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Registration now open for EdTechX: A series of online courses in educational technology

Originally posted at education.mit.edu.

EdTechX

MIT’s Education Arcade and Scheller Teacher Education Program are launching EdTechX, a series of six-week long MITx online courses on EdX. Two of the four courses in the series are now open for registration:

  • Design and Development of Educational Technology: (Starts October 8, 2014) This project-based course explores educational technologies and the theories underlying their development through interviews with experts in the field.
  • Introduction to Game Design: (Starts October 22, 2014) A practical introduction to game design and game design concepts, emphasizing the basic tools of game design: paper and digital prototyping, design iteration, and user testing.

About Carole Urbano

Carole manages the communications and outreach for The Education Arcade. She designs and implements project level communication strategies including general promotion, participant recruitment, retention and support. Recent efforts recruited nearly 1,500 teachers from around the globe enrolling 25,000 middle grades students in an online math challenge featuring Lure of the Labyrinth.

Carole developed her marketing skills executing integrated marketing programs (advertising, PR, events, social media) for a variety of corporations in the financial services, high tech, and semiconductor industries. Her recent tenure with the Regional Educational Laboratory at Education Development Center forged her knowledge of the K-12 market and building blended communities of practice.