April 9, 2020 community meetup

WHEN: Thursday, April 9, 1pm EST US / 17:00 UTC. (time converter)

Video: https://youtu.be/pPfL4QFmc1Q

Agenda

• Conference update

  • we’re planning smaller online events

  • Open edX Prize: still being awarded! Please nominate: https://discuss.openedx.org/t/open-edx-prize-accepting-nominations/1499

• Esteban Etcheverry: Live Learning: a strategy to improve student engagement

  • After more than a decade of existence, MOOCs continue to offer great opportunities to add value connecting people and enabling the continuous learning with a world-wide reach. But, beyond all its innovations and advantages, still an extensive number of courses have a significant percentage of dropouts.

  • One of the strategies to face this dropout challenge is to incorporate live learning sessions which enable a live interaction between students and the instructor and enhance the learning experience. In this talk we'll share best practices, challenges and lessons learned based in our experience.

• Round table discussion: How has the COVID-19 situation changed your online learning?

• Juniper update

Slides

Live Learning: a strategy to improve student engagement

Open

Notes

• Two recent edX courses due to COVID-19:

  • How to Learn Online

  • Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19

• Propose a segment for an upcoming community remote meetup: Google Form

• Nominate an Open edX project for the Open edX Prize: Google Form

• Sites mentioned in Esteban’s slides:

  • NEXTPERFORM (Sales Academy) - www.nextperform.com

  • COMUNIT (Project Management Academy) - www.comunit.com.ar

  • CEPF (Sports Academy) - cepf instagram

  • AIE ARG (Argentinian Structural Engineering Association) - www.aiearg.org.ar

  • Aulasneo - Open edX Service Providers www.aulasneo.com/en