1 / 6

What’s a MOOC? Answer: M assively O pen O nline C ourse _____________________________

What’s a MOOC? Answer: M assively O pen O nline C ourse _____________________________. Richard Delaware University of Missouri – Kansas City Kansas City Regional Mathematics Technology EXPO October 6, 2012.

jolie
Download Presentation

What’s a MOOC? Answer: M assively O pen O nline C ourse _____________________________

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. What’s a MOOC?Answer:Massively Open Online Course_____________________________ Richard Delaware University of Missouri – Kansas City Kansas City Regional Mathematics Technology EXPO October 6, 2012

  2. The Course discussed here:Introduction to Mathematical ThinkingbyKeith Devlin, Stanford University[1995 Math EXPO Keynote!] 7 weeks, Sept. 17 – Nov. 5, 2012 Coursera [www.coursera.org] A Stanford spin-off company

  3. Student Enrollment (as of 10-04-12):61,086 • Free • No credit. • Only “completion”, or, “completion with distinction”. • Flipped Classroom

  4. Elements of the Course • Videos (& In-video quizzes) • Assignments (not graded) • Problem Sets (graded; multiple choice) • Tutorial Sessions (PDF or videos) • Reading Assignments • Discussion Forums • Final Exam (Peer Graded)

  5. Discussion Forum Statistics[Sept. 24, 2012] • Total Threads: 641 • Total Posts: 5,414 • Total Comments 3,823 • Total Views: 119,489

  6. Keith Devlin quotations fromMOOCtalk Blog [http://mooctalk.org] • “MOOCs are a direct consequence of the growth of Facebook, which made interaction-by-social-media global.” • “What excites me…is the possibility to reach millions who currently have no access to any university at all.”

More Related