Share Paper: Experiences in Using a MOOC to Support Teacher Professional Development of a New AP Course in Computer Science

  1. Md Mokter Hossain, The University of Alabama, United States
  2. Jeff Gray, The University of Alabama, United States
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Abstract: This paper presents our experience in designing and delivering a free multi-week MOOC with Google Course Builder (GCB), which was deployed on the Google App Engine (GAE) cloud server. The course was offered mainly to high school teachers in the US who were interested in learning about the curriculum and pedagogical strategies for teaching a new Advanced Placement (AP) course that is being created by the College Board. The new course, called Computer Science Principles (CSP), is designed to cover topics about computer science in a manner that is appealing to a broad range of students. More than one thousand ...