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ROLE OF MOOCS AND IMOOX FOR AUSTRIAN UNIVERSITIES: ANALYSIS OF
PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES AT IMOOX
Martin Ebner, TU Graz
Sarah Edelsbrunner, TU Graz
Katharina Hohla-Sejkora, TU Graz
Silvia Lipp, Universität Graz
Sandra Schön, TU Graz
June 2023, Potsdam
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Full paper Will be published in the EMOOCs Proceedings:
Martin Ebner, Sarah Edelsbrunner, Katharina Hohla-Sejkora, Silvia
Lipp and Sandra Schön (2023). Role of MOOCs and iMooX for
Austrian Universities. Analysis of performance agreements and
activities at iMooX
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Agenda
•Introduction: Austrian HE landscape, MOOCs, and iMooX
•Spread of MOOC and iMooX in performance agreements
•Development of MOOCs per university: Analysis of the iMooX
documentation data
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Austrian Higher Education Landscape
•9 million inhabitants, ❤ of Europe
•22 public universities (51,000 students)
•21 universities of applied sciences (15,000
students)
•14 teacher training colleges (3,600 students)
•one private university of applied sciences and
•17 private universities (2,700 students).
•Most students attend public universities with
comparably low fees (similar to Germany)
Source:
Bundesministerium für Bildung,
Wissenschaft und Forschung,
https://www.bmbwf.gv.at/Themen/HS-
Uni/Hochschulsystem.html,Statistisches
Jahrbuch
https://www.bmbwf.gv.at/dam/jcr:00d23d
52-ba98-44a2-acf0-
9188afc830c2/Stat_TB_2022_BF.pdf
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MOOCs in Austria
Literature Check:
•First experiences with e.g. COER13
•Foundation of iMooX.at (TU Graz, University
of Graz in 2013)
•Other MOOC platforms are occasionally in
use (see STEM MOOCs by the TU Austria
(Kaiser-Müller, 2018)
•Publications about single MOOCs,
innovations, Inverse Blended Learning, etc.
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iMooX.at – the Austrian MOOC platform
TU Graz Universität Wien
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iMooX.at – the Austrian MOOC platform
Expansion to the
national MOOC platform
(2020-2023) supported by
2013 founded
(TU Graz | University of Graz);
now hosted by TU Graz
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Research Interest
The Austrian platform iMooX.at is a central platform for
MOOCs, and many Austrian universities act as providers
of these courses, with hundreds or even thousands of
participants enrolled in each.
However: Lack of data and information regarding the
current state of MOOC dissemination in Austrian higher
education.
What data can we get/provide
about MOOC/iMooX.at usage
in Austrian HEI?
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Two approaches in our paper
A. Analysis of performance agreements of Austrian
public universities and ministry.
B. Analysis of internal iMooX documentation
concerning cooperations with Austrian universities
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A. Analysis of performance agreements of Austrian public
universities and ministry
Performance agreements
are contracts between
public universities and
ministry, regularly
developed and are publicly
available
(about 80-120 pages,
current version 2022-2024)
e.g. TU Graz performance agreement 2022-
2024https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload
/tugrazExternal/02bfe6da-df31-4c20-9e9f-
819251ecfd4b/2021_2022/Stk_8/Leistungsvereinb
arung_2022_2024_TU_Graz.pdf
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A. Analysis of performance agreements of Austrian public
universities and ministry
Data published in: Ebner, M.,
Mair, B., Nagler, W., Schön, S.,
Steinkellner, I., Stojevic, I., Lipp,
S. (2023) Erfahrungen bei
Studienstart und Aktivitäten der
Universitäten zu MOOCs in
Österreich. In Zeitschrift für
Hochschulentwicklung 18/1, S.
111-129,
https://zfhe.at/index.php/zfhe/arti
cle/view/1741
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B. Analysis of internal iMooX documentation concerning
cooperations with Austrian universities
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B. Analysis of internal iMooX documentation concerning
cooperations with Austrian universities
Type of the University
Number of
universities
(03/2023)
Number of universities that have
already offered at least one
MOOC on iMooX (in percent)
Universities (public)
22 11 (50%)
Universities of Applied
Sciences (public)
21 7 (33%)
University Colleges of
Teacher Education (public)
14 4 (27%)
Private universities and
Universities of Applied
Sciences
18 0 (0%)
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Discussion and open questions
•Other approaches to measure MOOC distribution in higher education?
•Do you know similar overviews/data for your country?
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Acknowledgements
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„iMooX –the MOOC platform as a service
for all Austrian universities” (2020-2023),
co-funded by the Federal Ministry Republic
of Austria Education Science and Research.
Partners: TU Graz, University of Vienna
Parts of the presented development and research was carried out
Within the project
