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edX: What We've Learned from Teaching MOOCs
By Armando Fox and David Patterson MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses for the uninitiated, have taken the education world by storm. As with any disruptive technology, there are bound to be some pitfalls along the way. How can instructors new to MOOCs successfully navigate teaching a MOOC? We’ve recently finished teaching BerkeleyX CS169.1x and CS169.2x, Software as a Service Parts I & II, on edX. Here are some tips from our experience that will help you make the most out of your MOOC. HAVING A RERUN PLAN IS BETTER THAN BEING PERFECT Leonardo da Vinci said “Art is never finished, only abandoned.” You will always find ways to improve your material, but remember, you can always revise your lecture recordings later—this Fall we will revise our lectures for the third time. Balance your desire to perfect the material with the need to juggle all the other commitments most faculty must manage. Another perspective is that you need feedback from MOOC students befor…