WORKSHOP: Envisioning the Future of Online Graduate Education in the 21st Century Research University

该研讨会将学术界、行业界和政府领导者与研究人员聚集在一起，在大规模开放在线课程 (MOOC) 快速增长的环境中为研究型大学制定未来可能的课程。 参与者将研究通过传统途径和 MOOC 平台进行推广的相对优势，同时继续支持传统大学对研究、发现和知识开发的承诺。他们还将考虑新的机会将如何服务或阻碍国家实现更广泛、更多样化受众的目标，以及如何通过与学术界、工业界和政府的新伙伴关系来满足终身学习需求。 这次重要的对话涉及广泛的参与者。研讨会的结果将为州和国家层面的政策讨论提供启发。研讨会的结果将记录在一份报告中，并广泛传播给高等教育领域的各种利益相关者：大学、联邦机构、州政府以及专业和学术协会。研讨会还将为 NSF WIDER 计划（扩大基于证据的改革的实施和示范）提供信息，该计划旨在大幅扩大基于证据的教学在本科生和研究生阶段的使用。 WIDER 关注基于证据的方法，包括在线和传统的教学方法。

This workshop is bringing together academic, industry, and government leaders with researchers to chart possible future courses for research universities in an environment of rapidly growing Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Participants will examine the relative advantages of outreach through traditional avenues and MOOC platforms while continuing to support traditional university commitments to research, discovery, and knowledge development. They will also consider how the new opportunities will serve or hinder the nation's goals of reaching a broader and more diverse audience, and how lifelong learning needs can be met through new partnerships with academia, industry and government. A broad diversity of participants is included in this important dialogue. The results of the workshop will enlighten policy discussions at the state and national levels. The results of the workshop will be captured in a report and widely disseminated to a diversity of stakeholders in higher education: universities, federal agencies, state governments, and professional and academic associations.The workshop will also serve to inform the NSF WIDER program (Widening Implementation and Demonstration of Evidence-Based Reforms), which seeks to significantly scale up the use of evidence-based instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels. WIDER's focus on evidence-based approaches includes online as well as traditional pedagogical approaches.