Fri, May 31, 2013 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. UBC is internationally recognized for its technology-enhanced learning initiatives and last fall, UBC announced an agreement with Coursera to provide free, publicly available non-credit courses to a worldwide audience. Courses delivered through the Coursera platform are structured after Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), an emerging delivery model predicated on providing free and open access to courses to large numbers of students. During the first half of 2013, about 200,000 new students will be added to UBC's learning community through the launch of UBC's initial four-course MOOC pilot.
Although UBC has many decades of experience with continuing, blended and distance education, MOOCs afford unique opportunities to examine questions that relate to large numbers of learners. For example, how well does a peer-based assessment model work for learning? How can the University most effectively implement “flipped-classrooms” and flexible learning models to enhance student learning? How does the University's core academic mission fit with open, online learning? In this panel, senior UBC officials, the instructors from UBC's four-course MOOC pilot, and Daphne Koller, Founder of Coursera, will discuss the impacts of MOOCs as well as the faculty perspective on designing and teaching MOOCs that maximize learning.
Location: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Victoria Learning Theatre 182