2017 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders and Sexualities

June 01 - 04, 2017

As far as we know, there has not yet been a MOOC that opens the spectrum of U.S. Women’s History to a wider public. Columbia University’s Center for Teaching and Learning in cooperation with the New York Historical Society is now attempting to do that. Our challenge was to build an accessible (creative commons) MOOC that could be utilized in whole or in part, without charge, by a wide audience, including teachers at every level, students interested in specific areas, and general audiences. After an initial false start, we developed a modular strategy that would enable both a chronological narrative and a thematic approach to the subject. This roundtable invites some of the key players to reflect on how they approached and solved problems; it aims to develop a critical conversation around methods of adapting the MOOC format beyond the classroom lecture to a creative teaching tool. Preview "Women Have Always Worked" by clicking here .