Teach Your Own MoocJeff Butterfield

What is a MOOC?• MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course

• MOOCS seek to provide open access to college courses for very large numbers of students

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course

Who Teaches MOOCs?

• Lots of schools are entering the MOOC space

• There is no reason that an individual faculty member couldn’t develop and teach a MOOC

• Several large organizations are considered the leaders in MOOC development

MOOC Providers

• Coursera

• eDX

• Udacity

• Udemy

• Khan Academy – More Tutorial, Less MOOC

• Alison

• Canvas/Instructure

• Academic Earth

• OpenLearning

• Future Learn

• Peer 2 Peer University

• Saylor

• MOOEC

Where Can I Learn About MOOCs

• The Chronicle of Higher Education has a running collection of new and information articles about MOOCs. Start with these:

• http://chronicle.com/article/What-You-Need-to-Know-About/133475/

• http://www.educause.edu/library/massive-open-online-course-mooc

Why Would I Want to Teach a MOOC?

• Have you taught some on-line courses before?

• What would those courses be like if you had 100, 1,000, 10,000 or 100,000 students in the class?

• Most of us probably won’t teach a Mega class…but we may need to scale our classes (effectively) in the face of changing economics.

Is There Something More Manageable?

• Many faculty are interested in teaching a SPOC (“spook”)

• Smaller Private Online Course

• Bigger than their current courses

• Only open to enrolled students/prospective students (not the entire world)

I Want to Learn How to Teach a MOOC

• MOOCs are a work in process. We are still learning and inventing as we go

• One of the best ways to learn about MOOCs (and lots of great ideas for your own classes) – is to sign up for several MOOCs

• Try taking some from different providers