Brief presentation on=f MOOC

1. MOOC’S presentation
NDITAMANI MAVHUNGU
201320186

2. TABLE OF CONTENT
 WHAT IS MOOC
 HISTORY OF MOOC
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF MOOC’S
 FIELD OF INTEREST

3. WHAT IS a MOOC ?
 A massive open online course (MOOC) is a free Web-
based distance learning program that is designed for the cater
of students from all over the world.
 A MOOC may be patterned on a college or university course or
may be less structured. Although MOOCs don't always offer
academic credits, they provide education that may enable
certification, employment or further studies
 MOOCs generate massive quantities of data about learner
behaviour, which can be used to understand cognitive growth
and how to improve instruction
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4. 2007: The Wiley Wiki
http://www.opencontent.org/wiki/inde
x.php?title=Intro_Open_Ed_Syllabus
An Open Course
based in a wiki
Participants from
around the world
contributed to the
creation of the
course
HISTORY OF MOOC

5. history of mooc’s
 The first MOOC was launched in 2008 created by educators
Stephen Downes and George Siemens.
 Building off a for-credit course at the University of Manitoba,
Canada, this was the first class designed behind acronym for
“Mooc”
 In 2011, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Open Course Ware (OCW) became the first large collections
of MOOC resources made available by a university

6. Different types of mooc’s
cMOOC’S
 Academics, Non profits, Individuals
 Constructivist, Connectivists
approach
 Many-to-many (Dialogue, Peer to
peer interactions)
 Informal learning
 Collaborative, peer assessment
 Rich social media
 Drive towards openness
 Network building, collaboration

7. Different types of mooc’s
 primarily based on interactive media,
such as lectures, videos and text.
Adopted a more behaviourist
pedagogical approach, with the
emphasis on individual learning,
rather than learning through peers
 Major Universities
 Behaviorist, Cognitive approach
 More formal learning
 Coordinated assessments and quizzes
(often automated)
 Open to join but not all content
 Organized group work
xMOOC’S

8. FIELD OF INTEREST: Leadership:
Identity, INFLUENCE AND POWER

9. References
 http://moocnewsandreviews.com/a-short-history-of-moocs-and-distance-
learning/
 http://m.cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/11/156587-will-moocs-destroy-
academia/fulltext
 http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/xmooc-the-massive-open-online-
course-in-theory-and-in-practice?qid=539bc4d6-bd4c-4372-8a19-
3aac1ee7cebd&v=default&b=&from_search=2
 http://www.slideshare.net/VUYO23/excretory-system-grade-10-life-
sciences?qid=55392edb-de40-400f-81b7-
587c33c3ce3a&v=qf1&b=&from_search=1