My MOOC, my SMOOCH: Experiences from two massive courses

• In Event: D&D - Design and Development of MOOCs

Short Description

MOOCs are a growing trend in online learning; in most cases they are economically unsustainable. A SMOOCH is a for-credit, economically viable, targeted form of MOOC. SMOOCH currently stands for Summer Massive Online Open Course, Here. Over the past year, I have had the opportunity to present both forms of online learning. The MOOC was offered in February 2014 with an enrollment of over 30,000; the SMOOCH went live in June 2014. The SMOOCH model offers students academic opportunity and institutions a financially viable model for online learning and changing higher education. The experience of developing and process of implementing both will be presented along with data on student learning and engagement.

Authors

• Brad Hokanson, University of Minnesota

• Marit McCluske, University of Minnesota