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Presentation Overview• What is Metropolitan Agriculture?• What is an Open Online Course?• Who, What, When & Where• The Course Site• Course Management• Challenges• Stories of Success• Next Steps
What is Metropolitan Agriculture
Metropolitan Agriculture Concepts:• Response to global challenge created by the
evolving agriculture, food and resource needs of highly concentrated metropolitan regions throughout the world.
• Complement to other agricultures and not a substitute.
• Ensure the production and service potential of agriculture is boosted to sustainably serve the diverse demands of metropolitan consumers.
• Gives agriculture a unique, indispensable and sustainable place in metropolitan regions.Source: http://metroagcourse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/MetroAg_Concept.pdf
What is an Open Online Course
• Open to anyone interested in the topic
• Content is openly licensed
• Connecting experts and learners
• Certificate of completion option
Who, What, When & WhereThe Instructors:
Dr. Henk C. van LatesteijnManaging Director of Van Latesteijn Consultancy, Partner at Value Mediation Partners and former CEO of TransForum
Dr. Chris PetersonMSU Professor and Director of the MSU Product Center- Food, Ag, Bio
Sander Mager, MscManaging Director of Licence to Grow and former VP and Director of the Learning Program of TransForumDr. Christine Geith
Assistant Provost and Executive Director
• Six week online course• Openly licensed content• Course features– Weekly webcast– Weekly reading– Weekly discussion forum
Who, What, When & Where
– Resources– Innovation Project
Who, What, When & Where
Summer/Fall
2011
• Initial Planning
March
2012
• Course launched• 425 participants
April 2012
• Course ended• Wrap-up meetings• Future planning
Who, What, When & Wherewww.metroagcourse.com
Course Management• Management roles (5 people)
– Project manager• Participant communication
– International audience
• Course announcements• Innovation project• Grading• Certificate process• Course web site updates
– Webcasts• Technology training/tech
checks• Presentation reviewer
– Formatting– Video clips
• Clearing content (open)
– Web site • Graphic designer• Web developer
– Forum facilitator• SME
– Marketing• Social media
Challenges• Instructor time for development• Making content open• Too much information to convey in webcasts• Need more interaction in webcasts• Tracking of webcast participation• Development of credit option• Need better discussion forum tool• Better communication/email tool
Stories of Success
Yes71%
No17%
No Response12%
Q: Did this course give you a better un-derstanding of Metropolitan Agriculture?
(n=24) I liked the real world examples such as the Rondeel
and Mijn Boer. These show the practical applications discussed in the weekly
webcasts.
Q: What did you like most about the course?
Stories of Success
Attended live webcast
Viewed webcast recording
Participated in discussion forum
Participated in Innovation project
65%
60%
50%
20%
Q: Which of the following describes your participa-tion in the course? (n=20)
The live forum - it gave you accessibility to an
instructor or professional in the field.
Q: What did you like most about the course?
Next Steps
• Another course• Summer webcast series– Focus on innovation projects
• MetroAg blog
photo by: flickr/ xJasonRogersx