Exploring the Acronym Jungle of MOOCs, SMOCs and Beyond When Professors John Hoberman and Daniel Bonevac sat down with a small development team in January to create two new online courses, the possibilities of “what if” and “could we” electrified the room. The goal: to deliver 72 hours of traditional coursework in an engaging and interactive […]
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Psych 301: A live, interactive online course now open to the public
Psychology professors James Pennebaker and Sam Gosling are offering their online Psychology 301 course to growing numbers of students here and abroad. Unlike the free online classes commonly known as MOOCs (massive open online courses), Psychology 301 is live, fully interactive and offered for credit to registered UT students as well as to potentially thousands […]
TOWER Transforms Classrooms
Large-format courses can provide students with rapid feedback and personalization for the ultimate learning experience A new education platform developed at The University of Texas at Austin is helping answer two critical questions about classrooms of the future: What’s the best way to use online technology in higher education? And how can we increase student […]