Professional Development Through MOOCs

So it's the start of another semester and many of us are neck-deep in syllabi, new students, and recovering from winter break.  But for those that might be looking for something to stimulate and get them thinking about their work as an educator, we've assembled this collection of MOOCs that are starting up in the next week or two for you to consider signing up.

There's a great variety of them out there that can help enhance your day to day work or the bigger projects and goals in your professional life.  These were selected largely for their relevance to higher education, but we encourage you to check out some of the different MOOCs that are out there and let us know what you find! 

Academic Integrity: Values, Skills, Action

• Starts February 1, 2016
• 4 Weeks
• 4 hours/week 
• https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/academic-integrity

American Education Reform: History, Policy, Practice

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 8 weeks of study
• 6-8 hours/week 
• https://www.coursera.org/course/edref

Bringing STEM to Light - Teaching about Light and Optics

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 5 Weeks
• 2 hours/week 
• https://www.canvas.net/browse/laserclassroom/courses/light-and-optics-1

Childhood in the Digital Age

• Starts February 1, 2016
• 4 Weeks
• 3 hours/week 
• https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/childhood-in-the-digital-age

Coaching Digital Learning - Cultivating a Culture of Change

• Starts February 15, 2016
• 6 Weeks
• 2-3 hours/week 
• https://place.fi.ncsu.edu/course/view.php?id=34

Disciplinary Literacy for Deeper Learning

• Starts February 1, 2016
• 6 Weeks
• 2-3 hours/week 
• https://place.fi.ncsu.edu/course/view.php?id=30

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 1: Introduction

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 4 weeks of study
• 3-4 hours/week 
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/teaching

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 2: Being a Teacher

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 6 weeks of study
• 3-4 hours/week
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/being-a-teacher

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 3: Learners and Learning

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 6 weeks of study
• 3-4 hours/week
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/teaching-learning

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 4: Curriculum

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 6 weeks of study
• 3-4 hours/week
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/teacher-curriculum

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 5: Planning for Teaching and Learning

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 6 weeks of study
• 4-6 hours/week
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/teaching-plan

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 6: Introduction to Student Assessment

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 6 weeks of study
• 4-6 hours/week
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-assessment

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 7: Being a Professional

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 6 weeks of study
• 4-6 hours/week
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/professional-teacher

Foundations of Teaching for Learning 8: Developing Relationships

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 6 weeks of study
• 4-6 hours/week
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/teacher-relationships

Learning through ePortfolios

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 8 weeks of study
• 16 hours total
• https://www.canvas.net/browse/empirestate/courses/learning-through-eportfolios

Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 4 weeks of study
• 5-8 hours/week
• https://www.canvas.net/browse/ryersonu/courses/web-access-auditing

Storytelling for Change

• Starts January 26, 2016
• 6 Weeks
• 3-4 hours/week
• https://novoed.com/storytelling-change-2016-1

Teaching Adults: For new (and newish) Teachers

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 6 weeks of study
• 2-4 hours/week
• https://www.canvas.net/browse/rentontechnicalcollege/courses/teaching-adults

Teaching Literacy Through Film

• Starts January 25, 2016
• 4 weeks of study
• 3 hours/week
• https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/teaching-literacy-through-film

Teaching Statistics Through Data Investigations

• Starts February 1, 2016
• 8 Weeks
• 3-4 hours/week
• https://place.fi.ncsu.edu/course/view.php?id=33

What MOOCs have you tried?  What has been your experience?