Massive Open Online Courses: Innovation in education?
| Published | May 2013 |
| Periodical | Chapter 1, Pages 5-16 |
| Publisher | Commonwealth of Learning, Athabasca University |
| Editors | McGreal, Rory · Kinuthia, Wanjira · Marshall, Stewart |
| Keywords | distance learning · innovation · MOOC · online learning |
| Language | en |
| ISBN | 978-1-894975-62-9 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | by-sa/2.0 |
| URL | https://oerknowledgecloud.org/sites/oerknowledgecloud.org/files/pub_PS_OER-IRP_web.pdf#page=31 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
AVAILABLE FILES
Viewed by 960 distinct readers
CLOUD COMMUNITY REVIEWS
The evaluations below represent the judgements of our readers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cloud editors.
Click a star to be the first to rate this document
▶ POST A COMMENT
SIMILAR RECORDS
Shared task on prediction of dropout over time in Massively Open Online Courses
Rosé, Carolyn P.; Siemens, George
The shared task on Prediction of Dropout Over Time in MOOCs involves analysis of data from 6 MOOCs offered through Coursera. Data from one MOOC with approximately 30K students was distributed as training data and ...
Match: Siemens, George; MOOC
MOOCs in Europe: Overview of papers representing a collective European response on MOOCs as presented during the HOME conference in Rome November 2015
Bang, Joergen; Dalsgaard, Christian; Kjaer, Arne; O’Donovan, Maria; et al.
Table of contents
Foreword
Part 1: Regional MOOC initiatives
Building OOC layers on top of existing courses
(M)OOCs in Iceland: Language and learning communities
EduOpen network in Italy
Part 2: Role media ...
Match: Siemens, George; MOOC
Open Educational Resources: Innovation, research and practice
Burgos Aguilar, José Vladimir; Cox, Glenda; Czerniewicz, Laura; D'Antoni, Susan; et al.
Open Educational Resources (OER) – that is, teaching, learning and research materials that their owners make free to others to use, revise and share – offer a powerful means of expanding the reach and effectiveness ...
Match: Siemens, George; MOOC
The MOOC model for digital practice
McAuley, Alexander; Stewart, Bonnie; Siemens, George; Cormier, Dave
The MOOC Model for Digital Practice responds to the “Building Digital Skills for Tomorrow” section of the consultation paper Improving Canada’s Digital Advantage: Strategies for Sustain- able Prosperity by ...
Match: Siemens, George; MOOC
Where is research on massive open online courses headed? A data analysis of the MOOC Research Initiative
Gasevic, Dragan; Kovanovic, Vitomir; Joksimovic, Srecko; Siemens, George; et al.
This paper reports on the results of an analysis of the research proposals submitted to the MOOC Research Initiative (MRI) funded by the Gates Foundation and administered by Athabasca University. The goal of MRI was to ...
Match: Siemens, George; MOOC
Understanding the faculty perspectives influencing their innovative practices in MOOCs/SPOCs: A case study
Freitas, Ada; Paredes, Joaquín
Learning in environments such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and its variations have become a turning point in the design and range of university courses offered, although there is some difficulty in ...
Match: innovation; MOOC
Will MOOCs kill university degrees?
The Economist
Match: innovation; MOOC
MOOC strategies of European institutions: Status report based on a mapping survey conducted in November 2016 – February 2017
Konings, Lizzie; Jansen, Darco
Executive Summary
This report presents the results of a MOOC survey amongst Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with a focus on Europe (97% of responses out of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA)). The majority ...
Match: innovation; MOOC
Through the open door: Open courses as research, learning, and engagement
Cormier, Dave; Siemens, George
Match: Siemens, George
Developing a MOOC for communicative English: A battle of instructional designs
Rafiq, Karmila Rafiqah M.; Hashim, Harwati; Yunus, Melor Md; Pazilah, Fetylyana Nor
The Communicative English (CE) of workers is still worrying for employers. Many employers carry out face-to-face English forworkplace training to curb the problem, but it is outdated, time-consuming and expensive. One ...
Match: education; MOOC; online learning
1. You should look at the site at least twice a week and look at PowerPoint presentation for each chapter.
2. Follow the schedule that Mr.Butler gives for each chapter. That way you will not get behind and have to scramble at the last minute for your exams.
3. Always do the self quizzes at the end of each chapter
4. Do not wait to the last minute to do you term project.
5. Do not forget to have fun and remember that an on-line course is flexible and lets you make your own schedule.
To know more follow this link: https://www.smartknower.com/blog/online-courses-popularized