This presentation discusses Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). It defines MOOCs as nonprofit online courses that are open and scalable. The document outlines two types of MOOCs (C MOOCs and X MOOCs), compares MOOCs to traditional online university courses, discusses the development and benefits of MOOCs, and factors that motivate MOOC learners. It also shares the presenter's field of interest is psychology and their ambition is to become an educational psychologist.
4. WHAT IS A MOOCs
is a non-profit on line learning
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs)
5. The promise of MOOCs is that they will
provide free to access, cutting edge courses that could
drive down the cost of university-level education and
potentially
disrupt the existing models of higher education (HE).
6. TYPES OF MOOCs
C moocs X moocs
C mooc -The term c mooc
refers to a mooc designed
to emphasize connecting
learners.In c mooc the
learner take a great role
in shaping their learning
experiances than in
traditional online cources
X mooc appear to be
developed out f the idea
of open Course ware and
educational resources and
they are offered by
university in partnership
with a for profit
organization
10. How it contrast traditional university online
courses,
MOOCs have two key features
1. Open access - anyone can participate in an online course for free
2. Scalability - courses are designed to support an indefinite number of
participants
11. The development of MOOCs
MOOCs
is rooted within the ideals of
openness in education,
that knowledge should be shared
freely,
and the desire to learn should be
met without demographic,
economic, and geographical
constraints
12. BENEFITS FROM MOOCs
The ‘digital footprint’ of learners using the technology
can expand access to education, for those who are interested
provides opportunities for expanding access to HE to all and creates a space
for
experimentation with online teaching and learning
13. What motivates the MOOC learner?
• To support lifelong learning or gain an understanding of the subject matter,
with no particular expectations for completion or achievement,
• For fun, entertainment, social experience and intellectual stimulation,
• Convenience, often in conjunction with barriers to traditional education
options,
• To experience or explore online education.
Surveys conducted by researchers at Duke University show that student motivations
typically fell into one of four categories (Belanger andThornton, 2013)
14. MY FIELD OF INTEREST
• My field of interest is Psychology because one of the good days I
will be an educational psychologist
• What I admire about educational psychologist is that they learn
processes of understand individual differences in behaviour,
personality, intellect, and self- concept.
• Educational Psychologists are working side by side with
psychiatrists, social workers, teachers, speech and language
therapists, and counsellors in order to understand the questions
being raised when combining behavioural, cognitive, and social
psychology in the classroom setting
15. References
Belanger, V., Thornton, J. (2013), Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach -
Duke University’s First MOOC
Halpern, D. F., & Hakel, M. D. (2003). Applying the science of learning to the
university and beyond.
Hart, C. (2012). Factors associated with student persistence in an online
program of study: A review of the literature. Journal of Interactive Online
Learning.