About openHPI – the MOOC Platform of HPI

MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses – provide one of the most innovative forms of learning. Available free via the Internet, learners can access didactic course materials and learn in close contact with other students by means of social media. Parties just beginning to familiarize themselves with information technology, as well as those who want to increase their knowledge of this rapidly developing field via MOOCs, have made the right decision to choose openHPI, the MOOC platform of Hasso Plattner Institute.

• openHPI courses offer Internet knowledge through learning videos, interactive self-tests, tutorials, practical exercises and homework. This knowledge for the understanding and design of the new digital world is that provided to the students of HPI, Germany’s highly-ranked computer science institute.
• openHPI courses are offered online in their entirety. All materials can be easily accessed by any device with an Internet connection, whether desktop, laptop, smartphone or tablet.
• openHPI courses are open: participation is free of charge and not restricted by any pre-requisites. The multifaceted interaction in the learning community turns openHPI courses into a learning event.
• openHPI courses allow participants to learn in a large, virtual learning community with other course members. Lively discussion forums and virtual learning groups support exchange and collaborative learning.

Awards for our MOOC platforms

• second place in the category "Best eEducation-project" 13th e-Government competition
• honouring as "Landmark" in the national competition „Urban Space. Rural Space. Cyberspace.“
• Digita 2014 - Quality award for digital education media
• Brandon Hall GOLD Award 2014 (openSAP + openHPI)
• The Learning Awards BRONZE Winner 2014 (openSAP)
• second winner of the audience award in the Land of Ideas
• German Design Award for successful platform design
  

Visit our Team page to learn more about the people behind openHPI.

Our Offer

openHPI offers the interested public online courses with a diverse focus. A part of the courses targets a broad audience providing an introduction to the fundamentals of computer science and digital technologies. Topics include, for example, the workings of the Internet and the WWW, the building of databases, or security technology in IT. Other courses are aimed at a specialized audience. The objective of this course group is to familiarize participants with the latest innovations in computer science research, such as in-memory data management, the semantic web or, multicore and cloud computing. Workshops for learning programming languages such as Java or Python are also offered.

Course languages are German and English.

Participation Pays Off

Depending on prior knowledge, per course week three to six hours should generally be planned for the serious study of course material. This time is devoted to the learning videos, reading materials, and checking one’s progress with the provided self-tests, as well as active participation in the discussion forums. Upon successful completion of the homework and the online final test, participants receive a certificate from Hasso Plattner Institute.

Our customized, interactive online courses are geared towards:

• Students and all others interested in IT topics and those who want to increase their knowledge of the digital world. High school and middle school pupils are also encouraged to participate in the courses.
• Working professionals who want to improve and deepen their IT skills for work.
• Those interested in furthering their career through knowledge of the latest IT technology.

MOOCs. A Summary

• "openHPI - the MOOC-Offer of the Hasso Plattner Institute" (Technical Reports of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering, University of Potsdam | Nr. 80)

Scientific Support

Academic Papers 2013

• "openHPI - a Case-Study on the Emergence of two Learning Communities"
  (Statistical and qualitative analysis on the first two courses on openHPI)
• "openHPI: Evolution of a MOOC platform from LMS to SOA"
  (Information on the architecture of the openHPI platform, comparative evaluation of several learning management systems)
• "openHPI: Social and Practical Learning in the Context of a MOOC"
  (Classification of the HPI course format based on the theory of learning styles according to David Kolb)
• "Designing MOOCs for the Support of Multiple Learning Styles"
  (Design guidelines for courses and platform functionalities for the support of different learning styles)
• "Introducing Hands-On Experience to a Massive Open Online Course on openHPI"
  (Examination of the first practical exercises and their evaluation in the openHPI course: "Internetworking with TCP/IP")
• "A database MOOC with 6000 participants"
  (Description and progress report of the first German database MOOC)
  

Academic Papers 2014

• "The Future of Teleteaching in MOOC Times"
  (Analysis of the relevance of "teleteaching" and various concepts at a time of widespread MOOCs)
• "Towards Social Gamification - Implementing a Social Graph in an xMOOC Platform"
  (Information on the implementation of a social graph as an element of gamification at the openHPI MOOC platform)
• "Supporting Social Interaction and Collaboration on an xMOOC Platform"
  (Evaluation of a user survey on the openHPI platform)
• "Motivating the Masses – Gamified Massive Open Online Courses on openHPI"
  (Overview of appropriate gamification elements and evaluation based on different types of players)
• "MOOC to Go"
  (Comparison of mobile support of different MOOC providers as well as presentation of applications and advantages of mobile access to MOOC platforms)
• "Improving the Onboarding User Experience in MOOCs"
  (Classification and evaluation of the various onboarding measures implemented by the largest MOOC platforms)
• "Guides for companies using MOOCs"
  (Sillak, 2015)

Academic Papers 2015

• "Collaborative Learning in a MOOC Environment"
  (Collaboration features on various MOOC platforms)
  
• "Towards Practical Programming Exercises and Automated Assessment in Massive Open Online Courses"
  (Code Ocean - Usage of practical programming tasks in MOOCs)

Academic Papers 2016

• "Which Answer is Best? Predicting Accepted Answers in MOOC Forums"
  (Presentation of a machine learning model that predicts the best answer in the forum)
  
• "A Virtual Social Learner Community - Constitutive Element of MOOCs"
  (Analysis of the social features in use at openHPI and their importance for MOOCs)
  
• "openSAP: Evaluating xMOOC Usage and Challenges for Scalable and Open Enterprise Education"
  (Brief introduction to the first enterprise MOOC platform openSAP)
  
• "Using A/B testing in MOOC environments"
  (Presentation of an A/B testing framework and 3 tests conducted on openHPI)
  
• "Enabling Schema Agnostic Learning Analytics in a Service-Oriented MOOC Platform"
  (Description of Implementation of an Analytics Service in a service-oriented architecture)

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