As the most visible new idea in the past several years, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) were making their way through higher education and even professional training. During the hype cycle, many universities around the world rushed to create MOOCs for open access or for profit. A handful of highly-ranked universities have also experimented with MOOCs through service providers such as Coursera, Udacity, edX, or Canvas Network, but the results have yet to provide a definite answer.

During this seminar, Professor Wang Minjuan from San Diego State University will review the evolution of learning, from Classroom to E-initiatives, to Online and Hybrid, to Mobile, and to the recently emerged Cloud Learning and MOOCs. The presentation will focus on trends and issues related to Online Learning, including the mixed course delivery models, use of learning management systems (Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai), student engagement, assessment, learning analytics, and cultural diversity. In particular, Prof. Wang will discuss the impact of mobile learning and the controversial MOOCs for higher education.

Speaker's Bio:

Wang Minjuan is Professor of Learning, Design, and Technology at San Diego State University (SDSU), a program manager for California State University (Chancellor’s Office), and distinguished professor of Shanghai International Studies University.

In her 14 years at SDSU, she teaches Designing and Developing Learning for the Global Audience, Mobile learning development, Technologies for Course Delivery, and Technologies for Teachers.  Her research specialties focus on online learning, mobile learning, cloud learning, and intelligent classrooms. Prof. Wang is the Editor-in-Chief of a newly established journal-- ICST Transactions on Future Intelligent Educational Environments (TOFIEE). She also serves on the editorial boards for four indexed journals: Open Education Research, International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL), the Open Education Journal, and Journal of Information Technology Application in Education.