1. Mt. San Jacinto College http://msjc.edu
Crafting an Effective Writer: http://coursera.org/course/basicwriting
Location of Slides:
http://tinyurl.com/mooc-cenic
Handout: http://tinyurl.com/mooc-cenic-
handout
Patricia James
pjames@msjc.edu

4.  There’s always a story…..

5.  Great partners! Coursera and Gates
 Development time: 8 QUICK months!
 Cost: $65,000! $50k from Gates, $15k in-
kind
 Additional help: 7 peer writing tutors
 Total: 14 people in the discussions! (session
1)
 Session 2: 5 faculty/staff, 2 peer writing
tutors, 10 Community TA’s

6.  45, 089 enrolled
 29, 195 actively participated
 11,147 students completed the surveys
 10,214 attempted the first quiz
 8,091 accessed final week of content
 3,774 attempted the final quiz
 2,749 earned a certificate of completion
• These numbers were from the first class offered May 2013,
• numbers are similar for 2nd session offered October 2013

8. Item N % Partic. % Regist.
Standard Course Participation
Measures
Registered Student 48,174
Participating Students 34,952 73%
Completed Course (>80%) 3,753 11% 8%
Completed w/Distinction (>95%) 1,101 3% 2%
Patterns of Participation
Disengaged 29,817 62%
Declining 6,919 20% 14%
Lurking 5,919 17% 12%
Persisting 5,519 16% 11%
Information from the second session.

9.  As a pre-Assessment activity
 As a petition for English placement
 As a brush-up for students while in writing
classes
 As a brush-up for students who don’t/can’t
enroll in an English class
 As a resource for flipped/blended classrooms
 To become a better writer

10. 3%
2% 2%
4%
22%
50%
17%
Reason for Enrolling
Get a jumpstart on college
while I’m still in high
school.
Prepare to take the
community college
assessment test (you have
not taken it yet).
Improve my score on the
community college
assessment test (you took it
and want to improve your
score).
Number=15, 457
2nd session

11. 50%
20%
17%
5%
6%
2%
Entry Survey Participants by Ed Status
Not a student--
goal: to learn and
personal growth
Not a student-
goal: career
enhancement
Student in BA or
university
institution
CC student
High school
2nd session

12.  166 Countries Represented
 70% Students from outside U.S.
 33% had never taken an online class, 51% had
taken 1-3 online classes
 Female 65% Male 32% (some chose not to
answer)
 Among Californians (927 respondents), the
participation rate of community college
students was much higher than among the
general population of survey respondents
(25% in California compared to 5% overall).

13.  30% between 25 and 34 years old
 20% between 18 and 24 years old
 18% between 35 and 44 years old
 11% were 50 or older
 5% were 18 or younger
“Learning knows no
age”

14. End of week 1 “pop” video:
http://youtu.be/9a6h-mgGbCI
Week 2 lecture Video:
http://youtu.be/cVtyZsEG7sw
Our farewell video: http://youtu.be/PYZVZEtWUjo
Approved by Quality Matters (score: 95)

15. To enroll in the course, please visit
http://coursera.org/course/basicwri
ting
TedBlake
tblake@msjc.edu
Pat James:
pat.james.hanz@gmail.com