Building a MOOC, Part 4 - Timelines and Conferences

In academia, there's nothing like a little external motivation (pressure) to get you moving. So submitting a conference proposal before the work is even done can be a great motivator. Accordingly, I tossed my name into the hat for the Florida Distance Learning Association conference for September of this year - 8 months away.

Here was my proposal:

Going All-In: How to Create a Flipped, Gamified, Blended MOOC

 Abstract: Educators nibble at new technologies all the time, often in small bites to reduce workload and confusion. What does a course look like that combines many strategies at once? This course on fairy tales was built for Honors students, but opened as a MOOC as well. It includes a flipped classroom model, heavy gamification overlays, digital texts, and optional social media integrations. We will discuss how each of these elements can be added individually (or in bulk) to your own classes—all at no cost to you or to the students. Our emphasis will be on practical applications and plug-and-play takeaway strategies rather than presenting empirical research.

I guess I need to MOVE on this now, huh?! I am starting to get some answers on LMS, though, coming in the next posts...