Researcher of the Week: Markus Proctor

Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:14:21 -0400
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Meet Markus,

He is an Technology Entrepreneurship and Organization Management major and a summer researcher. His main focus is to bring technology to the masses - mainly into elementary schools. During his senior year he was the Vice-President for the Interdisciplinary Studies Council of Majors. Markus was also a speaker on the panel “Youth and Diversity in Entrepreneurship” at Baltimore’s inaugural Light City U Creative Innovation Conference in April 2016.

His research explores the technological world of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). MOOCs has the potential to provide education to billions across the globe at little to no cost to learners. However, most individuals who start these free online courses do not watch the first video or complete the course at all. The purpose of my study is to compare the approach to MOOCs by American and Switzerland institutions and what practices are being used to address these issues and how the quality of distance education impacts the completion rates of online courses.

Read more about his research here…