Making online courses work

In today’s episode, Doug McKee joins me to share about online courses. His Introduction to Econometrics class is taught about as close to an in-person as you can get, but without being bound by geographic barriers. Guest: Doug McKee Associate Chair and Senior Lecturer of Economics at Yale http://economics.yale.edu/people/douglas-mckee Website: http://dougmckee.net/ Teach Better blog and podcast: http://teachbetter.co/ Personal Blog: www.highvariance.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeachBetterCo Quotes regarding online courses: We weren’t lowering the price, but we were lowering the geographic barriers. –Doug McKee You don’t need a big film crew, and snazzy digital effects; you just need to be clear, and communicate it well. –Doug McKee Students show up, and they don’t have any questions. What I do is come with questions. –Doug McKee Links: Udacity: https://www.udacity.com/ Zoom: http://zoom.us/ Examity: http://examity.com/ Explain Everything iPad app: App Store Link* Recommendations: Bonni recommends: Sherlock: IMDB Doug recommends: Poster sessions with students: Read blog post here CS50 course: Syllabus TeachBetter podcast: episode with David Malan