Reddit Ask Me Anything for McGill’s MOOC on Natural Disasters
What causes natural disasters? Can you avoid them? To kick off the third run of their Natural Disasters MOOC onContinue Reading
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From the campus to MOOC: Reflections of a student assistant
McGillX offered its first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the edX platform in January 2014 and has now offeredContinue Reading
The Body Matters – BODY101x – McGill’s 3rd MOOC has begun
McGill has just released its third MOOC, The Body Matters (BODY101x) on the edX platform. This course is 10 weeks longContinue Reading
Food for thought – CHEM181x – McGill’s first MOOC has begun
McGill has released its first MOOC, Food for Thought (CHEM181x). This course was developed by Teaching and Learning Services from an on-campus course titled “World of Chemistry: Food” that has been very popular since the mid 1980s…. Read more –>
Robotutor marking student homework
Finally something (someone) who can teach thousands of students at a time. I give you… Robotutor! Is this where our flirtation with MOOCs will lead? What are we trying to achieve with MOOCs anyway? That has never been made clear to me. I could imagine MOOCs as a way to prepare students FOR university but I still have grave concerns about what they mean for the future of universities if we remove the real interactions between professors and students and we stop pushing both to be their best.
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McGillX MOOCs – librarians in the virtual classroom
I wrote in a previous post about how librarians were getting more involved in the teaching on university campuses across North America. Now I’d like to offer a glimpse into how librarians are actively playing a role in advancing and innovating teaching and learning right here at McGill. Read more –>
McGill Provost reflects on future of the University
What are MOOCs, why are they important, and did you know that the concept was actually developed here in Canada? In his recently published article “Questioning higher education”, McGill Provost Anthony C. Masi reflects upon the disruptive role and possibilities of educational technologies at university, both in physical spaces and (a)synchronous virtual spaces. Read more –>
MOOCs and pistol shrimp in the Sea of Cortez
I think this opinion piece from the New York Times presents an interesting and original take on online courses. Are MOOCs so highly organized (curated, is the term the author uses) that they eliminate the possibility of learning anything that is not on the syllabus, and that cannot be easily assessed? Read more –>
MOOCs and human interaction
Post by Terry Hébert, Pharmacology and Therapeutics: An interesting article by the president of my Alma Mater, David Naylor at the University of Toronto on the continuing need for interpersonal contact in the university educational setting. Here, he is commenting on the use of MOOCs (massive open online courses). To quote him: Read more –>
How much will MOOCs change McGill?
The Provost recently asked for proposals for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) at McGill. Interestingly, he also asked for feedback on the open question as to whether MOOCs might irrevocably change how we teach at McGill. Read more –>
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