A Brigham Young online course about online teaching is to be taught through a role-playing game this coming spring. And the class is open to guests as well. It is a really interesting idea, and a very interactive way to bring the educational experience to a wider audience.
Introduction to Open Education 2009 – OpenContent Wiki
Instructional design faculty are frequently criticized for delivering information about innovative new pedagogical methods to their students in the form of traditional lectures – for talking the talk but failing to walking the walk. Setting positive examples is important for people in every field to do.
Wired Campus: Professor Turns His Online Course Into a Role-Playing Game – Chronicle.com
And Mr. Wiley is inviting anyone to play along. Although only students at Brigham Young who enroll and pay for the course will get official credit, Mr. Wiley is inviting anyone else to participate informally free. And he’ll send homemade certificates of completion to the unofficial students
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