February 2016

When: Fri. Feb. 19th, 1:30 - 2:30 pm

Article: Hansen & Reich 2015.Democratizing education? Examining access and usage patterns in massive open online course. Science 350(6265):1245-1248. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6265/1245.full-text.pdf+html

How: Journal club meets via Skype. To setup for this, please send Lovaye your Skype handle. You may be sent a Skype request, which you will have to accept before you can be included in the group call.

Guiding Questions:

1. What are the strengths of this article? What are the areas for improvement? Comment on the study's design, target group, subject follow-up, influences of bias, method of analyses, and comprehensiveness of references.

2. How does the article relate to current practices (i.e. comment on how this article relates to your personal experiences at your institutions/universities) and how might the article influence your future practices with online course development, implementation, and assessment.

If you can't make the meeting, let us know your thoughts on the paper either Lovaye or ocubeorg@gmail.com and we'll post them to here along with any summary notes.