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Teacher training and technical workshops MOOC-Maker in Guatemala

On June 27 and 28 in the central campus of Universidad Galileo were held the teacher training and technical workshops by Carlos Alario Ph.D. and Eng. Miguel Morales Msc.

These workshops are part of the expected results of the MOOC-Maker project, in which participated 35 attendees including employees and teachers of Universidad Galileo, Universidad Panamericana  and Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.

In the teacher training workshop that lasted day and a half, experts showed the general characteristics of the MOOCs, resources and equipment necessary to produce MOOCs, also they showed MOOC-Canvas to design MOOCs and they exemplify good practices in video, speaking to camera techniques and production of other resources in this kind of courses.

Open edX was used in the technical workshop in which were showed the basic configurations and use of this platform to implement MOOCs.

During the development of the workshops were made practical and dynamic activities in which attendees learned about the general aspects of management and production of MOOCs.

It is expected within the next few months, replicate these workshops with the project partners in Colombia and Chile.

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