MOOCs Explained: Radio Interview with University of Delaware

Just over a week ago I had the opportunity to participate in a radio interview for the University of Delaware’s local station WVUD, with the Campus Voices interview airing on May 17th. The interview was in advance of Delaware’s summer faculty institute, where I will be speaking in just over a week. I really enjoyed the interview, and this is an area that needs more attention – local educational technology support for faculty innovation, with an emphasis on faculty sharing best practices. The summer institute is May 28th – 31st.

I was interviewed by Richard Gordon and Paul Hyde, and some of the key topics we explored:

• Not everyone is a reader of the Chronicle of Higher Education – what the heck is a MOOC?
• How do MOOCs affect faculty teaching in a bricks-and-mortar university?
• What are the completion rates of MOOCs and what are the student types?
• Are there applications beyond higher education?
• Why is there such significant pushback against MOOCs lately?
• What disciplines beyond science and engineering are using MOOCs?

Here is link to the U Delaware radio interview – audio only. It’s about a half hour in length, but with some cool NPR-sounding music to kick it off.

I have also added some graphics and created a video of the interview.