A bit more about the team

Petra Bonfert-Taylor, Professor, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College

Petra Bonfert-Taylor is a Professor and an Instructional Designer at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Technical University of Berlin (Germany) in 1996 and subsequently spent three years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan before accepting a tenure-track position in the Mathematics Department at Wesleyan University. She left Wesleyan as a tenured full professor in 2015 for her current position at Dartmouth College. Petra has published extensively and lectured widely to national and international audiences. Her work has been recognized by the National Science Foundation with numerous research grants. She is equally passionate about her teaching. The recipient of the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching at Wesleyan University, the Excellence in Teaching Award at the Thayer School of Engineering and the NH High Tech Council Tech Teacher of the Year Award , Petra has a strong interest in broadening access to high-quality higher education and pedagogical innovations that aid in providing equal opportunities to students from all backgrounds.

Rémi Sharrock, Associate Professor, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, IMT France,

Rémi Sharrock is an Associate Professor at Télécom Paris. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France in 2010. Rémi’s main research focuses on large scale distributed systems and autonomic computing, as well as their applications to learning at scale. He’s passionate about innovative tools for online learning and has received the MOOC of the year prize for two of his french courses on C programming and Linux.

Mickael Goudzwaard

Mike Goudzwaard, Learning Designer, Dartmouth College

Mike is an Learning Designer and Lead MOOC Developer at Dartmouth College. He received a B.A. in History from Calvin College and a M.S. in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England. Mike has been involved with offering MOOCs for several years, including as co-instructor for Introduction to Psychology (Keene State College) and Introduction to Environmental Science (Dartmouth College). When he is not answering discussion post, Mike enjoys running, cycling and skiing the many trails around Vermont and New Hampshire.

Ella Hamonic, Independent Learning Designer

Ella works as an Instructional Designer and MOOC Project Manager for several higher education institutions in Europe such as IMT Institut Mines Télécom (France), the Louvain moocXperience initiative (Belgium), Universidad Carlos III (Spain), and the European Academy of Arts of Brittany (EESAB France). In 2016, she was nominated for the edX Prize Exceptional Contributions to Online Teaching and Learning. Ella holds a Master’s degree in Art Management from Sciences Po Lille and likes dancing tango during her spare time.

Technologies and development

Teaching Assistants: Isabelle Poirier, Aadhya Kocha, Ricardo Serrano-Smith, Christopher Miller, Elijah Boardman, Braden Pellowski, Cara Ditmar, David Domonoske, Gustavo Silva, Marc-Anthony Hill, Gracie Durham, Catherine Chow, Gustavo de Almeida Silva, Sayuri Tais Miyamoto Magnabosco.

Acknowledgments

We want to warmly thank:

for making our work possible.