ERIC Number: EJ1124289
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 8
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ISSN: EISSN-2304-070X
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Teaching Project Management On-Line: Lessons Learned from MOOCs
Open Praxis, v8 n4 p351-358 Oct-Dec 2016
Creating a course for teaching project management online in a full online distance-learning environment was a challenge. Working with adult learners from different continents that want to complete a Master degree was an additional challenge. This paper describes how different MOOCs were used to learn about teaching -(meta) e-learning. MOOCs provide diverse opportunities for teachers to learn and innovate in e-learning. From the analysis of 5 MOOCs in the broad field of project management we took important lessons on how to structure contents, how to prepare complex assignments and, the most important lesson of all, how to help students to learn. This paper describes our journey of learning from MOOCs how to be better online teachers.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Administration, Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Distance Education, Instructional Design, Adult Learning, Masters Degrees, Electronic Learning, Models, Curriculum Design, Assignments, Problem Based Learning, Program Implementation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Portugal (Lisbon)
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