Share Paper: Designing a Mathematics-for-All MOOC

  1. George Gadanidis, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, Canada
Tuesday, October 22 4:30 PM-5:00 PM Las Vegas Ballroom 5

Abstract: While online courses have been part of the educational landscape for a couple of decades, MOOCs offer two innovations. First, a MOOC is open, meaning that anyone with Internet access, and without having to meet any course prerequisites, can register and complete the course. Second, a MOOC is massive, meaning that there is no limit to the number of people who can take the same course. In this paper I discuss the design, development and implementation of a mathematics-for-all MOOC (M4A-MOOC), aimed for teachers, students and parents (available at www.mathclinic.com). The M4A-MOOC was developed in partnership with the Fields Institute ...