[Building Sakai] University of Amsterdam launches Sakai CLE 2.9 as a MOOC platform

[Adam Marshall]

How many users are you expecting to support? What tools are you offere=ing?

adam

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Subject: [Building Sakai] University of Amsterdam launches Sakai CLE 2.9 as a MOOC platform

Dear Colleagues,

The Central Computing Services department of the University of Amsterdam developed in close co-operation with Edia (Sakai partner) a new MOOC platform based on Sakai CLE 2.9. This platform will be used to launch the Universities first MOOC, "Introduction to Communication Science". A dedicated Course-catalog and self-enrollment tool have been developed for this platform. Together with Edia we intend to develop several more functionalities to optimize the MOOC experience in Sakai 2.9 for our prospective students.

I invite you all to have a look at our MOOC entry page and enclosed in this e-mail you'll find a press release to spread around your campuses.

In the coming months we intend to tell and write about our experiences using Sakai CLE as a dedicated MOOC platform.

One can enrol now in the ŒIntroduction to Communication Science¹ study course via http://mooc.uva.nl

Kind regards,

Frank Benneker

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Frank Benneker
Innovation working group on the use of ICT in Education & Research University of Amsterdam
(Mobile) Phone : + 31 20 525 4914
@: frank.benneker at uva.nl
UvA hours: Mon-Tue-Wed-Thurs



-- Press Release University of Amsterdam to launch world's first Massive Open Online Course in Communication Science  ---

University of Amsterdam to launch world's first Massive Open Online Course in Communication Science

The University of Amsterdam will launch the world¹s first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in Communication Science entitled ŒIntroduction to Communication Science¹ on 20 February 2013.
Anyone interested in this free course can enrol now.

The online course is taught in English, lasts 8 weeks and covers all aspects of communication science ­ from history and theory to the influence of media on society ­ by means of video lectures. Each week the participants will receive assignments. After successful completion of the course, the participants receive a certificate from the Communication Science study programme of the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences.

 
The online course entitled ŒIntroduction to Communication Science¹ is an initiative of the College of Communication and the Graduate School of Communication Science. In the QS World University Rankings 2012, the Communication Science programme at the UvA was assessed as the best in Europe.
 
According to Dr Martine van Selm, director of the College of Communication, the MOOC offers Œa new way of reaching secondary school students, prospective pre-Master¹s students and people working in the business world.¹
 
Prof. Peter Neijens, director of the Graduate School of Communication,
said: ŒWe are proud that the MOOC will enable anyone in the world to take this introductory communication science course. We are pleased to share the knowledge and experience we have accumulated with others.¹
 

The University of Amsterdam is developing various initiatives in the field of ICT in education. More and more lectures can be viewed online via live stream or afterwards. Developing and experimenting with MOOCs corresponds with the University¹s desire to make knowledge widely available and show the appeal of academic study.
 

Interested parties can enrol now in the ŒIntroduction to Communication Science¹ study course via http://mooc.uva.nl


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