Delivery Format

This course is designed to be a fully online MOOC type course with an option to issue a graduate-level course completion certificate. Course content such as readings and fundamental concepts will be offered as open educational resources for Asian-Pacific region. The entire or ‘parts of’ the course are welcome to be repurposed in other current and future courses and programs to support flipped, blended, and online learning. It will follow a format similar to mainstream MOOCs on EdX or Coursera, which typically include PPT and oral presentations, mini videos, automatically graded tests, and moderated online discussions on weekly basis.

As this is intended as a course, among others, for certificate learning (possibly a Masters degree), students will learn through scheduled instructor-facilitated sessions and discussions and will actively engage with instructors, TAs, and their peers to complete all graded assignments to earn the certificate. Course completion certificates will be issued after students successfully pass the course. Students can access all course materials, presentations, videos, assignments, and tutorials online through UBC online learning management system, Canvas.