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A Practical Approach to Making MOOCs
First: A word about Power Pointless! We at the University of Illinois Springfield's Center for Online Learning, Research and Service present many national workshops each year, encouraging attendees to freely share presentation materials online using web-native tools that encourage collaboration and updating. Please share using the URL:
What is a MOOC?
A MOOC is a "Massive Open Online Course" - it has a beginning and an end. Most MOOCs today are not fully open since all of the material is copyrighted and may not be used by anyone other than the university and the provider. MOOCs today close at the end of the course and are not openly available outside of the actual course.
When and why did they develop?
- Began in 2007 with experimental efforts to serve large numbers in truly open online classes
- 18 of the early MOOCs are chronicled by WikiEducator
- Largest of the early MOOCs was eduMOOC
Contact information:
Ray Schroeder,
Michele Gribbins & Emily Boles
Center for Online Learning, Research and Service
University of Illinois Springfield
One University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703
217-206-7317
Last updated November 20, 2013
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