Latepost Lessons Learned, Unlearned Together With Relearned: A Semester Of Online Class

In January, I posted of my intent to seat my valuation as well as corporate finance classes online. As I finished my in conclusion sessions inward both classes today, I idea it would live a proficient fourth dimension to accept stock of what the experience taught me most the hereafter of didactics as well as how online didactics tin flame evolve.

H5N1 quick review. I instruct corporate finance as well as valuation classes to MBAs at the Stern School of Business at NYU as well as receive got done therefore for 26 years. While I receive got seat my webcasts as well as fabric online for many years, I decided to both formalize as well as organize the online cast this year, using a start upwardly theatre called Coursekit. It has since been able to attract to a greater extent than funds as well as has a novel name, Lore.

The site allowed me to house the resources for the cast (lecture notes, assignments, handouts as well as exams) as well as the webcasts of the cast inward 1 place, together amongst a social media summation where anyone (me or whatsoever pupil registered inward the class) could transportation links, thoughts or questions most the class. Here are the links to the classes:
Valuation: Link to Lore Valuation class
Corporate Finance: Link to Lore Corporate Finance class

I had a lot of fun, teaching these classes, as well as I am glad I did it, exactly I did acquire about valuable lessons inward online learning.
1. Discipline is critical on both sides. I had to acquire to live disciplined as well as organized, posting lectures on the site, equally shortly equally I had the links, equally good equally whatsoever other resources I used inward my regular class. On the participant side, I recognized how hard it is for someone (often several fourth dimension zones away), amongst a regular task as well as household unit of measurement commitments, to pass lxxx minutes twice a week, watching lectures as well as therefore spending to a greater extent than fourth dimension preparing for the class. While I don't receive got the statistics, I am certain that of the 2500+ people signed upwardly for the corporate finance cast as well as the 1900 people inward the valuation class, relatively few volition complete the cast on fourth dimension (today) as well as that many volition non complete the cast at all.
What I excogitation to exercise most it 
(1) I excogitation to acquire out the cast online for at to the lowest degree the summertime as well as maybe longer. Hopefully, that volition allow those whose constraint is fourth dimension to grab upwardly on the lectures as well as fifty-fifty exercise the projects for the class.
(2) I likewise excogitation to create a shorter (20 minute) version of each 80-minute lecture, delivering the high points of the session for those who actually cannot pass the fourth dimension needed for the total lecture.

2. Diverse backgrounds/experiences: I know that about people struggled to a greater extent than than others, partly due to linguistic communication differences as well as partly because of various backgrounds (some were to a greater extent than good versed inward statistics as well as accounting than others). I experience badly for those who struggled as well as wishing I could receive got done to a greater extent than to help.
What I excogitation to exercise most it
(1) I am looking for online resources that I tin flame right away people who are inward search of basic accounting/ statistics classes to. If I cannot abide by anything, I volition travail to create my ain makeshift versions.
(2) Next semester, I promise to rope inward a  few people who receive got been gracious plenty to offering their assistance as well as start a tutorial element to the class. Together, nosotros may live able to fill upwardly the gap.

3. Technology:  Technology is withal evolving as well as that at that spot were roadblocks, on both sides. On my side, at that spot were at to the lowest degree 2 sessions inward my corporate finance cast where the recording organisation failed, as well as I had to brand recordings to fill upwardly in. On the other side, those users who tried to picket the webcasts on Google Chrome were stymied (Don't fifty-fifty ask...) as well as about had problem amongst bandwidth.
What I excogitation to exercise most it
(1) Fix the recording organisation at Stern therefore that at that spot are no recording failures. Improve the good as well as video quality.
(2) Use to a greater extent than conduits for the lectures (iTunes U, YouTube) to allow those who receive got problem downloading to live able to become elsewhere to acquire the material.

In short, at that spot is a nifty bargain that I tin flame exercise to brand the online learning experience a richer, to a greater extent than interactive one, as well as I excogitation to choke along working on it. For those of you lot who were as well as are part of this experiment, give thank you lot you for giving it a shot. For those of you lot who were disappointed inward it, I am deplorable as well as I volition move on making it better.

As a in conclusion point, for those who would rather accept your classes inward person, I am preparing for 2 executive valuation seminars that I volition live delivering during the side past times side month.
a. The root is a two-day valuation seminar inward Mumbai, India, on May 24 as well as 25. You tin flame acquire details most the seminar past times clicking here.
b. The 2d is an open-enrollment three-day valuation seminar that I instruct every twelvemonth at the Stern School of Business inward New York. This year, it volition live on June 4, five as well as 6. While it is intense, I create exercise to comprehend almost all of the fabric that I instruct inward my regular MBA cast (which lasts xiv weeks). You tin flame acquire details most it past times clicking here.

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