This is a reflection of my MOOC offered in Open2study about understanding common diseases

1. MOKADI K.D 201236272
MOOC ACTIVITY

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Table of Contents
1. MOOC overview…………………………………………………………….2
2. MOOC sources……………………………………………………………….3
3. Reason for selecting my MOOC…….……………………………..4
4. Expectations………………………………………………………………….5
5. Introduction to my community……………………………………..6

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MOOC overview
What kind of
MOOC
XMOOC Based on more behaviorist approach.
Emphasize coordinated assessments and quizzes.
Encourage a huge diversity of participants and group work is
organized.
Who is running
it?
Dr. Kylie Mansfield and Associate Professor Lyndal Parker-
Newlyn
Kylie is a physiologist with 20 years research experience
examining how disease affects the normal body function. Since
2006 she has been working at the Graduate School of Medicine
at the University of Wollongong where she is currently Academic
Leader: Phase 1. She has a passion for student learning and for
supporting students on their journey to becoming doctors.
Associate Professor Lyndal Parker-Newlyn. Lyndal is a rural GP
who has practised in the community for 20 years. She has a
passion for educating students and empowering patients and
believes that collaboration between doctors and their patients
leads to better health outcomes
Duration Course started on:
03/08/2015
Course ends on:
01/09/2015
MOOC Topic Understanding common diseases
Understanding Common Diseases is designed for everyone who
cares about their health or is interested in knowing more about
how their body works. Over the course of the subject, you will
hear from patients with four different diseases: high blood
pressure, heartburn, diabetes and the common cold.

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MOOC sources
URL: https://www.open2study.com/courses/understanding-common-diseases.
Screenshot of MOOC homepage

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REASONS FOR SELECTING MY MOOC
 Maintaining healthy bodies is very important in the world of today.
 Nowadays when somebody fall sick people panic a lot and start thinking the world
is coming to an end
 This MOOC is related to my education field.
 As a mathematics and physical educator and also a very caring person about the
health of the people in my community, it is very crucial to have an understanding
of health and disease, its management and prevention.
 During my school experience I had one learners who just collapsed while we were
doing physical exercises in the field and I got scared and did not know what to do.
 Only if we could understand various diseases in our societies, it could be easier to
know what to do when such occurs.
 In our respective classrooms we come across learners from diverse background
with different diseases that needs us to cater for them properly.
 If the teacher is aware of these diseases it becomes very easy to cater for all
learners in the classroom and create lessons that accommodates everyone.

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Expectations
At the end of this course I would expect to have learnt the following:
 Understanding of health and disease, its management and prevention
 Understanding the ways in which the major body systems function including the
cardiovascular system, the gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory tract
 How blood pressure is normally regulated
 How blood sugar levels are normally regulated
 How the immune system responds to invasion of the respiratory tract by
microorganisms
 Recognise the signs and symptoms of high blood pressure, heartburn,
diabetes, and common colds and flu
 Understood the principles of the treatment and management of high blood
pressure, heartburn, diabetes, common cold and flu
 Taken part in activities, discussions and reflection on the course
 Having a deeper understanding of health and diseases and having knowledge
of various ways of handling some of the diseases when they attack, especially
during the learning process.

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Introduction to my community
Donald Mokadi is a 3rd year student at the University of Johannesburg completing his
education degree majoring in Mathematics and physical education. I am an ambitious
person who chose to become a teacher because I enjoy working around people and
helping others become better individuals in future. I enjoy working with children a lot
and believe that I will make a huge difference in the country's education. I am originally
coming from Limpopo where I completed my grade 12 in 2011 and now in
Johannesburg to further my studies. I am currently working as a math coach at a
program called Numeric where we teach grade 7 learners mathematics with the aim
of ensuring that learners are well equipped with the basic skills of mathematics. One
thing I have realised during practise is that health issues affects education in many
ways and should be taken into consideration into the school environment. Teachers
should be aware of the diseases that learners have and have all the necessary
facilities to help those learners. This should also take place in our respective societies.
We should care about the health of our learners as much as we care about their
education.

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