Users and creators react to Dartmouth’s first MOOC | The Dartmouth

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-04-11

Summary:

"By engaging with students through the virtual screen during the College’s first massive online open course, 'Introduction to Environmental Science,' environmental studies professor and course lead Andrew Friedland said that he and his team frequently found themselves surprised by the universality of environmental science, despite students’ varied perspectives ... The course, which began on Feb. 3, invited 10,306 students from 168 countries to join the conversation on the natural world. The six-week course launched on edX, a non-profit education website started by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... In developing the course, Friedland teamed up with instructional designer in educational technologies Michael Goudzwaard, associate director of Dartmouth’s media production group Mike Murray, director of digital learning at Dartmouth Center for Advancement of Learning Josh Kim and the director of digital resources and scholarly communication programs, as well as both graduate and undergraduate students.  With an average rating of five stars and 169 reviews on Coursetalk, a site where users can review MOOCs, the class attracted students from around the world. While the largest numbers of students came from the United States, the United Kingdom and India, enrollments also came from Indonesia, West Africa, Australia and more. Of those enrolled in the class, the median student age was 28. Forty-one percent of students had bachelor’s degrees, while as many as 32 percent had advanced degrees ..."

Link:

http://www.thedartmouth.com/2015/04/08/users-and-creators-react-to-dartmouths-first-mooc/

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.moocs oa.edx oa.dartmouth_college oa.environment oa.courseware

Date tagged:

04/11/2015, 17:59

Date published:

04/11/2015, 13:59