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Reflections on Enrollment Numbers and Success Rates<br />
at the openHPI MOOC Platform<br />
Christoph Meinel, Christian Willems, Jan Renz and Thomas Staubitz<br />
Upon successful completion of the course, participants<br />
qualify for an openHPI certificate. For this they must have<br />
earned at least 50 percent of the possible points from<br />
the six homework exercises as well as on the final exam.<br />
Besides the number of points received, it is also noted on<br />
the certificate whether the participant is among the best<br />
5, 10, or 20 percent in the course. Additionally, all participants<br />
who have completed at least 50 percent of the<br />
course material receive an ungraded certificate of participation.<br />
The determination of a 6-week framework for the<br />
length of an openHPI online course, with a concluding<br />
exam week, was based on a consideration of the necessary<br />
time for making the course participants form a virtual<br />
“community”. Additionally, the focus was on limiting the<br />
burden placed on course participants. The offer applies<br />
not only to students but to anyone interested whether it<br />
be a professional person, high school student, or retiree.<br />
openHPI Course Curriculum<br />
Figure 1. Screenshot – Prof. Hasso Plattner<br />
lecturing on openHPI<br />
The subjects addressed in the courses on openHPI originate<br />
in the courses of the HPI IT Systems Engineering<br />
curriculum. The HPI professors and senior researchers<br />
address topics on the latest developments and research<br />
results from the area of computer science. At the same<br />
time, broad basic knowledge is also conveyed, such as how<br />
the Internet works. The subject matter taught in an online<br />
course cannot encompass an entire lecture program,<br />
based on time restrictions alone. Furthermore, the courses<br />
are not intended to be lecture substitutes but rather<br />
aim to teach essential knowledge to a wide, general audience.<br />
The concluded courses from the first year are listed<br />
in table 1.<br />
Table 1: openHPI courses from<br />
the first year of operation<br />
Course Lecturer Language Term<br />
In-Memory Data<br />
Management<br />
Prof. Hasso Plattner English 2012-09-03 to 2012-10-28<br />
Internetworking mit<br />
TCP/IP<br />
Prof. Dr. Christoph<br />
Meinel<br />
German 2012-11-05 to 2012-12-24<br />
Semantic Web<br />
Technologies<br />
Dr. Harald Sack English 2013-02-04 to 2013-04-01<br />
Datenmanagment<br />
mit SQL Prof. Dr. Felix Naumann German 2013-04-08 to 2013-05-27<br />
Web-Technologien<br />
Prof. Dr. Christoph<br />
Meinel<br />
German 2013-06-03 to 2013-07-22<br />
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