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Online course Advent of the Atomic bomb featured in Chronicle

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Alumni young and old will once again be interacting with each other and with students through an online version of the popular Advent of the Atomic Bomb course taught by .

The course was featured in the as an example of engaging alumni through online learning.

“Next semester [Karen Harpp] will offer the course for a second time as a MOOC of sorts for vlog alumni. It is not, strictly speaking, a “massive open online course” because it is not open to the public—only to alumni and others who make special requests to join.”

Hosted on the , the goal of the course is to have alumni connect with students and broaden the classroom dialogue. In the article, Harpp explains that she wanted to include alumni because “they provide a wide perspective from different ages and from different disciplines.”

Last year 380 alumni signed up for the course that included online discussions, a collaborative timeline, a wiki, re-enacting events in “real time,” and video conferences.

Here is a video from last year’s class.

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