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MOOCs are a new educational learning paradigm. Explore how to use MOOCs effectively and keep up with the latest MOOC news! - The University of Melbourne offer a range of MOOCs, check out out courses --> https://www.coursera.org/unimelb
Now that Coursera for Campus—which I have occasionally erroneously referred to as "Coursera for Schools" in previous blog posts—has been launched, we have some more information about what it's re
Coursera has announced, with some fanfare, their Coursera for Campus initiative, which Jeff Young at EdSurge has characterized as an attempted entrance into the courseware market but which Coursera V
Coursera started with a mission to give the general public free access to courses from expensive colleges. Now it is selling all the course conten
Teachers who want to learn more about teaching with technology will find this Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL), informative and engaging. Using up-to-date learning design and simple, accessible technology, the course runs on an easy-to-use learning platform available via the Internet. The course is designed for teachers who want to build on their knowledge and practice in teaching and learning with technology. It will run over five weeks and requires approximately three to five hours of time each week. Designed to accommodate teachers’ busy schedules, the course offers flexibility with options for learning the content. You will learn from readings, videos, discussions with other participants and instructors, meaningful exercises, quizzes and short assignments. Certification is available for those who wish to complete all required exercises and quizzes.
Researchers are gaining a better understanding of how people learn—both what works and what doesn’t go so well—in the classroom. The next step is t
Coursera has introduced Coursera Labs, a new offering that allows learners to work hands-on with almost any third-party software application, without any environment setup or software downloads.
The MOOC Pivot - What happened to disruptive transformation of education?
Short and to the point, this analysis by Reich and Ruipérez-Valiente report on the 'blue ocean strategy' of early MOOC platforms. Key statements include:
Rather than creating new pathways at the margins of global higher education, MOOCs are primarily a complementary asset for learners within existing systems.
A strategy that depends on bringing new learners into higher education cannot succeed if educational institutions cannot support learners in converting their time and financial investment into completing a course to earn a credential with labor market value.
Well worth reading!
Reich, J., & Ruipérez-Valiente, J. A. (2019). The MOOC pivot: What happened to disruptive transformation of education? Science, 363(6423), 130-131. doi:10.1126/science.aav7958
Looking to learn something new? Coursera shared with us a list of the most popular Coursera courses based on enrollment and completion rates.
Coursera used to be completely free. Now they make over $100+ million dollars every year. Here is how they did it.
This course will show you how to build a massive open online course (MOOC), including lots of tips and tricks, at an affordable cost. It covers content creation and content sourcing from the web, assessment at large scale using quizzes and peer assignments, communication between learners and course design. Not only will this course show you how to build a MOOC, it will provide you with support from tutors and fellow participants for four months. Depending on your level of interest, it will require between two and four hours of effort per week. This course is offered by a team from five European institutions working in content development, online learning and MOOCs.
With learners today earning more substantive credentials and, in some cases, academic credits through MOOCs, the authors designed a study to investiga
American adults who have earned certificates or certifications, but lack a college degree, still report better employment and life outcomes than individuals with no credentials, according to a new report from Strada Education Network and Lumina Foundation.
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In the past six months alone, 200 universities have announced 620+ free (or partially free) online courses. Here's the full list.
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ASU's for-credit MOOC experiment with edX didn’t meet expectations for completion or certification. The university has quietly moved in a new direction.
250 MOOCs from Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale.
Insights from a study of 28,000 learners in 127 countries.
The highest rated online courses and MOOCs of all-time from top universities around the world. Based on thousands of reviews written by Class Central users.
MOOC aggregator Class Central makes the point, six Aus health and well-being MOOCs are in its all-time top 100, Uni Tasmania’s self-published Understanding Dementia, Understanding MS and Preventing Dementia, two Monash U’s MOOCs on mindfulness plus its Food as Medicine (FutureLearn).
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MOOCs are usually taken by college students or adults, but the are compelling reasons they may make sense for high school students.
When executives at tech giants Salesforce and Microsoft decided in fall 2017 to turn to an online education platform to help train potential users o
Browse the latest free online courses from Harvard University, including "CS50's Introduction to Game Development" and "CS50's Web Programming with Python and JavaScript."
When executives at tech giants Salesforce and Microsoft decided in fall 2017 to turn to an online education platform to help train potential users of products for their vendors, they turned to Pierre Dubuc and his team.
Two years later, Dubuc’s company, OpenClassrooms, has closed deals with both of them. Salesforce has worked with OpenClassrooms to create and offer a developer-training course to help people learn how to use the Salesforce platform. In a similar vein, Microsoft will use the OpenClassrooms platform for a six-month course in artificial intelligence. If students complete the AI program, they are guaranteed a job within six months or get their money back. They also earn masters-level diploma accredited in Europe.
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