{"186851":{"#nid":"186851","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Head on the viability of a MOOC for Freshman Composition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022entry-title\u0022\u003EIn November 2012, I was part of a team that was awarded a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca title=\u0022American Council on Education May Recommend Some Coursera Offerings for College Credit\u0022 href=\u0022http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/MOOCs-Take-a-Major-Step\/135750\/\u0022\u003Egrant\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by the Bill \u0026amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a MOOC for one of the most ubiquitous of university courses: freshman composition. Over the next five months, I will blog about our process. And I will try to address a central question surrounding the proliferation of massive open online courses.\u0026nbsp;Many people argue that rising technologies could allow us to educate the world more efficiently. My question is, can we educate people more\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eeffectively\u003C\/strong\u003E? \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESource: \u0026nbsp;Guest blog post by School of Literature, Media, and Communication Assistant Professor, \u003Cstrong\u003EKaren Head\u003C\/strong\u003E for the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/wiredcampus\/here-a-mooc-there-a-mooc-but-will-it-work-for-freshman-composition\/41883\u0022\u003EChronicle of Education Wired Campus\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, January 24, 2013.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2013-01-25 12:20:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:12","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"holiday leave","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/wiredcampus\/here-a-mooc-there-a-mooc-but-will-it-work-for-freshman-composition\/41883","dateline":{"date":"2013-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-01-24T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}