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Follow-Up Academic Learning Community on Online Learning: Lessons Learned from Coursera

Wed Apr 10

3:30-5:00pm

Jones Room, Woodruff Library

The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence is working with the Office of the Provost to organize a follow-up session of the Academic Learning Community on Online Learning we hosted back in the fall, now that we have been through the exercise of developing and executing a couple of Coursera courses.

Faculty, administrators, and staff who have developed and presented Emory's first Coursera courses will discuss the process and lessons learned, and they and others will be available to answer questions about what is involved in a Coursera course development.

Speakers to include

Lynn Zimmerman, Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate and Continuing Education
Steve Everett, Director of CFDE, Professor of Music, Instructor for Emory's first Coursera Course, Digital Sound Design
Kimbi Hagen, Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health / Behavioral Science & Health Education, and Instructor for Emory's second Coursera course, AIDS
Lee Clontz, Lead Multimedia Developer in Faculty Services of University Technology Services, tech support provider for Emory Coursera courses
Others (to come)

This event will take place on Wednesday, April 10, 3:30 – 5:00 pm in the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library.

To RSVP, please email Allison Adams at aadam02@emory.edu.

Academic Learning Community: Online Interactive Education at Emory - Fall 2012

Online education has made a rapid advance into major research institutions in the past year. This Academic Learning Community spent four sessions discussing Emory's agreement with Coursera, existing online and blended courses of study at Emory, the technologies available to Emory faculty, other third-party platform providers, and the broader implications of online learning and these quickly evolving technologies for faculty, students, and the world of academe globally.

This Academic Learning Community will meet in ECIT 217 The Jones Room of the Woodruff Library (note new location!) on the following dates:

Friday, Oct 5, 3:30-5:00pm
Survey of Online Learning Strategies in Higher Education
Discussion Leader: Steve Everett, Professor of Music and Director, CFDE

Friday, Oct 19,3:30-5:00pm
 Coursera and Globally Accessible Online Courses
Panel Discussion: Representative of Coursera (via Skype); Representatives of Emory UTS

Friday, Nov 16,3:30-5:00pm
Hybrid Learning and Emory’s Professional Schools
Panel Discussion: Steve Kraftchick (Theology), Chris Fearrington (ECIT), more TBA

Friday, Nov 2, 3:30-5:00pm
RESCHEDULED: Friday, Nov 30, 3:30-5:00pm
2U and Online Courses for Credit
Guest Speakers: Jeremy Johnson, President, Undergraduate Programs, 2U (via the 2U platform); Robin Forman, Dean, Emory College; Michael Elliott, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty, Emory College

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