MOOC Research Assessment and Research Quality in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Information

Language

English

Format

Distance learning

Registration

Continuous

Contribution to the SDGs

Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Programme

This SPOC (Small Private Online Courses) on research assessment and research quality in the social sciences and humanities is made for young researchers.

The goals of the SPOC are to get a definition of research evaluation and research assessments in the social sciences and humanities.

The outcomes are to get a better understanding of research processes of careers and projects.

This SPOC is based on a workshop that was organized  in the context of the program “Performances de la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales” from the conferences of Swiss Universities.

Coordinator(s)

Dilini Sylvie JEANNERET, Université de Genève

Since 2013, the University has been producing "massive open online courses" (MOOCs). These are university-level online courses that are scripted and structured around content, learning activities, interactions and assessments. They are open to everybody, without access-restrictions based on age, profession or level of study.

This initiative aims to make courses from the best universities in the world available to everybody, with monitoring and assessment requirements as high as for regular students. Launched in 2011 by computer science professors at Stanford University, MOOCs now have several hundred million students worldwide. The universities involved in this process include some of the world's most prestigious institutions.

The University of Geneva's MOOCs are offered on the Coursera platform.

  • Laure Ognois, University of Geneva
  • Alexander Hasgall, University of Geneva

Contribution to the SDGs

Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages