{"id":2901,"date":"2016-10-20T17:18:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T06:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2017-01-12T09:59:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T22:59:54","slug":"call-expressions-interest-university-sydney-moocs-produced-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/call-expressions-interest-university-sydney-moocs-produced-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Expressions of Interest for University of Sydney MOOCs to be produced in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2016 the University of Sydney launched its first MOOC<\/a> on the Coursera platform. We currently have 5 MOOCs<\/a> running with a further 7 to be launched later this year and early 2017. The current suite of MOOCs under development were selected to showcase the University’s research strengths or to meet a funding opportunity offered by Coursera for the development of specialisations in targeted areas identified through their market research.<\/p>\n

We are now inviting expressions of interest from academic staff to develop MOOCs in 2017 with support from the Education Portfolio. MOOCs are generally taught in 5 weeks blocks
with approximately 40 minutes of video lecture content per week together with readings and assessments. Each MOOC highlights the University’s distinctive expertise for a world-wide audience of learners, through content of high educational quality and an effective assessment approach.<\/p>\n

A grant will be made available to each academic or team of academics whose MOOC is selected for production. The funds are intended to supplement the in-kind production support from the Education Portfolio and provide additional assistance in the development of course resources (including assessment tasks) and initial course delivery.<\/p>\n

The EOI for the open online course should include:<\/p>\n