"MOOCing the Liberal Arts?" The 13th annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts

By Hilary Culbertson. Westmont College, Thursday, February 13, 2014 (All day) - Saturday, February 15, 2014 (All day).
You might have heard that MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are the next big thing in higher education. You might have heard their merits: access, connection, innovation, low cost. You might have heard the concerns: anonymity, low completion rates, weak performance, even an attack on faculty.
What shall we make of this phenomenon, and of the many ways besides MOOCs that new technologies are making possible new teaching contexts and new models of higher education? And how, in particular, will these new teaching contexts and models interact with liberal arts education? More...