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Hear from Haohsiang Lao, Director of the Chinese Language Program at MIT about his experiences and lessons learned teaching Chinese language MOOCs.
[Minutes coming soon]
1:00 - 1:05: Welcome and Introduction
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4 skills in learning a foreign language:
Speaking
Reading
Listening
Writing
Link MOOC courseElements of the MITx Chinese Language courses
Storytelling – keeps good amount of returning students
Linked textbooks with MOOC course
Live sessions - 3 live sessions per week
Drill session
Course involves three types of videos:
Animation videoGrimmer
“Real-world” conversational video
Left-hand down Lecture video
Fact VS Act
Fact – students can do self study, we put it into the materials that the students can study on their own
Act – drill session or live session
Appearance of chatGPT – ChatGPT can act as guide for speaking and writing skills
Microsoft Edge – has a wide variety of pronunciation variations, it provides at least 12 versions of native speaker – aids in recruiting
1:25 - 1:40: Q&A
What kind of evaluative tools are you using to document your students? - Arthur Schneider
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How many totals get the certificate, and how many total audits?
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3. What are some examples of the storytelling you use, and how do you set that up in these courses? – John Swope
Students are interacting with the use of a core dialogue word, 2 or 3 main figures
Do you have any kind of flashcards or space repetition incorporated into the courses yet? And if you do, of what kind? And if you don't, have you found that to be a problem? – Jeremy Bowman
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Do you have any wish list items for the open edX that you want to improve or scale? – John Swope
Assessments, should be put in line with the other assessment tools already available in other curriculums.
Is AI integrated into the system at all? Or do students have to have their own accounts? – Kim Welch
I introduced a GPT-like tool availableStudents use their own (for now)
1:40 - 1:50: Polling for Future sessions
Jamboard shared to determine future priorities: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1lYLuj5qN2aHD-kd_Gzt91p0mYg726pfWQK4I-62WwRc/edit?usp=sharing
1:50 - 2:00: Open Agenda
@John Swope: Things I’d like to learn more about
Integrating AI and chatGPT into open edX – what kind of onboard we need to give the students
Gamification
Integrating adaptivity + AI into open edX
@John Swope: Two potential speakers lined up for the next two months, with topics:
Code assessment in open edX (Mohamed Elhayany, open HPI)
Design stimulated learning experiences using native open edX functionality (Frederick Du Bois, Construct)
@John Swope: Other priorities
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The goal is to create more shareable assets based on the educators in addition to a regular recording – for folks in the other time zones
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