To celebrate the university's 50th anniversary, it has funded Beacon Projects that will both highlight the university's successes and point to where it might go in the future. Our K-MOOCs Beacon Project aims to highlight our strengths in Erlang and functional programming by developing online learning materials and courses, including these Master Classes. These Master Classes give an opportunity to explore how concepts are used in the 'real world', with contributions not just from leading academics but also from our partners within business, government and industry. The Master Classes go beyond an introductory presentation of ideas to include larger scale examples and case studies.
The Master Classes are multi-purpose. As well as being stand alone presentations, they fit into an introductory online course (or MOOC) by giving capstones to sections of the course. The classes and MOOC materials are also usuable in campus-based programmes, as well as stand alone. These particular Master Classes form a component of our pilot MOOC in 'Functional Programming with Erlang'.
