Web Cartography going public: Developing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for cartographic prosumers
Keywords: MOOC for Cartography, Course Development, Course Evaluation, Web Cartography
A modern and promising approach in reaching those target groups is through a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). MOOCs belong to a relatively new Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) group of educational approaches, which an increasing number of universities try to integrate in their teaching. The main objectives of those courses is to disseminate knowledge through the sharing of free high-quality learning materials, to produce new knowledge through students’ interactions with the course platform, and to enable research on education and learning. In spite of the numerous advantages offered by MOOCs, their number remains relatively small within the field of cartography, compared to other scientific areas (e.g. Business & Management).