by Corinne Sejourne, Brown Daily Herald
Three professors are each creating one distinctive class to be offered this summer as part of the University’s debut on the free-online learning site, Coursera, this summer. The professors — Susan Alcock, professor of archaeology and classics, Arnold Weinstein, professor of comparative literature, and Philip Klein, professor of computer science — will adapt their courses to fit the Coursera platform while maintaining the elements that define a Brown course. Weinstein is adapting his signature course entitled “The Fiction of Relationship,” which focuses on exploring different forms of relationships through a variety of literary works. To fit the online format, Weinstein said he plans to break his lectures into eight- to 12-minute “minibytes” as Coursera suggests. He will film each given lecture to completion while indicating break points as he speaks, adding that separating a lecture based on a single novel into discrete parts will be inherently challenging.
http://www.browndailyherald.com/professors-prepare-online-courses-for-summer-launch-1.2797395
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