{"id":525,"date":"2013-09-14T13:15:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T17:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elearningpod.com\/?p=525"},"modified":"2013-11-03T07:25:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T12:25:45","slug":"09-14-2013-on-moocs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/?p=525","title":{"rendered":"09.14.2013. on moocs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting reading from <em>Journal of Online Learning and Teaching<\/em> via Merlot about the process Duke University followed in setting up moocs with Coursera:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolt.merlot.org\/vol9no2\/lombardi_0613.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jolt.merlot.org\/vol9no2\/lombardi_0613.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hours required per course\u00c2\u00a0are something I&#8217;m not sure everyone understands. Is 210 hours (8 weeks full-time or 1 semester half-time plus another 210 for delivery) realistic for a prof to work with an instructional design and tech team to prepare for the course? I think\u00c2\u00a0for a basic course it might work. Unfortunately, some folks believe that putting a course online = uploading course notes to Blackboard and is something that can be done by a technicial support person.\u00c2\u00a0NOT! Developing an effective online course\u00c2\u00a0takes time and effort.<\/p>\n<p>Key questions in the conclusion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have institutional leaders consulted with faculty governance councils in a timely fashion, encouraging expressions of concern and taking them into account in framing the institution&#8217;s approach to new opportunities?<\/li>\n<li>Does the institution have the capacity to provision a support structure for MOOC course development?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Having a student support structure in place is also important for any online or hybrid initiative. A help desk that is only open 8-4 doesn&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>More on Mooc&#8217;s via Stephen Downes and OL Daily:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/news\/mooc-creators-criticise-courses-lack-of-creativity\/2008180.fullarticle\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.co.uk\/news\/mooc-creators-criticise-courses-lack-of-creativity\/2008180.fullarticle<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0&#8212; So right!<\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/Paul_Stacey\/uct-pedagogyof-moocs\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/Paul_Stacey\/uct-pedagogyof-moocs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting reading from Journal of Online Learning and Teaching via Merlot about the process Duke University followed in setting up moocs with Coursera: http:\/\/jolt.merlot.org\/vol9no2\/lombardi_0613.htm The hours required per course\u00c2\u00a0are something I&#8217;m not sure everyone understands. Is 210 hours (8 weeks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/?p=525\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,26,18],"tags":[31,86,89,49,74],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elearning-development-for-teachers-teaching","category-instructional-design","category-online-teaching","tag-elearning","tag-instructional-design","tag-moocs","tag-online-teaching-2","tag-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearningpod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}