Week One: “A Beginner’s Guide To Irrational Behavior”
On March 25th, Duke University launched “A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior”, a course taught on Coursera by Dr. Dan Ariely, the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral …
Day One: English Composition I
On Monday, March 18th Duke launched its seventh MOOC, English Composition I: Achieving Expertise on the Coursera platform. This twelve week course, taught by Denise Comer (Assistant Professor of the Practice in …
Introduction to Genetics and Evolution on Coursera 2nd Run: Google Hangout #2
Mohamed Noor ran a second Google Hangout On-Air as part of his second run of the Introduction to Genetics and Evolution class offered on Coursera. The hangout was a follow-up to …
Lessons Learned: Revising Course Design Recommendations for Faculty Teaching MOOCs
Duke University’s Center for Instructional Technology has updated its faculty guide for building a MOOC. When Duke agreed to begin offering MOOCs through Coursera in July of 2012, we joined …
Participation and completion of MOOCs
At least a dozen people this week sent me a link to a new web site which attempts to synthesize data about the “completion rate” of massive open online courses (MOOCs) …
Intro to Human Physiology, Duke’s newest MOOC
This week marks the launch of Duke University’s latest Coursera MOOC, “Introductory Human Physiology.” Over 64,000 students have enrolled in this foundational course to build an understanding of the normal …
Saying goodbye to IntroAstro
Last week marked the conclusion of Duke’s third Coursera MOOC, Introduction to Astronomy, or “IntroAstro” as it was nicknamed by Dr. Ronen Plesser. Over 60,000 students registered for this eight …
Duke MOOCs earn ACE credit recommendations
The American Council on Education has announced that five Coursera MOOC courses have earned credit recommendations. Two of the courses – Mohamed Noor’s “Introduction to Genetics and Evolution” and Roger …
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 …