OpenSAP: Evaluating xMOOC Usage and Challenges for Scalable and Open Enterprise Education

Jan Renz,Christoph Meinel,Florian Schwerer

doi:10.3991/ijac.v9i2.6008

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Abstract

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The openSAP University is a co-innovative initiative founded in 2013 by SAP SE in partnership with the Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI) located in Potsdam, Germany. With its new course offering, SAP responds to a rising demand for scalable knowledge transfer due to the digital transformation by making use of the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) format. This paper provides a brief introduction to the first Enterprise MOOC platform openSAP, including details about the learning environment and the underlying platform, different team roles and usage statistics. In addition, the topic of dropouts in enterprise MOOCs will be addressed and discussed. A standardized calculation model for enterprise MOOCs to measure completion and consumption rates is proposed. The paper closes with an outlook about the future work on enterprise MOOCs. </span></p></div></div></div>

Highlights

The New York Times claimed 2012 to be the „The Year of the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)“ [1]
While every user that accesses more than 50% of the learning material receives a Confirmation of Participation (CoP), only users that achieve more than 50% of the available course points receive a Record of Achievement (RoA)
Learning Environment openSAP runs on a proprietary software provided by the HPI, internally called the Xikolo Learning Management System, its UI is shown in figure 2

Summary

INTRODUCTION

The New York Times claimed 2012 to be the „The Year of the MOOC“ [1]. Only a few months later a certain amount of frustration raised. Time flexible and free of charge learning solution, SAP-specific knowledge can be transferred to a broader audience, independent of their geographic region, social background or financial status This enables innovation adoption at scale, as new SAP IT and business innovations can be shared widely within a short period of time at low costs per contact. With openSAP, SAP is targeting a new emerging market which fulfills the rising customer needs for scalable and instructed knowledge transfer by virtue of shortened product lifecycles, progressive digitization and various other innovation topics in a fast changing environment. Learning Environment openSAP runs on a proprietary software provided by the HPI, internally called the Xikolo Learning Management System, its UI is shown in figure 2 While this software is used for other MOOC platforms like open.hpi.de, some specific functionalities have been intro-. As around 30% of the users are downloading content and learn offline (and outside of the learning environment) the apps are an offer to provide offline learning while still working within the given course structure

Internal Organisation of openSAP

Course Production

ADRESSING DROP OUTS

Findings

CONCLUSION & FUTURE WORK