Medellin was the 2nd. city visited in Colombia by the experts Carlos Alario PhD (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) and Eng. Miguel Morales (Universidad Galileo) during September 26 and 27 in Fundación Universitaria Católica del Norte, Colombia partner of the MOOC-Maker project to hold the teacher training and technical workshops.
German Gallego coordinator of UCN in the MOOC-Maker project accompanied the experts during the different activities developed related to the project, one of them was the interview by UCN News made to the experts [click to listen the interview]
The MOOC-Maker project seeks to create a culture of MOOCs, so participants who attended the workshops had the opportunity to receive training with cutting-edge issues in relation to the management and production of MOOCs.
It’s important to mention that previously to teach the workshops in Colombia, the participants (Universidad del Cauca and Católica del Norte Fundación Universitaria) were assigned to an induction module on the Open edX platform which contains general project information and about MOOCs; with the objective attendees know and navigate on the platform that will be used to develop and promote MOOCs created by partners as part of the MOOC Maker project results.
