Presented at the AMIC 2015 conference in Dubai in June 2015

1. AUDIO MOOC
AUDIO MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE
COURSES
Presentation by Media4Community
Foundation
Dr. Sreedher Ramamurthy
Emeritus Professor

2. MOOCs
 Massive Open Online Course, is a term used to describe web
technologies that have enabled educators to create virtual
classrooms for thousands of students accessible across the world.
 Early MOOCs often emphasized open-access features, such as
open licensing of content, structure and learning goals, to promote
the reuse and remixing of resources.
 In the last 5 years a new form of education has arisen, Massive
Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
“Ananth Agrawal, CEO of edX, predicted that in less than a year
(2012) one of edX's partner universities would offer a purely online
degree. Three years have passed since then and there is no sign of
purely online degree from any of its partner institutions.”
In September 2013, edX
announced a partnership
with Google to develop
Open edX, an open
source platform and its
MOOC.org, a site for non-
xConsortium groups to build
and host courses.
Many MOOCs use
video lectures, employing
the old form of teaching
using a new technology

3. INTERNET AUDIO
STREAMING
1840
MAIL
RADIO
TV
ONLINE
1920
1960 2000

4. Internet Audio Streaming
 Students read textbooks and listened to broadcast lectures, while mailing in answers to tests.
Journalist Bruce Bliven asked: "Is radio to become a chief arm of education? Will the classroom be
abolished and the child of the future be stuffed with facts as he sits at home or even as he walks
about the streets with his portable receiving-set in his pocket?
 ‘Audio on demand’ service are fast becoming tools for promotion of messaging, entertainment and
education with the advent of new technologies in which has fast-tracked data compression,
broadband penetration and advance data driven mobile gadgets.

5. Audio MOOCs
THE I-RADIOLIVE
PLATFORM

6. AUDIO MOOC / I-Radiolive.com
 The university will use the I-Radiolive platform to create the first Audio MOOC. Except the
lone example of an audio MOOC from IIT Kanpur which is limited to short messages
accessible via dialup connections.
 Web based I-Radiolive is being positioned as the world’s first audio MOOC. We have the
infrastructure, platform to host, world class audio broadcasters to design, train and present
the programmes.
 The platform’s customized mobile app for Android and Windows smartphones makes
audio listening simple and cost effective.
 Power of interacting directly with hundreds of thousands of potential audience members.
 Simply Record , Upload and Share.

7. Create your own audio channels
• Create your own official channel
• Categorize your audio files through
custom categories.
• Create your own playlists so that you
listeners can easily navigate your
audio
•
Upload picture and scrollable banners
for text messages

8. Customize your categories and view SlideShares
• Minister Speaks
• Secretary Views
• Doctors Speak
Messages
•Mathematics
•English Literature
•Economics
Subjects
Student Discussion
•Important Interviews
•Know your teachers / Students
Interactions and
Interviews
•Important college notificationsUrgent Notifications
• Capture Students Discussions

9. Share Across All mediums
 Laptops / Desktops and
Websites
• Tablets • Android App/
Windows App

10. I-Radiolive Audio MOOC Current
Reach
 7 Universities, 2 Institutions, 2 Union Ministries, 9 Community Radio Stations
Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Assam, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat
22,500 Monthly Unique listeners
Potential Reach - 3.5 Lac Students and users.
More than 250 Teachers.
I-Radiolive : Enabling teachers to reach out to students outside the classroom

11. IMPACT

12. Partners reaching out

13. In- Depth Data Analytics
• Simply Upload your files
• Give your description
• Upload picture and scrollable
banners.
• Track your audience
• See Detailed demographics
• Track Audience engagement
• Analyze what information
works

14. Impact
 In the future we may see major changes driven by the rise of
aMOOC, in the way higher education institutions measure
achievement, offer courses and earn revenue.
 Audio MOOC for Education must -
•Engage learners
•Increase attention
•Improve memory
•Release stress
•Create a lively atmosphere
•Increases excitement to learn
•Add an element of fun
•Increase concentration
•Heighten imagination

15. I-Radiolive Clients

16. Thank You !!
Reach out to us
Media 4 Community Foundation
Dr. R Sreedher – Vice President
media4community@gmail.com
r.sreedher@gmail.com