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Rethinking Online Learning:
Educational, social and economic
directions
James W. Pennebaker and Samuel D. Gosling
University of Texas at Austin
Funding from UT Course Transformation Program, College of Liberal Arts, National Science Foundation, Army Research Institute. The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this report are
those of the authors, and should not be construed as official positions, policies, or decisions of the UT Course Transformation Program, College of Liberal Arts, the National Science Foundation or the Department of the Army, unless so designated by
other documents. Note that this statement is required by the Army Research Institute.
The New Online Alphabet
BOCs – Big old classes
MOOCs – Massive open online classes
SMOCs – Synchronous massive online classes
Big Old Classes (BOCs)
The Studio Classroom
The Studio Classroom
The Control Room
SMOC Montage
Clicks: Information search by course grade
The future of SMOCs
Collaborative learning
Training people to think
Research opportunitiesSmall group dynamicsThe psychology of communitiesLearning and memory
The 10,000 person classroom: We can teach each other’s students
Challenges for Chairs
Getting it off the groundConstituencies: faculty, administration, graduate and undergraduate offices, continuing education, registrar, tutors, technical offices (IT groups), developmentStudio and broadcasting
Educational issuesTAs, RTF and education internsMentors
Business and research opportunities
Faculty considerations
Contactswww.PsychologyLive.org
www.psy.utexas.edu/pennebaker
www.psy.utexas.edu/gosling
