Sonic Foundry 06/26/12 Webinar: A Practical Response to MOOCs

Register today for our free live webinar A Practical Response to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. Central (convert your time zone) If you haven’t heard the hype about MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), you soon will. These free classes are only offered online and they’re wide open to anyone who wants to sign up. Some of the biggest brands in academia have announced impressive MOOC plans, and a few superstar instructors have jumped in with both feet. Skeptics call MOOCs outliers, but most people agree that whatever happens, MOOCs will make an impact on the way we teach both students and adult learners in the future. So what does this trend mean for you, your faculty and your campus? Join our live webinar, hosted by Casey Green of The Campus Computing Project, to participate in a lively discussion on how to take advantage of the MOOC buzz to get your own courses online, right now. Our panel will discuss: Where do MOOCs fit in the larger online learning ecosystem? What impact will MOOCs, flipped and hybrid classes have on traditional, synchronous face to face education? Can the MOOC model help unlock the online teaching potential for every instructor on your campus right now? How does online instruction and video knowledge fit into the personal learning environment of your existing students? And how will it be captured, distributed and delivered in a post-MOOC world? About the presenters:
	Pamela A. Havice, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Clemson University. She has been an integral part of developing a distributed learning environment for the delivery of the Student Affairs/Counselor Education program. Pam’s primary areas of research include distance and distributed learning applications, multicultural issues, and faculty and student development. In her 30 years in higher education, she has published numerous articles, book chapters, professional presentations and an edited book on distance and distributed learning.
	Sean Brown, Vice President Education, Sonic Foundry. Sean's core focus is simplifying digital media to improve use and outcomes. Before coming to Sonic Foundry in 2002, Sean developed 17 years of product management and education business development experience at IBM, Apple and Oracle. He is a past president and board member of the Hopkins Foundation for Innovation in Education. Today, Sean also hosts Sonic Foundry's popular, monthly best practices webinar series for higher education.
Moderator:
	Kenneth C. Green is the founding director of The Campus Computing Project, the largest continuing study of the role of computing, eLearning, and information technology in American higher education.  An invited speaker at some two dozen academic conferences and professional meetings each year, Green is the author/co-author or editor of 20 books and published research reports and more than 100 articles and commentaries that have appeared in academic journals and professional publications. His Digital Tweed blog, was cited by EdTechMagazine as one of the "50 must read higher ed IT blogs," is published by Inside Higher Ed.   In October 2002 Green received the first EDUCAUSE Award for Leadership in Public Policy and Practice. The EDUCAUSE award cites his work in creating The Campus Computing Project and recognizes his "prominence in the arena of national and international technology agendas, and the linking of higher education to those agendas." Register online today.

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