, 2015
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28. THE RISE OF USI MOOCS
GET TUNED
For any question, please contact me via jingjing.lin@usi.ch

29. Declaration
• All unclaimed photos in this presentation were originally contributed by Jingjing Lin.
• All website screenshots were operated on relevant websites, respectively.
• All platforms’ logos were directly retrieved from their websites, respectively.
• The time line listing 18 platforms was created by Time Line Generator.