This document introduces lifelong learning and the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and massive open online courses (MOOCs) to support it. It defines lifelong learning as learning undertaken throughout life to improve knowledge and skills, and notes that continuous learning boosts confidence and helps people adapt to change. The document explains that ICT and MOOCs like Coursera, edX, and Udacity provide opportunities for online learning without cost barriers. It outlines that accessing MOOCs simply requires signing up through the course websites.

1. MOOCs and ICT for
life long learning
WEBINAR PRESENTATION AT THE EMPOWER SEMINAR BY FOLASADE
ADEDEJI

2. Objective
 To introduce participant to the use of ICT and MOOCs for life long
learning.

3. Content
 Introduction
 What is life long learning
 Reasons for life long learning
 Advantages of continuous learning
 Use of ICT in learning
 What is MOOC
 List of MOOCs
 How do you access MOOC

4. Introduction
 Most people associate learning with formal education at school, college,
university etc. We are all told, from an early age, that we should ‘get a
good education’.
 However, ‘schooling’ is only one type of learning. There are many other
opportunities to further your knowledge and develop the skills you need
throughout life.

5. What is Life Long Learning
 All learning activity undertaken throughout life, with the aim of improving
knowledge, skills and competences within a personal, civic, social and/or
employment-related perspective".

6. Reasons for life long learning
 There are two main reasons for learning throughout life:
 For personal development and
 For professional development.

7. Advantages of continuous learning
 Boosts our confidence and self-esteem
 Makes us less risk averse and more adaptable to change when it happens
 Helps us achieve a more satisfying personal life
 Challenges our ideas and beliefs
 Can be fun

8. Use of ICT in learning
 The ubiquitous use of mobile telephones, personal computers, internet
and social media has enabled new ways of communicating and
collaborating; it has changed people’s private and working lives, and
significantly transformed major sectors of the economy.
 ICT is a powerful tool to promote and support a wide range of 21st century
skills, including all other learning design rubrics.
 For example, ICT can help students to collaborate in ways that were not
possible before, or to communicate through new mediums of expression.

9. What is MOOC
 MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses
 IS is a course of study made available over the Internet without charge to a
very large number of people.
 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are full courses offered online and
free of charge to any user; they have expanded incredibly fast and are
subject to rapid change in both application and us.
 A massive open online course (MOOC) is a free Web-based distance
learning program that is designed for the participation of large numbers of
geographically dispersed students

10. List of MOOCs
 Some examples of MOOCs are:
 Coursera
 Duolingo
 Treehouse
 EDX
 Englishtown
 Codeacademy

11. List of MOOCs
 Futurelearn
 Udacity
 Khanacademy
 Open2study
 Openlearning
 Desire2learn
 Udemy
 Openclassrooms

12. How do you access a MOOC
Anyone who decides to take a MOOC simply logs on to the website and signs
up to take a course

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