Daytona Beach, Fla., July 18, 2013 – Human factors in aviation accidents will be the topic of the first massive open online course (MOOC) to be offered by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide in August.
The course, The Human Factor in Aviation, is free and open to the public. Registration opens Friday, with the class starting Aug. 19. Class size is limited to 500 students.
“Our first MOOC covers a particularly timely subject, The Human Factor in Aviation,” said Worldwide Chancellor John R. Watret, Ph.D. “The recent incident in San Francisco has definitely made the industry and public more aware of the intricacies of aviation safety.”
The five-week course will focus on the psychological or physiological elements related to aviation disasters. The instructor, Dennis Vincenzi, is department chair of undergraduate studies in the College of Aeronautics at Embry-Riddle Worldwide and has more than 16 years of experience in human factors.
The MOOC is one way the university is adapting to the changing needs of today’s student. Students have the flexibility of viewing lectures and working on assignments based on their own schedules. There will be live sessions where students can watch the instructor and ask questions in real time. However, much of the learning is focused on students interacting with each other on discussion boards and through social media platforms such as Twitter.
To learn more about the MOOC at Embry-Riddle Worldwide, visit http://worldwide.erau.edu/degrees-programs/free-online-courses/index.html or coursesites.com.
About Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 40 baccalaureate, master’s and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business and Engineering. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., and through the Worldwide Campus with more than 150 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real- world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities and government agencies. For more information, visit www.worldwide.erau.edu, follow us on Twitter (@ERAUworldwide) and www.facebook.com/EmbryRiddleWorldwide, and find expert videos at http://www.YouTube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.
