This roundtable addresses what happens to marginal approaches (e.g., feminist, queer, disability, racial) and boutique subjects (e.g., medieval studies) in the MOOC paradigm.
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MOOCs, Boutique Subjects, and Marginal Approaches
1. MOOCs, Boutique Subjects, and
Marginal Approaches (#s399)!
Rebecca Frost Davis, Director of Instructional and Emerging
Technology, St. Edward’s University!
2. Liberal Education in a Networked World!
• http://rebeccafrostdavis.wordpress.com !
– Slides!
– Resources!
• Twitter!
– @frostdavis!
– #mla14 #s399!
13. FemTechNet!
• See paper 1 in #s369, "Feminist Dialogues on
Technology," Elizabeth Mathews Losh, Univ. of
California, San Diego!
• Distributed Online Collaborative Course (DOCC)!
• FAQ for FemTechNet!
• 18 nodes!
17. Networked Courses!
• Local classes in a Larger Network!
– Sunoikisis intercampus courses (ICCs) in advanced
Greek & Latin!
– History Harvest!
• Aggregate Expertise!
• Share local resources!
• Share local perspective!
Sunoikisis
Network,
Fall
2006
18. Sunoikisis!
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National consortium of Classics programs!
http://www.sunoikisis.org !
Summer Course Planning Seminars!
Intercampus Team Taught Courses!
– Weekly live online sessions using desktop
videoconferencing!
– Remaining course meetings on individual campuses!
19. Hybrid Model!
Barbara Means et al. Evaluation of Evidence-Based
Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review
of Online Learning Studies. U.S. Department of Education
Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development
Policy and Program Studies Service, September 2010. !
http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/!
eval/tech/evidence-based-!
practices/finalreport.pdf. !
Southwestern
University
Students
A]end
Greek
Class
21. Looking for Whitman in . . .!
• New York City College of Technology (CUNY)!
• New York University!
• University of Mary Washington in
Fredericksburg, VA!
• Rutgers University-Camden !
• University of Novi Sad (Serbia)!
• Gold, Matthew. “Disrupting Institutional Barriers!
Through Digital Humanities Pedagogy.”
Diversity & !
Democracy 15, no. 2 (2012). !