Associated Projects

• Scaling Online Assessment
• Detecting and Deterring Plagiarism
• Designing Online Courses

Associated Publications

• 2016: TAPS: A MOSS Extension for Detecting Software Plagiarism at Scale. Dana Sheahen & David Joyner. In Proceedings of the Third Annual ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale. Edinburgh, UK.
• 2016: Expert Evaluation of 300 Projects per Day. David Joyner. In Proceedings of the Third Annual ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale. Edinburgh, UK.
• 2016: Graders as Meta-Reviewers: Simultaneously Scaling and Improving Expert Evaluation for Large Online Classrooms. David Joyner, Wade Ashby, Liam Irish, Yeeling Lam, Jacob Langston, Isabel Lupiani, Mike Lustig, Paige Pettoruto, Dana Sheahen, Angela Smiley, Amy Bruckman, & Ashok Goel. In Proceedings of the Third Annual ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale. Edinburgh, UK.
• 2016: The Unexpected Pedagogical Benefits of Making Higher Education Accessible. David Joyner, Ashok Goel, & Charles Isbell. In Proceedings of the Third Annual ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale. Edinburgh, UK.
• 2016: Designing Videos with Pedagogical Strategies: Online Students’ Perceptions of Their Effectiveness. Chaohua Ou, David Joyner, Daniel Haynes, & Ashok Goel. In Proceedings of the Third Annual ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale. Edinburgh, UK.
• 2016: Design of an Online Course on Knowledge-Based AI. Ashok Goel & David Joyner. In Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence. Phoenix, Arizona.
• 2016: An Experiment in Teaching Cognitive Systems Online. Ashok Goel & David Joyner. In D. Haynes (Ed.) the International Journal for Scholarship of Technology-Enhanced Learning 1(1). 3-23.

Associated Media

• Presentation: Graders as Meta-Reviewers: Simultaneously Scaling and Improving Expert Evaluation for Large Online Classrooms. The flipped presentation for the corresponding paper at Learning @ Scale 2016.
• Presentation: The Unexpected Pedagogical Benefits of Making Higher Education Accessible. The flipped presentation for the corresponding paper at Learning @ Scale 2016.
• Presentation: Expert Evaluation of 300 Projects per Day. The flipped presentation for the corresponding paper at Learning @ Scale 2016.
• Presentation: TAPS: A MOSS Extension for Detecting Software Plagiarism at Scale. The flipped presentation for the corresponding paper at Learning @ Scale 2016.
• Presentation: Designing Videos with Pedagogical Strategies: Online Students’ Perceptions of Their Effectiveness. The flipped presentation for the corresponding paper at Learning @ Scale 2016.
• C21U Seminar Series Talk: The Unexpected Pedagogical Benefits of Making Higher Education Accessible. David Joyner's C21U talk on the unique benefits derived from the combination of the OMSCS's unique student body and forum-based structure.
• GVU Brown Bag Talk: Impact of the Students in the Georgia Tech OMSCS. David Joyner's GVU Brown Bag talk on the unique role students play in the OMSCS program.
• Course: CS6460: Educational Technology. The Georgia Tech OMSCS course CS6460: Educational Technology, available to the public at Udacity.com.
• GVU Brown Bag Talk: Putting Online Learning and Learning Sciences Together. Ashok Goel's and David Joyner's Brown Bag talk on the design of CS7637: Knowledge-Based AI.
• Course: CS7637: Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence. The Georgia Tech OMSCS course CS7637: Knowledge-Based AI, available to the public at Udacity.com.

Associated News

• 03 Sep 2016: Three short papers accepted to Learning with MOOCs 2016. Three additional papers have been accepted as posters for Learning with MOOCs III in Philadelphia on October 6th and 7th. Congratulations to authors Amanda Madden, Damian Durruty, Ashok Goel, and David Joyner!
• 16 Jun 2016: Paper accepted to Learning with MOOCs 2016. “Scaling the human expert’s role in large online programs” has been accepted for publication at Learning with MOOCs III. The paper is authored by David Joyner and covers efforts to increase human touch in Udacity's Nanodegree programs through expert project review and mentorship. Congratulations, David!
• 25 Apr 2016: David, Dana, and Chaohua present at Learning @ Scale 2016. David Joyner, Dana Sheahen, and Chaohua Ou are in Edinburgh, Scotland presenting our five papers. All five presentations are part of the conference's flipped sessions, and the pre-recorded presentations are available here.
• 15 Apr 2016: Learning @ Scale Flipped Presentations Now Available. For our five Learning @ Scale papers, we are participating in a flipped session. This entails filming the presentation in advance. The presentations are open to the public and now available.
• 07 Apr 2016: David Joyner wins the CoC Doctoral Dissertation Award. David Joyner has been selected as the winner of the 2016 College of Computing Doctoral Dissertation Award. The award will be presented on April 25th at the CoC Award Luncheon.
• 29 Mar 2016: David Joyner wins the Lockheed Excellence in Teaching Award. David Joyner has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Lockheed Excellence in Teaching Award. The award will be presented on April 25th at the CoC Award Luncheon.
• 26 Feb 2016: David Joyner joins C21U. Effective today, David Joyner has joined the faculty for the Georgia Tech Center for 21st Century Universities.
• 13 Feb 2016: Ashok Goel Delivers Paper to EAAI 2016. In Phoenix, Arizona today, Ashok presented "Design of an Online Course on Knowledge-Based AI" at the 6th Symposium on Educational Advances in AI.
• 10 Feb 2016: Fifth Paper Accepted to Learning @ Scale 2016. "TAPS: A MOSS Extension for Detecting Software Plagiarism at Scale", co-authored by Dana Sheahen and David Joyner, has been accepted as a short paper to Learning @ Scale 2016. Congratulations, Dana and David!
• 14 Dec 2015: Paper on Udacity's project review system accepted to Learning @ Scale 2016. "Expert Evaluation of 300 Projects per Day", authored by David Joyner, has been accepted to Learning @ Scale 2016. Congratulations, David!
• 14 Dec 2015: Paper on the designing course videos accepted to Learning @ Scale 2016. "Designing Videos with Pedagogical Strategies: Online Students’ Perceptions of Their Effectiveness", co-authored by Chaohua Ou, Ashok Goel, David Joyner, and Daniel Haynes, has been accepted as a short paper to Learning @ Scale 2016. Congratulations!
• 14 Dec 2015: Paper on the OMSCS accepted to Learning @ Scale 2016. "The Unexpected Pedagogical Benefits of Making Higher Education Accessible" has been accepted to Learning @ Scale 2016. The paper is co-authored by David Joyner, Ashok Goel, and Charles Isbell. Congratulations!
• 14 Dec 2015: Paper on "Graders as Meta-Reviewers" Accepted to Learning @ Scale 2016. "Graders as Meta-Reviewers: Simultaneously Scaling and Improving Expert Evaluation for Large Online Classrooms" has been accepted to Learning @ Scale 2016. The paper is co-authored by David Joyner, Wade Ashby, Liam Irish, Yeeling Lam, Jacob Langston, Isabel Lupiani, Mike Lustig, Paige Pettoruto, Dana Sheahen, Angela Smiley, Amy Bruckman, and Ashok Goel. Congratulations, everyone!
• 08 Nov 2015: Paper accepted to EAAI 2016. "Design of an Online Course on Knowledge-Based AI", co-authored by Ashok Goel and David Joyner, has been accepted to the Sixth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial in Intelligence. Congratulations, Ashok and David!
• 19 Oct 2015: Paper accepted to the International Journal for Scholarship of Technology Enhanced Learning. "An Experiment in Teaching Artificial Intelligence Online", co-authored by Ashok Goel and David Joyner, has been accepted to the International Journal for Scholarship of Technology Enhanced Learning. Congratulations, Ashok and David!