494 - Special Session. Teaching On-line: Is the Movement in Higher Education Toward On-line Teaching Right for Sociology?

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

There has been a great deal of controversy about the effectiveness and value of on-line teaching, using MOOC’s in the classroom, flipped and hybrid classes. In this panel, we will explore the costs and benefits at the classroom level, and the impact of new technologies on the academy as well.

Sub Unit

• Special Sessions

Session Organizer

• Barbara Jane Risman, University of Illinois-Chicago

Presider

• Suzanne S. Hudd, Quinnipiac University

Panelists

• David B. Grusky, Stanford University

• Melinda Jo Messineo, Ball State University

• Jay R. Howard, Butler University

Discussant

• Theodore C. Wagenaar, Miami University