Slides used for a talk by Andy Friedland and Mike Goudzwaard for a talk at Dartmouth College on March 5, 2015. Andy and Mike share insights and experiences building and running Introduction to Environmental Science (ENVX) on edx.org.

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Andy Friedland, Professor of Environmental
Studies
Mike Goudzwaard, Instructional Designer
March 5, 2015
Inside Dartmouth’s First
MOOC

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• Present goals of edX and DartmouthX
• Illustrate ENVX objectives and process
• Show ENVX from student/instructor perspectives
• Share insights on student engagement
• Take your questions
Goals for Today

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• Expand access to education for
everyone
• Enhance teaching and learning on
campus and online
• To create, experiment, risk, analyze, and

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Dartmo
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• Apply learning-at-scale to learning on
campus
• Engage global learners with Dartmouth’s
teacher-scholar faculty
• Foster active, collaborative, and

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On campus: every fall term for
30+ yrs
Current enrollment 60 students
Lectures, problems, energy
audit, exams
ENVS 2: Introduction to
Environmental Science
The Challenge: How to transform ENVS 2
to ENVX?

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10 weeks  6 weeks
60 students  10,000 students
65 minute lecture  6-9 minute video lectures
0 field trips  farm, forest, powerplant, solar PV,
straw bale house
1-2 guest lectures  9 guest interviews
Problem sets and energy audit  prompted
discussions
28 years of experience  “best practices”
Transforming the Course

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Student View

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Field Trip (5 min)

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The “Rock Snot” Case

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Check Your Understanding

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Check Your Understanding

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Ask a Question

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Weekly Quiz

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Weekly Quiz

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Human Population (Week
2)

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The Pesticide
Treadmill

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Instructor View: Studio

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Instructor View: Building

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Instructor View: Coding

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Instructor View: More Coding

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“Course Insights”

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Age Breakdown (self report)

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Education Metrics (self
report)

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Geography

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Engagement

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Is Anyone There?

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Food and Soils Discussion: A
Favorite Meal
“In general, Vietnamese foods are healthy with a lot of
raw vegetables. Vegetables are collected from the local
farm.” - NCThanh

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“Just in Time”: Your
Favorite Meal

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Live “Office Hour”

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ENVX in 30 seconds
(video)

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Andy Friedland, Professor and Instructor
Mike Goudzwaard, Instructional Designer and Co-Course
Designer
Justin Richardson, Graduate Student TA
Lucy Kammer Woolsey, Staff TA and Learning Community
Coordinator
Credits:
The Course Team

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Mike Murray, Video Producer Sawyer Broadley, Video
Editor Tom Dooley, Video Production Jacob Ebersole, TA
(Dartmouth graduate, 2014) Joby Bernstein, TA (Dartmouth
student) Karen Bieluch, Quality Control Officer
Emily Lacroix, TA (Dartmouth student) Ellen Irwin, TA
(Dartmouth graduate, 2014) Barbara DeFelice, Course
Librarian Adam Nemeroff, Instructional Designer
Credits:
The ENVX Team

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Josh Kim, Director of Digital Initiatives
Alan Cattier, Associate CIO/Director of Academic Technology
Susan Zaslaw, Director, IT Project Services Barbara Knauff,
Associate Director of Educational Technologies Jing Qi,
Learning Analytics
Credits:
The DartmouthX Team

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Phil Connors, Faculty at Deakin University, Australia Danielle
Allen, organic farmer and co-owner of Your Farm Rosi Kerr,
Sustainability Director, Dartmouth College Mike Wood, Solar
Engineer, Solaflect Energy Sarah Alexander, ‘14 and biofuel
entrepreneur Franny Eanet & Aaron Lamperti, owners of a
straw bale house
Justin Richardson, Dartmouth PhD candidate
Credits:
Guest Interviews

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Your Questions. . . .