Pedagogies and Practices for Teaching the Thousands
Challenges
Strategies
What is our research?
American Council on Education Project
http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Pages/ACE-to-Forge-New-Ground-in-MOOC-Evaluation-and-Research-Effort.aspx
Taxonomy of Pedagogy - using an instrument based in part on the dimensions of pedagogy
Evaluate the pedagogical approaches in classes approved for ACE CREDIT
- Collect demographic and more data on the students - who succeeds?
- Recommending credit for MOOCS based on rigorous review
- UIS examining pedagogical approaches and best practices
- Epistemology (behaviorist <-> constructivist)
- Teacher role (teacher centered <-> student centered)
- Activities (convergent <-> divergent)
- Structured (less <-> more)
- Content (concrete <-> abstract)
- Feedback (infrequent/unclear <-> frequent/constructive)
- Cooperative learning (unsupported <-> integral)
- Individual differences (unsupported <-> multifaceted)
- Activities/assignments (artificial <-> authentic)
- User role (passive <-> generative)
- Preliminary Results to be presented at Sloan-C annual conference
- TODAY -- "Exploring MOOC Pedagogy" in Northern Hemispere E3 at Noon: http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2013/aln/exploring-mooc-pedagogy
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Track students who have completed MOOCs and granted credit at selected UPCEA member universities:
- American Public University
- Central Michigan University
- Kaplan University
- Regis University
- SUNY Empire State
- University of Maryland University College
- SUNY Buffalo State College
What is their record? For example of you take Calculus I as a MOOC; how do you do in Calculus II at one of the selected universities?
How do I keep up on the latest news and research?