MR. S.P SHOBAPRESENTATION ABOUT MOOC

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DEFINITION OF MOOC

HISTORY OF MOOC

TYPES OF MOOCS

MY COURSE OF INTEREST IN MOOC

REFERENCE

DEFINITION OF MOOC?

•MASSIVE – THERE ARE MANY PARTICIPANTS AND PROVIDERS

•OPEN – IT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE, WITH LITTLE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

•ONLINE – IT IS FACILITATED USING TECHNOLOGICAL PLATFORMS

•COURSES – PROVIDES SOME TYPE OF LEARNING AND CERTIFICATION IN A SPECIFIC FIELD OF STUDY

HISTORY OF MOOC• IT STARTED EARLIER IN THE 1728 BY CALEB PHILLIPS, THE TEACHER WHO

INTRODUCED THE METHOD OF SHORT HAND, IN USE OF MAILED LESSON TO THE STUDENTS

• THE VERY RAPID GROWING IN 1930’S OF STUDENT ENGAGING IN RADIO LESSONS LED TO PROPOSALS TO USE IT FOR LONG DISTANCE EDUCATIONAT MANY UNIVERSITIES IN THE 1980S CLASSROOMS WERE LINKED TO A REMOTE CAMPUS TO PROVIDE CLOSED-CIRCUIT VIDEO ACCESS FOR SOME STUDENTS

• THE FIRST MOOCS EMERGED FROM THE OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN 2008 BY DAVE COMIER

TYPES OF MOOC”S AVAILABLE• CMOOC

• XMOOC

• CONNECTIVISTMOOCS

• ADAPTIVEMOOCS

• GROUPMOOCS

• TRANSFERMOOCS

• SOCIALMOOC

MY CONCLUSION ABOUT MOOC• I THINK THAT MOOC’S ARE THE FUTURE TOOL OF EDUCATION BECAUSE THE

PARTICIPANTS NUMBER IS INCREASING EVERY YEAR AND INCREASED OPTIONS FOR ACCESSIBILITY, INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND EXPANDED LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

• HOWEVER TO SOME IT IS BAD, TO SOME IT IS PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE; TO EVERYONE IT IS ALL IN HOW YOU APPROACH MOOCS

• TO ME MOOCS OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIT EDUCATION INTO YOUR LIFE

MY COURSE OF INTEREST

• MY COURSE OF INTEREST IS ENGLISH LITERATURE

• I HAVE CHOSEN THIS COURSE AS AN AID TO ENHANCE AND NURTURE LITERATURE SKILLS AND IMPROVE VOCABULARY.

REFERENCE

• The term MOOC was coined by Dave Cormier or Bryan Alexander (Alexander, 2008; Cormier, 2008; Daniel, 2012; Masters & Qaboos, 2011; G. Siemens, 2012a)