The college on Wednesday launched its free online course, Get Ready for College – Math, the first in what officials hope will be a series of self-paced courses aimed at helping incoming students refresh their skills and get ready for the placement test.
The course was developed over the past six months by a small committee of faculty and other administrators: Carol Weideman, Mark Billiris, Dan Fumano, Nancy Munce, Jesse Coraggio, Vicki Westergard, Wilma Norton, Jim Connolly, Audra Liswith, Jamie Ferrazano, Jimmy Chang and Martha Campbell.
The goal is to give potential students the help they need to improve their skills in math so that they can do well on the placement test or boost their confidence about returning to college.
The course is free to anyone, not just SPC students. It is self-paced and contains links to extra instructional videos and other resources.
The plan is to develop similar MOOCs for reading and writing instruction.
MOOCs are a hot topic in education. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed and many national media outlets have had numerous stories about the courses.
The Tampa Bay Times featured a story about SPC’s MOOC last month.
For more information and the registration link, go to www.spcollege.edu/ready. As of Wednesday afternoon, just a few hours after the launch, more than 40 students already had registered and begun the course.
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