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Title

Making a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) about Astrobiology: Why? For Whom? How?

Abstract

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are becoming the textbooks of the 21st century. I describe what a MOOC is, and try to answer the questions: Why make a MOOC? Who are MOOCs for? and How to make a MOOC? Anxiety about MOOCs replacing teachers is largely misplaced. I describe my on-going experience of putting together an astrobiology MOOC for the Australian National University.

Date

01/01/2019

Citation

Lineweaver, C. H. (2019). Making a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) about Astrobiology: Why? For Whom? How? EPJ Web of Conferences, 200, 01019. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201920001019

Type of Publication

Conference Item

Author(s)

Lineweaver, Charles H.

Editor(s)

Deustua, Susana | Eastwood, Kathleen DeGioia | Ten Kate, Inge Loes

Methodology

Blank

Research Setting

Online/Virtual

Target Group

Multi-aged groups

Institution(s)

Australian National University, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences

Book Title

The International Symposium on Education in Astronomy and Astrobiology (ISE2A 2017)

Series

The International Symposium on Education in Astronomy and Astrobiology (ISE2A 2017)

Peer-Reviewed Status

Peer-reviewed

Publisher

EPJ Web of Conferences

Volume

200

Conference Proceeding Type

Conference Published Volume

Nation(s) of Study

Australia

Language

English

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