EMSAH Seminar | The Making of a MOOC
Event Details
- Date:
- Friday, 29 August 2014
- Time:
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Room:
- 601
- UQ Location:
- Michie Building (St Lucia)
- URL:
- http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/emsah-seminars
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Ms Stormy Wehi
- Phone:
- 51412
- Email:
- s.wehi@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Communication and Arts
Event Description
- Full Description:
- This seminar paper details the circumstances that catapulted me into the making of a UQ MOOC and the ongoing experience as the launch date looms.
Topics covered include the history of the MOOC movement, the UQ initiative in joining the edX MOOC consortium, the call for expressions of interest, my rationale for going ahead with the proposed MOOC, the potential for the MOOC to augment the oncampus grammar course that has close to 200 students enrolled this semester, and the process of developing the materials and activities for the MOOC, WRITE 101x (which morphed from GRAMMAR 101x, under pressure from my fellow MOOCers in this second round of UQx MOOCS).
All are welcome, this event is open to the public, staff and students. Feel free to bring your lunch with you to the seminar, if you're on your lunch break.
About the Presenter
Associate Professor Roslyn Petelin teaches in and convenes the award-winning postgraduate Program in Writing, Editing, and Publishing in the School of English, Media Studies, and Art History at the University of Queensland. She has also taught business and technical writing and speech communication in the School of Communication at the Queensland University of Technology and in the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University (New York, USA). She is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Corporate Communication at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
She edited the Australian Journal of Communication from 1988–2013, is a past President and Honorary Life Member of the Australian & New Zealand Communication Association, and has co-authored two books, The Professional Writing Guide: Writing Well and Knowing Why (Allen & Unwin, with Marsha Durham) and Professional Communication: Principles and Applications (Pearson, with Peter Putnis).
She is on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Business and Professional Communication Quarterly (USA) and Corporate Communications: An International Journal (UK). She has consulted extensively and run workshops on writing and information design to government and public and private sector organisations in Australia, the UK, the USA, and SE Asia.
Directions to UQ
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- Directions:
- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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