TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jonson Carlon, May Kristine
A1  - Gaddem, Mohamed Rami
A1  - Hernández Reyes, César Augusto
A1  - Nagahama, Toru
A1  - Cross, Jeffrey S.
T1  - Investigating Mechanical Engineering Learners’ Satisfaction with a Revised Monozukuri MOOC
JF  - EMOOCs 2021
N2  - Aside from providing instructional materials to the public, developing massive open online courses (MOOCs) can benefit institutions in different ways. Some examples include providing training opportunities for their students aspiring to work in the online learning space, strengthening its brand recognition through courses appealing to enthusiasts, and enabling online linkages with other universities. One such example is the monozukuri MOOC offered by the Tokyo Institute of Technology on edX, which initially presented the Japanese philosophy of making things in the context of a mechanical engineering course. In this paper, we describe the importance of involving a course development team with a diverse background. The monozukuri MOOC and its revision enabled us to showcase an otherwise distinctively Japanese topic (philosophy) as an intersection of various topics of interest to learners with an equally diverse background. The revision resulted in discussing monozukuri in a mechanical engineering lesson and how monozukuri is actively being practiced in the Japanese workplace and academic setting while juxtaposing it to the relatively Western concept of experiential learning. Aside from presenting the course with a broader perspective, the revision had been an exercise for its team members on working in a multicultural environment within a Japanese institution, thus developing their project management and communication skills.
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-517266
SN  - 978-3-86956-512-5
VL  - 2021
SP  - 237
EP  - 247
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -