Open AccessA New Massive Open Online Course on Natural Disasters
Author(s) -
John Stix,
John R. Gyakum,
Karolane Caissy,
Angela Guadagno,
Alexander Steeves-Fuentes,
Wenqiang Yan,
Frank Roop,
Pierre-André Vungoc,
Claire Walker,
Adam Finkelstein,
Laura R. Winer
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo091699
Subject(s) - course (navigation) , massive open online course , natural disaster , natural (archaeology) , computer science , history , world wide web , geography , meteorology , engineering , archaeology , aerospace engineering
Two professors put their college course online. Enrollment jumped more than 20-fold, and a forum for exchanging ideas with a multigenerational international community was born.