1. Rethinking Online Learning: Educational, social and economic directions James W. Pennebaker and Samuel D. Gosling University of Texas at Austin Funding from UT Course Transformation Program, College of Liberal Arts, National Science Foundation, Army Research Institute. Funding from UT Course Transformation Program, College of Liberal Arts, National Science Foundation, Army Research Institute. The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this report are those of the authors, and should not be construed as official positions, policies, or decisions of the UT Course Transformation Program, College of Liberal Arts, the National Science Foundation or the Department of the Army, unless so designated by other documents. Note that this statement is required by the Army Research Institute.

2. The New Online Alphabet BOCs – Big old classes MOOCs – Massive open online classes SMOCs – Synchronous massive online classes

3. Big Old Classes (BOCs)

4. The Studio Classroom

6. The Control Room

7. SMOC Montage

11. Clicks: Information search by course grade

12. The future of SMOCs Collaborative learning Training people to think Research opportunities Small group dynamics The psychology of communities Learning and memory The 10,000 person classroom: We can teach each other’s students

13. Challenges for Chairs Getting it off the ground Constituencies: faculty, administration, graduate and undergraduate offices, continuing education, registrar, tutors, technical offices (IT groups), development Studio and broadcasting Educational issues TAs, RTF and education interns Mentors Business and research opportunities Faculty considerations

14. Contacts www.PsychologyLive.orgwww.psy.utexas.edu/pennebakerwww.psy.utexas.edu/goslingSamg@austin.utexas.eduPennebaker@mail.utexas.edu