Bioelectricity MOOC Report and Relaunch
It seems like only yesterday that Duke launched its first Coursera MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) in September 2012, “Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach.” We invite you to read our newly released …
Image and Video Processing, Day One
This week marks the launch of Duke University’s sixth Coursera course, “Image and Video Processing: From Mars to Hollywood with a Stop at the Hospital.” Led by Guillermo Sapiro, Professor …
Online Courses Website and Call for Proposals
Announcing a new site at Duke to keep you informed about Duke’s experiments with delivering courses online. Learn more about Coursera, iTunes U, Semester Online, Duke Programs Online and oversight and assessment of online courses. From this site, access the Coursera Call for Proposals.
Upcoming Duke Coursera Offerings
Looking to learn something new in 2013? Duke is offering online courses through Coursera that are free for anybody to join. Mohamed Noor began the second offering of Genetics and Evolution on …
Duke’s Gates Foundation funded English Composition course opens for enrollment
As previously reported in Duke Today, Duke’s Denise Comer (Assistant Professor of the Practice in Writing and Director of First-Year Writing in the Thompson Writing Program) was awarded a grant …
Mohamed Noor shares his experience teaching in a MOOC
Dr. Noor taught Introduction to Genetics and Evolution in the Coursera platform from October 10 through December 17, and has written a thoughtful and enthusiastic reflection of his experience in …
Massive Open Online Courses as Drivers for Change
At the December 2012 Coalition for Networked Information meeting, I described some of the ways Duke’s experiments with Massive Open Online Courses are shaping conversations at Duke and in other …
Introduction to Genetics and Evolution, a preliminary report
On Monday December 17, Duke University’s second MOOC, “Introduction to Genetics and Evolution” came to a successful conclusion as 1705 students were issued a Statement of Accomplishment signed by Professor …
Duke Courserians meet up in Tokyo
Tokyo was the meeting spot for a group of Duke Coursera students on Dec. 5, 2012, but the attendees came from many countries – Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, the US …
Duke’s first MOOC: a very preliminary report
Duke’s first Coursera MOOC, Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach which launched on September 24 wrapped up last week. Congratulations to Dr. Barr and his students from all of us at Duke …