SOBA: How are MOOCs Changing Science Education? > December 10 2012 > 4PM - 5:30 PM ET

[McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]]

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Colleagues/

Free Streamed Event

/Gerry

Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence made headlines from the New York Times to the Huffington Post for having 160,000 students sign up, but did you know that none of the 248 students getting a perfect grade were actually enrolled at Stanford? Clearly, the role of the classroom in higher education is changing and Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are leading the way. How will extending high-quality science education to more people change how research is done? Will MOOCs less to more factual discussions of controversial scientific topics like climate change and genetically modified organisms? Will the "flipped classroom" enable schools to get the spiraling cost of higher education under control and train more scientists? Join Relly Brandman, Keith E. Grant, and Kristin Sainani  for a discussion of these questions and more at this month's SOBA.

Presentations are followed by a panel discussion moderated by Christian Simm, swissnex San Francisco's Executive Director. The audience Q&A will be followed by a conversation at a nearby bar (to be announced at the event). During the discussion portion of the evening, we’ll probe the challenges and opportunities of MOOCs. Bring your questions!

*Presentations and discussion livestreamed. Follow the event on Twitter (@sciobayarea and #sobay), and like SOBA on Facebook.

Date: December 10th, 2012
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm PT
Location: swissnex San Francisco, 730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111

Source and Speaker Profiles and Registration and Streaming Links Available At

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/2012/12/soba-how-are-moocs-changing-science.html

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011

http://alternative-educate.blogspot.com/

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