What a MOOC is. Brief history. Classification and short description of selected platforms. Links to language education platforms.

1. MOOC
online education evolved
@danielharcek Coursera.org Zilina Meetup 1st of August 2013

2. Agenda
● Brief history
● MOOC
● Classification
● Coursera.org
● Khanacademy.org
● Codeacademy.com
● Language education
● Future

3. History a brief one
Interactive Timeline

4. MOOC definition
“A massive open online course (MOOC) is an
online course aimed at large-scale interactive
participation and open access via the web. In
addition to traditional course materials such as
videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs
provide interactive user forums that help build
a community for the students, professors, and
teaching assistants (TAs). MOOCs are a recent
development in distance education.”
Massive open online course - Wikipedia

5. MOOC main features
“There are few standard practices or definitions
in the field yet.”
● videos, short lectures
● comprehension tests - quizzes
● exercises / programming assignments
● team projects
● automated and / or peer assessment (grading)
● forums & discussions
● promote collaboration
● interactivity? (some)

6. Classifications imaginable
By resource
● academic (coursera.org, edx.org, ...)
● crowdsourced (khanacademy.org, p2pu.org, skillshare.com, ...)
● vertical (codeacademy.com, Google Code University, ...)
● corporate (MongoDB Training Classes, ...)
By price
● non-profit (khanacademy.org, edx.org, ...)
● free (coursera.org, udacity.com, codeacademy.com, ...)*
● paid (teamtreehouse.com, tutsplus.com, udemy.com, ...)
By audience
● public (all mentioned above)
● enterprise (online trainings by IBM, SAP, etc...)

7. Coursera.org true MOOC
● Cooperates with universities worldwide (400+).
● 25 categories
● 7 languages (majority english, + subtitled)
● course copies real world class in some
lightweight form
● duration 4 - 12 weeks mostly
● have fixed schedule (though you can browse
past)
● signature track
https://www.coursera.org/courses

8. Coursera.org Andrew NG class intro

9. Khanacademy.org they pioneered it
● 4300+ videos different subjects
● started around math
● contains math tests preparations
● subtitled by volunteers (slovak translators
group)
● non-profit
● 448+ practices (mainly in math)
● exercise code is open sourced
https://www.khanacademy.org/about

10. Codeacademy.com online learning platform
● technology oriented courses
● “coding” for beginners and intermediate
● 8 areas grouping official courses
● based on exercises
● gamified
● independent of time
● ability to create your own course
http://www.codecademy.com/learn
http://www.codecademy.com/afterschool
http://www.codeyear.com/

11. Language necessary prerequisite
Buy yourself a dictionary :)
for advanced learning, conversations and
practices check following
● bbc languages
● duolingo.com
● livemocha.com
● glovico.org
● busuu.com

12. Future is bright :)
● Education is a huge market
● Most are “enterprises” (profit companies)
● Fix MOOC completion rate (less than 10%)
● Partial disruption of traditional learning (flipped
classes etc)
● Formalizing informal education
● Flexible, cheaper and more effective
● Designing personalized, learning pathways
● Direct connection to recruiting
http://forwardthinking.ashford.edu/future-online-
education-now/

13. THANK YOU for your time and attention
“The doer alone learneth.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
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