MOOC Makers Workshop

MOOC Makers Workshop

LINC 2016 Conference was a big success!  We will post the videos of the plenary and panel sessions soon.
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The agenda and speakers for the MOOC Makers Workshop can be found here. We will update this site throughout the next few months as speakers are added and other aspects are confirmed.


Preliminary Agenda:

8:00-9:00am Stata Cafeteria Breakfast
9:00-9:30am Room 32-123 Welcome and Opening

Professor David E. Pritchard

9:30-10:30am Room 32-123 Panel Discussion: Experiences in Designing MOOCs and Working with MOOC Makers

Moderated by Mary Ellen Wiltrout, Digital Learning Scientist, Department of Biology, MIT

Panelists:

Stephen Bell, Professor of Biology, HHMI Investigator, MIT

Bennett Goldberg, Professor of Physics, Boston University

Daniel Seaton, VPAL Research Scientist, Harvard University

Simona Socrate, Digital Learning Lab Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT

Iain Stewart, Professor of Physics, MIT

10:30-10:45am Break
  Parallel Sessions with Group Discussion
10:45-12:30pm Room 32-124 Session A: Using MOOCs for Blended Learning

Moderated by Jessica Sandland, Digital Learning Scientist, Department of Material Science & Engineering, MIT

Development of a Blended edX Resource for Face-to-Face and Online Learning in Physics 100
Georg Rieger and Stefan Reinsberg, University of British Columbia

From Massive Open Online Courses to a Paradigm Shift in Education
Carlos Delgado Kloos, Vice President for Strategy and Digital Education, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Using a MOOC to Flip my Freshman Biology Course
Brian White, Associate Professor of Biology – Science Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Experiments with Hybrid Instruction in Upper Level Physics Courses
Saif Rayyan, Digital Learning Lab Scientist, Department of Physics, MIT

10:45-12:30pm Room 32-144 Session B: Strategies for Video and Media Development

Moderated by Michelle Tomasik (Department of Physics) and Sera Thornton (Department of Biology), Digital Learning Lab Fellows, MIT

Applying the Three Stages of Media Production to MOOC Making: Pre-production, Production, and Post-production
Tim Brenner, Media Production Manager, Digital Learning Initiative, Boston University

Tools for Teaching Visual Communication
Natasha Collette, Media Designer, MITx 0.111x Making Science and Engineering Pictures

Exploring Alternative Uses of Video in Online Learning
Katherine McConachie, ML Learning Initiative Coordinator, Media Lab, MIT

What Makes an Engaging Video? A Case Study from a Biology MOOC
Sera Thornton, Digital Learning Lab Fellow, Department of Biology, MIT

12:30-1:30pm Stata Cafeteria Lunch

* With participants of all LINC pre-conference workshops

  Parallel Sessions with Group Discussion: A and B
1:30-3:15pm Room 32-124 Session A: Data-Driven Course Design

Moderated by Mary Ellen Wiltrout, Digital Learning Scientist, Department of Biology, MIT

Designing and Implementing Experimental Studies in MOOCs
Drew Lichtenstein, Project Lead, HarvardX and Tiffany Wong, ChinaX Content Developer, Harvard University

Learner Feedback vs. Learning Efficacy: Dual-Purpose Research Among High Schoolers in AP MOOCs
Julie P. Goff, Project Manager, Davidson Next, Davidson College

EdTechX: Looking at Forum Groups
Elizabeth Huttner-Loan, EdTechX Course Manager, STEP/The Education Arcade, Digital Learning Lab Fellow, MIT

Improving the Pedagogy of MOOCS Using Data-Driven Methods
Giora Alexandron, Postdoctoral Fellow and Zhongzhou Chen, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Physics, MIT

1:30-3:15pm Room 32-144 Session B: Technology and Tool Integration

Moderated by Saif Rayyan, Digital Learning Lab Scientist, Department of Physics, MIT

Sketch Input and Grading in MOOCs
Jennifer French, Digital Learning Lab Scientist, Department of Mathematics and Martin Segado, Digital Learning Lab Graduate Student, MIT

Javascript Input Problems
Colin Fredericks, Senior Project Lead, HarvardX, Harvard University

Tools for Blended Learning
Jolyon Bloomfield, Digital Learning Lab Fellow, Department of Physics, MIT

MATLAB Integration in edX Courses
Simona Socrate, Digital Learning Lab Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Brandon Armstrong, MATLAB

3:15-3:30pm Break
3:30 – 4:30pm Room 32-123 Participant Demo Session and Closing

MOOC Makers Organizers:

Saif Rayyan
Jessica Sandland
Mary Ellen Wiltrout
Lisa Eichel
Geoff Wilson

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