Tech faculty, students collaborate on international online education project

Two Louisiana Tech University faculty and three students were key collaborators on an international education project to provide online classes to students and teachers around the world. The collaboration involved a massive open online class (MOOC) for teaching visual design to students around the world.The class was coordinated by the European-based ViLi Project and Tech instructors and students provided different course content including visual aids, interface designs, and video lectures.MOOCs allow an unlimited number of students to freely access educational materials like readings and videos. They also often let students view real-time online lectures where they can ask questions and participate in discussions. The MOOC in which Tech faculty and students participated was for the class Visual Literacies, and the course covered five aspects of visual design and visual literacy.