{"id":22097,"date":"2016-02-11T09:22:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=22097"},"modified":"2016-02-11T09:22:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:22:16","slug":"uccs-professor-invites-16000-online-students-to-in-person-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=22097","title":{"rendered":"UCCS professor invites 16,000+ online students to in-person lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"news_moocs-global-village_01\"<\/a>With only three days\u2019 notice, Roger L. Martinez-Davila, assistant professor, Department of History, invited 6,000 current and 10,000 former CU massive open online course (MOOC) students to a Feb. 1 Madrid lecture at Spain\u2019s preeminent research center — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas.<\/p>\n

Sixteen students attended.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Dr. Ana Rodriguez\u2019s Power and Institutions in Medieval Islam and Christian project, Martinez-Davila, engaged the audience with his lecture, \u201cGlobal Citizen Scholars: Crowdsourcing Discovery and Manuscript Transcription via Massive Open Online Courses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martinez-Davila said the effort indicates he can teach in the \u201cglobal village\u201d and make human connections abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only that — the MOOC students outnumbered the academic scholars in the room, which signals how important MOOCS can be to bridging the divide between academia and the public,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is how we rebuild the place of the humanities in the civil society.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Martinez-Davila first developed the \u201cDeciphering Secrets: Unlocking the Manuscripts of Medieval Spain\u201d course during summer 2014, he and his students explored the possibility of creating a global citizen scholar model of collaboration of students and professors. The course enlisted participants to translate historical documents pertaining to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim interrelations from Plasencia (1300-1600 c.e.) in western Spain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first class that completed the course transcribed almost all of Book 1 of the Actas Capitulares in just three weeks,\u201d he said. \u201cWe missed a few sections of the text and that is why we chose to run the course again during this spring 2016 \u2013 with all of its flaws \u2013 to collect another round of transcriptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martinez-Davila said the course structure has caught the attention of academic researchers in Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is atypical for scholars to work so closely with the public on new research. Personally and professionally, I believe we need more collaboration,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need scholarship to be a collective, egalitarian and democratic venture. It shouldn\u2019t be the privilege of a few scholars to conduct research — everyone should enjoy the right to participate in discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

The opportunity to meet current and former students was special, Martinez-Davila said. \u201cIt was quite fun \u2013 and powerful \u2013 for my colleagues to see some of our students at the lecture and for them to appreciate the positive efforts we are making.\u201d<\/p>\n

— Cathy Beuten, University Relations, Office of the President<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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