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ABSTRACT: Twelve tips for developing and delivering a massive open online course in medical education

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a novel mode of online learning. They are typically based on higher education courses and can attract a high number of learners, often in the thousands. They are distinct from on-campus education and deliver the learning objectives through a series of short videos, recommended

Posted on 15 May 2017
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Medical Education, Online Learning, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: Massive Open Online Courses on Health and Medicine: Review

Background Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have become immensely popular in a short span of time. However, there is very little research exploring MOOCs in the discipline of health and medicine. Objective We aim to provide a review of MOOCs related to health and medicine offered by various MOOC platforms in 2013, by

Posted on 26 Dec 2014
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Medical Education, Online Learning, Resources

Data is Changing the Way we Teach and Learn

Over the past two years we have seen digital tools and technology accelerate the push of innovation into (and out of) the classroom, from K-12 and higher ed to corporate training and lifelong learning. With the proliferation of tablets and cloud-based content and delivery, online learning is quickly becoming pervasive. Yet,

Posted on 17 Dec 2014
By Joel Selzer
In News

RESOURCE: Study: Massive Online Courses Enroll An Average Of 43,000 Students, 10% Completion

Massively Open Online Courses are becoming more mainstream, as more top-tier universities give the public access to their courses. A new study demonstrates continued wide-spread popularity with part-time students looking to substitute otherwise cat-video-filled downtime with ivy league lectures. Examining public data from 279 courses from the most popular MOOC providers

Posted on 6 Mar 2014
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

RESOURCE: How MOOCs and e-learning platforms deal with assessment.

The most basic way that knowledge or skills can be assessed is through short tests or quizzes in the form of HTML forms. HTML forms are the standard way for a user to sent information to a web applications server. The server can store the data and process it in

Posted on 18 Feb 2014
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

RESOURCE: Completion Rates Aren’t the Best Way to Judge MOOCs, Researchers Say

When it comes to measuring the success of an education program, the bottom line is often the completion rate. How many students are finishing their studies and walking away with a credential? But that is not the right way to judge massive open online courses, according to researchers at Harvard University

Posted on 25 Jan 2014
By Joel Selzer
In Education Technology, Online Learning, Resources

RESOURCE: As the online education movement grows, Hollywood-style concerns — wardrobe, social media buzz — are coming to academia – Lifestyle – The Boston Globe

Before Adam Van Arsdale began taping his anthropology course to show online, he was used to standing in front of perhaps 20 Wellesley College undergrads. Now when he talks about Australopithecus, he has to worry whether the 19,000 people who registered for his Massive Open Online Course — enough to

Posted on 11 Nov 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

RESOURCE: MOOCs Can Be Further Improved To Decrease Attrition Rate – EdTechReview™ (ETR)

Introduction Nowadays, nearly half of the undergraduate students in the United States come to college grounds for counteractive work before the start of their standard credit-bearing classes. In course of time, the prospective of free online college classes have bewildered the educators, and they are now emerging with the promise of

Posted on 11 Nov 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

RESOURCE: In Connectivism, No One Can Hear You Scream: a Guide to Understanding the MOOC Novice | Open Education | HYBRID PEDAGOGY

I’m not a Constructivist, Behaviourist, Cognitivist, or Connectivist. This is not a call for a return to an older theory. I’m a pragmatist, like many educators. I flirt outrageously with every theory that will have me. I’m ideologically promiscuous. I go with what works, and I am ruthless in weeding

Posted on 26 Jul 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

RESOURCE: Why Online Programs Fail, and 5 Things We Can Do About It | Online Learning | HYBRID PEDAGOGY

Online learning in its current iterations will fail. The failure of online education programs is not logistical, nor political, nor economic: it’s cultural, rooted in our perspectives and biases about how learning happens and how the internet works (these things too often seen in opposition). For learning to change drastically --

Posted on 26 Jul 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

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ABSTRACT: Twelve tips for developing and delivering a massive open online course in medical education

MANUSCRIPT: Massive Open Online Courses on Health and Medicine: Review

Data is Changing the Way we Teach and Learn

RESOURCE: Study: Massive Online Courses Enroll An Average Of 43,000 Students, 10% Completion

RESOURCE: How MOOCs and e-learning platforms deal with assessment.

RESOURCE: Completion Rates Aren’t the Best Way to Judge MOOCs, Researchers Say

RESOURCE: As the online education movement grows, Hollywood-style concerns — wardrobe, social media buzz — are coming to academia – Lifestyle – The Boston Globe

RESOURCE: MOOCs Can Be Further Improved To Decrease Attrition Rate – EdTechReview™ (ETR)

RESOURCE: In Connectivism, No One Can Hear You Scream: a Guide to Understanding the MOOC Novice | Open Education | HYBRID PEDAGOGY

RESOURCE: Why Online Programs Fail, and 5 Things We Can Do About It | Online Learning | HYBRID PEDAGOGY

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