{"id":148,"date":"2017-09-26T14:49:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T18:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/?p=148"},"modified":"2018-09-06T11:34:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T15:34:01","slug":"moocs-museums-public-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/2017\/09\/26\/moocs-museums-public-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"MOOCs, Museums, &#038; Public Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1qL9cRqpL80?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pane-content\">\n<p>What do a MOOC, a museum, and a public radio broadcast all have in common? The obvious answer (this week at Dartmouth, anyway) is Associate Professor Jerry DeSilva\u2019s new open online course,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/course\/bipedalism-science-upright-walking-dartmouthx-dart-anth-01-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bipedalism: The Science of Upright Walking<\/a>, which began today via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dcal.dartmouth.edu\/initiatives\/dartmouthx-0\">DartmouthX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The course, which explores how and why humans developed the unusual locomotive method of walking on two legs, incorporates a virtual tour of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/exhibit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hall of Human Origins<\/a>\u00a0and an episode of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiolab.org\/story\/taung-child\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast Radiolab<\/a>, which looks closely at a fossilized human skull. Among the wide collection of course materials, which includes five full units of short videos, fascinating articles, inquiry activities, discussions among global peers, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/dartmouthx\/models\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3D fossil gallery<\/a>, and endless opportunities for further exploration, these two items barely scratch the surface. But beyond their inclusion in the course, it is what a museum and a public radio broadcast both represent, along with this MOOC and all others, that is truly remarkable: access to education for all.<\/p>\n<p>Like the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.edu\/about\/mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smithsonian Institute<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/about-npr\/178659563\/our-mission-and-vision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Public Radio<\/a>\u00a0and many\u00a0others, the mission of massive open online courses includes a commitment to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cquality education for everyone, everywhere.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Through open doors, open airwaves, and an open internet, these institutions are creating free, accessible learning opportunities for all. What\u2019s more, they are part of a movement that is changing how we think about education, redefining the classroom,\u00a0and reimagining teaching and learning in new forms across all divisions of society. For an institution like Dartmouth, with its low admission\u00a0rate and high cost to attend making it inaccessible to many, being able to claim a space alongside our national museums and public media as a purveyor of education for all is significant.<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dcal.dartmouth.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/new-dartmouthx-course-explores-why-humans-walk-two-legs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSilva<\/a>, providing access to educational experiences outside of formal or expected structures is part of his DNA. The former museum educator began his career at Boston\u2019s Museum of Science, and since arriving at Dartmouth in 2014 has engaged in nearly every innovative teaching and learning opportunity\u00a0available to him. He\u00a0was awarded an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dcal.dartmouth.edu\/initiatives\/experiential-learning\">experiential learning seed grant<\/a>\u00a0in 2016, which supported the development of a new course with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dcal.dartmouth.edu\/news\/2017\/02\/south-africa-students-make-major-fossil-discovery\">field-based component in South Africa<\/a>. With the addition of the Bipedalism MOOC, DeSilva continues to explore the edges of his own experience as an educator and push the boundaries to reach ever-wider audiences with his infectious enthusiasm and depth of knowledge. He developed the MOOC alongside a diverse team including graduate teaching assistant\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dartmouth.edu\/EEES\/people\/graduate-students\/ellison-j-mcnutt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellie McNutt<\/a>, instructional designer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tech.dartmouth.edu\/its\/services-support\/people-groups\/educational-technologies\/people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Nemeroff<\/a>, videographer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tech.dartmouth.edu\/its\/people\/sawyer-broadley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sawyer Broadley<\/a>, social sciences librarian\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/researchguides.dartmouth.edu\/prf.php?account_id=12645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Witzel<\/a>, undergraduate course developers Sarah Miller &#8217;19 and Kelly Caputo &#8217;19, and high school intern Mason Mallett.<\/p>\n<p>Check out some course highlights below, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/course\/bipedalism-science-upright-walking-dartmouthx-dart-anth-01-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register to join us<\/a>\u00a0for this upright, two-legged journey with Associate Professor DeSilva and DartmouthX!<\/p>\n<h3>Course Highlights<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/03M4APnqH2s\"><strong>Watch: Learning to Walk<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nHow do babies know to get up and start walking?\u00a0Do babies from around the world learn to walk the same way?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dcal.dartmouth.edu\/sites\/dcal.prod\/files\/styles\/slide\/public\/center_for_advancement_learning\/images\/screen_shot_2017-09-26_at_1.20.35_pm_0.png?itok=DYB6zlBJ\" alt=\"Fossil Lab\" width=\"810\" height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-wrapper multiple\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-slide-caption field-type-text-long field-label-hidden caption field-wrapper\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sketchfab.com\/dartmouthx\/models\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explore: Sketchfab 3D Fossil Lab<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inquiry Activity: Think Like a Scientist<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The average human is 6.5 times taller than their foot length. Are you? Two\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/evidence\/behavior\/footprints\/laetoli-footprint-trails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">footprints<\/a>\u00a0left at different sites in Laetoli, Tanzania\u00a0between 3 and 4 million years ago\u00a0by early human species\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/humanorigins.si.edu\/evidence\/human-fossils\/species\/australopithecus-afarensis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Australopithecus afarensis<\/em><\/a>\u00a0measure 150 mm and 250 mm, respectively. How tall were these individuals likely to have been? What might account for the differences in height between individuals at different sites?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>This post first appeared on the website of the <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/dcal.dartmouth.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/moocs-museums-and-public-radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do a MOOC, a museum, and a public radio broadcast all have in common? The obvious answer (this week at Dartmouth, anyway) is Associate Professor Jerry DeSilva\u2019s new open online course,\u00a0Bipedalism: The Science of Upright Walking, which began today via\u00a0DartmouthX. The course, which explores how and why humans developed the unusual locomotive method of walking on two legs, incorporates a virtual tour of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History\u2019s\u00a0Hall of Human Origins\u00a0and an episode of the\u00a0podcast Radiolab, which looks closely at a fossilized human skull. Among the wide collection of course materials, which includes five full units of short videos, fascinating articles, inquiry activities, discussions among global peers, a\u00a03D fossil gallery, and endless opportunities for further exploration, these two items barely scratch the surface. But beyond their inclusion in the course, it is what a museum and a public radio broadcast both represent, along with this MOOC and all others, that is truly remarkable: access to education for all. Like the\u00a0Smithsonian Institute\u00a0and\u00a0National Public Radio\u00a0and many\u00a0others, the mission of massive open online courses includes a commitment to\u00a0\u201cquality education for everyone, everywhere.\u201d\u00a0Through open doors, open airwaves, and an open internet, these institutions are creating free, accessible learning opportunities for all. What\u2019s more, they are part of a movement that is changing how we think about education, redefining the classroom,\u00a0and reimagining teaching and learning in new forms across all divisions of society. For an institution like Dartmouth, with its low admission\u00a0rate and high cost to attend making it inaccessible to many, being able to claim a space alongside our national museums and public media as a purveyor of education for all is significant. For\u00a0DeSilva, providing access to educational experiences outside of formal or expected structures is part of his DNA. The former museum educator began his career at Boston\u2019s Museum of Science, and since arriving at Dartmouth in 2014 has engaged in nearly every innovative teaching and learning opportunity\u00a0available to him. He\u00a0was awarded an\u00a0experiential learning seed grant\u00a0in 2016, which supported the development of a new course with a\u00a0field-based component in South Africa. With the addition of the Bipedalism MOOC, DeSilva continues to explore the edges of his own experience as an educator and push the boundaries to reach ever-wider audiences with his infectious enthusiasm and depth of knowledge. He developed the MOOC alongside a diverse team including graduate teaching assistant\u00a0Ellie McNutt, instructional designer\u00a0Adam Nemeroff, videographer\u00a0Sawyer Broadley, social sciences librarian\u00a0Amy Witzel, undergraduate course developers Sarah Miller &#8217;19 and Kelly Caputo &#8217;19, and high school intern Mason Mallett. Check out some course highlights below, and\u00a0register to join us\u00a0for this upright, two-legged journey with Associate Professor DeSilva and DartmouthX! Course Highlights Watch: Learning to Walk How do babies know to get up and start walking?\u00a0Do babies from around the world learn to walk the same way? Explore: Sketchfab 3D Fossil Lab Inquiry Activity: Think Like a Scientist The average human is 6.5 times taller than their foot length. Are you? Two\u00a0footprints\u00a0left at different sites in Laetoli, Tanzania\u00a0between 3 and 4 million years ago\u00a0by early human species\u00a0Australopithecus afarensis\u00a0measure 150 mm and 250 mm, respectively. How tall were these individuals likely to have been? What might account for the differences in height between individuals at different sites? This post first appeared on the website of the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elligoudzwaard.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}