Those who create MOOCs often consider the “openness” of their course simply to mean that anyone can enroll. At the University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation, we challenge that in order for a MOOC to truly be “open”, it must be openly licensed and accessible. With over 250+ courses in our portfolio supporting learners across the globe, we will retrospectively review and discuss the positive social impact of our openly licensed, accessible courses and share our hopes for the future to continue to remove barriers to lifelong learning. We provide faculty perspectives on their motivation to create truly open learning experiences and discuss case studies on how our MOOCs have been reused. Ultimately, participants will gain insight into how to nudge stakeholders into prioritizing the “Open” in Massive Online Open Courses.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Explain why “open” also means accessible
- Amplify and advocate for accessible courses
- Explain faculty motivations for applying Creative Commons licenses
- Generate an elevator pitch for faculty on why they should openly license their MOOCs and other online content
