Experimenting with MOOC's

I have just finished my first adventure in teaching a MOOC! This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was hosted by the learn.canvas network (https://learn.canvas.net) and was entitled "Becoming a Dynamic Educator." (BADE13)

I was motivated to do this because I wanted to engage our teacher candidates hear at BGSU in a conversation about how the enterprise of education is changing, due to our digitally connected world, and wanted a platform that would allow hundreds to join together without tuition fees or conflicting class schedules interfering.

The amazing thing is that more than 1,000 interested persons signed up (about 60 being from BGSU) and we (those who could participate for the 8 weeks...about 100 or so) had a very fun time exchanging ideas. I now have new colleagues from all over the world to challenge me and support me as I try to figure out these contemporary models of learning.  Sweet!