TY - GEN
T1 - Creating pathways to higher education
T2 - 4th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, ISEC 2014
AU - Zirger, B. J.
AU - Rutz, Eugene
AU - Boyd, Drew
AU - Tappel, James
AU - Subbian, Vignesh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 IEEE.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This paper presents the development and deployment of an education model based on massive open online courses (MOOC). In this model, a MOOC is offered with 'free' academic credit to those participants who successfully complete the course and subsequently matriculate into a degree-seeking program. As a part of this initiative, a pilot MOOC on Innovation and Design Thinking was developed and offered in fall 2013. This MOOC is a cross-disciplinary course that delivers integrated content from two different fields, namely, engineering and business. In this paper, we discuss the goals of our 'MOOC to degree' program, attributes of the first MOOC, development and implementation of the program, and preliminary assessment of the course's reach and impact on the learners and educators from around the world.
AB - This paper presents the development and deployment of an education model based on massive open online courses (MOOC). In this model, a MOOC is offered with 'free' academic credit to those participants who successfully complete the course and subsequently matriculate into a degree-seeking program. As a part of this initiative, a pilot MOOC on Innovation and Design Thinking was developed and offered in fall 2013. This MOOC is a cross-disciplinary course that delivers integrated content from two different fields, namely, engineering and business. In this paper, we discuss the goals of our 'MOOC to degree' program, attributes of the first MOOC, development and implementation of the program, and preliminary assessment of the course's reach and impact on the learners and educators from around the world.
KW - Cross-disciplinary Instruction
KW - Higher Education
KW - MOOC
KW - Online Learning
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U2 - 10.1109/ISECon.2014.6891056
DO - 10.1109/ISECon.2014.6891056
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84908077682
T3 - ISEC 2014 - 4th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference
BT - ISEC 2014 - 4th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 8 March 2014 through 8 March 2014
ER -