TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond Content to Creativity: A life-changing MOOC course
AU - Nyboer, Jody
AU - Hokanson, Brad
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Most educational efforts focus on declarative knowledge and information, which are described primarily as content. This concentration is common for online courses. Few go beyond this limited level of learning to seek changes in skills and character traits such as curiosity or creativity. Using a project-based curriculum, a course on creative problem solving was offered as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Triggered by observations of personal growth during the course, learners were surveyed about their experience, and a number of students were individually interviewed. The results indicated a positive impact beyond creative skills, described by participants as visceral: deeply personal and life-changing.
AB - Most educational efforts focus on declarative knowledge and information, which are described primarily as content. This concentration is common for online courses. Few go beyond this limited level of learning to seek changes in skills and character traits such as curiosity or creativity. Using a project-based curriculum, a course on creative problem solving was offered as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Triggered by observations of personal growth during the course, learners were surveyed about their experience, and a number of students were individually interviewed. The results indicated a positive impact beyond creative skills, described by participants as visceral: deeply personal and life-changing.
UR - https://www.jstor.org/stable/44430506?seq=1
M3 - Article
SN - 0013-1962
VL - 56
SP - 36
EP - 40
JO - Educational Technology
JF - Educational Technology
IS - 6
ER -