宅男导航 has committed to the development of a major online open learning environment.
宅男导航 Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry said heads of school, deans and other senior academic leaders had embraced a University vision to move toward the development of a major online open learning environment.
鈥淭he initiative is an integral component of the new , recently released to staff,鈥� Professor Terry said.
It was captured in a discussion paper entitled: disseminated in May this year.
鈥淭he initiative will create MOOCs for the world and a richer place-based learning experience for 宅男导航 students,鈥� Professor Terry said.
鈥溦械己� will open selected course content to the world.鈥�
MOOC, or Massive Open Online Course, is a type of online course aimed at large-scale participation and open access via the web.
The Director of 宅男导航鈥檚 (CEIT), Professor Phil Long, said the Centre 鈥渋s exploring opportunities"
to work with other institutions such as with the on how campus-based students can simultaneously benefit and participate in richer learning experiences through online education.
Between one and two courses from each of the six faculties will be made accessible online in a MOOC format over the coming two years.
鈥淥pening up course content for participation broadly enables other Australians and interested learners from around the world to see the inherent value of the 宅男导航 Advantage, and the unique design and structure of courses in a research-intensive, learning-focused university curriculum,鈥� Professor Long said.
鈥淪haring such learning opportunities can go a long way toward increasing public awareness of tertiary learning.
鈥淥ur primary interest, however, is exploring how providing this content online enables new opportunities for our on-campus learning environment.鈥�
Professor Terry said this project represented the first step in strengthening the 宅男导航 online learning presence.
It comes as part of a range of initiatives currently underway at 宅男导航 in this field.
They include:
鈥� Exploring the flipped classroom model in engineering (, );
鈥� Investigating how students engage with different modalities of feedback (Dr Kirsten Zimbardi, Professor Phil Long, Drs. Peter Hay and Craig Engstrom, ); and
鈥� Developing new learning designs for professional development (Professor Robert Hendy, ).
Media: Professor Phil Long Centre for Educational Innovation & Technology, Telephone +61 7 3365 9131, Email: longpd@uq.edu.au
