This workshop discusses integrating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) into university language and communication courses. It begins with an overview of MOOCs and how they relate to Open Educational Resources (OERs). Examples of major MOOC platforms like Coursera, edX, and FutureLearn are provided. The document then outlines scenarios for incorporating MOOCs into courses, such as having students participate in MOOCs to supplement course material. Benefits include exposing students to high-quality online content and global learning communities, while challenges involve increased workload for designing blended courses. Examples from the University Politehnica Timisoara demonstrate blending MOOCs into existing courses.
Emerging Technologies in Education. Conceiving and Building a Microblogging P...Carmen Holotescu
PhD Thesis, Magna cum laude
Full thesis at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260436339_Emerging_Technologies_in_Education._Conceiving_and_Building_a_Microblogging_Platform_for_Formal_and_Informal_Learning.
MOOCs for Professional Development: Transformative Learning Environments and ...SJSU School of Information
Dr. Michael Stephens participated on a panel discussing the use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for professional development at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 80th General Conference and Assembly, held in Lyon, France from Aug. 16, 2014 to Aug. 22, 2014. Stephens presented some of his findings from his ongoing research with The Hyperlinked Library MOOC. “The panel in France was also about the broader idea that large scale learning is something that information professionals should be using, and about how it supports professional development,” said Stephens. An assistant professor at the San Jose State University School of Information, Stephens teaches courses in the iSchool's exclusively online Master of Library and Information Science degree program.
Emerging Technologies in Education. Conceiving and Building a Microblogging P...Carmen Holotescu
PhD Thesis, Magna cum laude
Full thesis at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260436339_Emerging_Technologies_in_Education._Conceiving_and_Building_a_Microblogging_Platform_for_Formal_and_Informal_Learning.
MOOCs for Professional Development: Transformative Learning Environments and ...SJSU School of Information
Dr. Michael Stephens participated on a panel discussing the use of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for professional development at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 80th General Conference and Assembly, held in Lyon, France from Aug. 16, 2014 to Aug. 22, 2014. Stephens presented some of his findings from his ongoing research with The Hyperlinked Library MOOC. “The panel in France was also about the broader idea that large scale learning is something that information professionals should be using, and about how it supports professional development,” said Stephens. An assistant professor at the San Jose State University School of Information, Stephens teaches courses in the iSchool's exclusively online Master of Library and Information Science degree program.
Presentation for the Analysis of Societies: Transformation, technology and education panel, Near East University, 18 May, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNN6rQjTI0s
MOOC's Anatomy. Microblogging as the MOOC's Control CenterCarmen Holotescu
Paper for the 9th eLearning and Software for Education Conference - eLSE 2013 - organized by the Romanian Advanced Distributed Learning Association in Bucharest, April 25th - 26th, 2013.
"Opening up Education: The LangMOOC challenge" �Maria Perifanou
SMART 2016 conference – Scientific Methods in Academic Research and Teaching, KEYNOTE presentation
http://academia.edusoft.ro/conferences/smart-2016-scientific-methods-in-academic-research-and-teaching/
OERs and MOOCs – the Romanian experience Diana Andone
OERs and MOOCs – the Romanian experience paper, authors Radu Vasiu, Diana Andone, presented at International Conference on Web & Open Access to Learning, 24-27 November 2014, Dubai, UEA.
Using Open Educational Resources (OER) provides opportunities for collaboration both in the classroom and beyond. Started in 2008 and gathering momentum over the past two years, now an online phenomenon, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) reunite different perspectives over a globalized online learning. The paper analyses the use of OER and MOOCs in different study cases in Romanian universities. Several OER initiatives resulted from the over 1000 academia involved in the DidaTec lifelong learning and training for higher education teachers in the technical sciences and engineering field as a training course for university professors in 12 universities, within the aim of improving the use of ICT in higher education. Four universities from Romania started a Romanian MOOC environment, the UniCampus, which provides free access to valuable education in Romanian language, presented by well-known professors. The evaluation and quality assurance challenges of the Unicampus are mainly due to the restrictive educational setting in Romania. Two study cases on blending MOOCs in traditional higher education courses at undergraduate and Master level are also analysed from the impact on students’ motivation. Integrating MOOCs in blended learning empower students with new abilities and requires a new and open teacher model.
Politehnica University of Timisoara Impact on Learning Technologies in RomaniaDiana Andone
Presentation at the opening of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2017), Timisoara, Romania, 3 – 7 July, 2017.
Focus on main developments in UPT by the e-Learning Center, the actions for open education enhancement from the technology, quality, leadership and strategy dimensions. Technology and leadership steps toward an Open Life Long Learning Student with 21st century skills and abilities to learn independently and digital all their life.
Making European diversity a strength: Towards regional support centres by SCO...EADTU
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Methods and Models of MOOCs Integration in Traditional Higher EducationDiana Andone
Methods and Models of MOOCs Integration in Traditional Higher Education presentation by Diana Andone at "WOW! Europe Embraces MOOCs" Workshop organised by EDATU part of HOME project in Rome 30 November 2015
Transformations of learning ecosystems induced by COVID-19: reflections and f...Diana Andone
Transformations of learning ecosystems induced by COVID-19: reflections and future perspectives presentation by Dr. Diana Andone, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, during the Open round table in 29 June 2020, part of
5th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystem and Regional Development
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Bucharest 2020, 25-27 May
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Presentation for the Analysis of Societies: Transformation, technology and education panel, Near East University, 18 May, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNN6rQjTI0s
MOOC's Anatomy. Microblogging as the MOOC's Control CenterCarmen Holotescu
Paper for the 9th eLearning and Software for Education Conference - eLSE 2013 - organized by the Romanian Advanced Distributed Learning Association in Bucharest, April 25th - 26th, 2013.
"Opening up Education: The LangMOOC challenge" �Maria Perifanou
SMART 2016 conference – Scientific Methods in Academic Research and Teaching, KEYNOTE presentation
http://academia.edusoft.ro/conferences/smart-2016-scientific-methods-in-academic-research-and-teaching/
OERs and MOOCs – the Romanian experience Diana Andone
OERs and MOOCs – the Romanian experience paper, authors Radu Vasiu, Diana Andone, presented at International Conference on Web & Open Access to Learning, 24-27 November 2014, Dubai, UEA.
Using Open Educational Resources (OER) provides opportunities for collaboration both in the classroom and beyond. Started in 2008 and gathering momentum over the past two years, now an online phenomenon, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) reunite different perspectives over a globalized online learning. The paper analyses the use of OER and MOOCs in different study cases in Romanian universities. Several OER initiatives resulted from the over 1000 academia involved in the DidaTec lifelong learning and training for higher education teachers in the technical sciences and engineering field as a training course for university professors in 12 universities, within the aim of improving the use of ICT in higher education. Four universities from Romania started a Romanian MOOC environment, the UniCampus, which provides free access to valuable education in Romanian language, presented by well-known professors. The evaluation and quality assurance challenges of the Unicampus are mainly due to the restrictive educational setting in Romania. Two study cases on blending MOOCs in traditional higher education courses at undergraduate and Master level are also analysed from the impact on students’ motivation. Integrating MOOCs in blended learning empower students with new abilities and requires a new and open teacher model.
Politehnica University of Timisoara Impact on Learning Technologies in RomaniaDiana Andone
Presentation at the opening of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT2017), Timisoara, Romania, 3 – 7 July, 2017.
Focus on main developments in UPT by the e-Learning Center, the actions for open education enhancement from the technology, quality, leadership and strategy dimensions. Technology and leadership steps toward an Open Life Long Learning Student with 21st century skills and abilities to learn independently and digital all their life.
Making European diversity a strength: Towards regional support centres by SCO...EADTU
Making European diversity a strength: Towards regional support centres by SCORE2020 consortium by Darco Jansen (EADTU) presented during the Maastricht Innovation In Higher Education Days 2017
Methods and Models of MOOCs Integration in Traditional Higher EducationDiana Andone
Methods and Models of MOOCs Integration in Traditional Higher Education presentation by Diana Andone at "WOW! Europe Embraces MOOCs" Workshop organised by EDATU part of HOME project in Rome 30 November 2015
Transformations of learning ecosystems induced by COVID-19: reflections and f...Diana Andone
Transformations of learning ecosystems induced by COVID-19: reflections and future perspectives presentation by Dr. Diana Andone, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania, during the Open round table in 29 June 2020, part of
5th International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystem and Regional Development
PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES, LUDIC AND CO-DESIGN STRATEGIES & TOOLS SUPPORTING SMART LEARNING ECOSYSTEMS AND SMART EDUCATION
Bucharest 2020, 25-27 May
Unidad Didáctica de los sectores económicos, usada como referencia para crear una app educativa en mobincube, por las alumnas de TIC 2016 UMU ,del grupo TIC-TAC
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Students Co-creators of Digital EducationDiana Andone
Presentation "Students Co-creators of Digital Education" by Dr. Diana Andone, Politehnica University of Timisoara, done at "ALTA’21 - Advanced Learning Technologies and Applications. From Distance to Hybrid Learning” on December 1st 2021 Lithuania, online Conference Conference organized by
Informatics Faculty at Kaunas University of Technology and National Association of Distance Education Lithuania.
Integrating MOOCs in Traditional Higher Education- eMOOCs15Diana Andone
Presentation at the eMOOCs 2015 Conference in Mons, Belgium 18-20 May 2015
Integrating MOOCs in Traditional Higher Education, by Dr. Diana Andone
Dr. Andrei Ternauciuc, Vlad Mihaescu, Prof.dr. Radu Vasiu
Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
This paper presents concepts and experiences on integrating MOOCS into traditional higher education in Romania. Three study cases on integrating MOOCs in courses at undergraduate and Master level present and discuss the opportunities in different pedagogical concepts as flipped classroom. These activities require the acquisition of new skills by students and teachers. Advantages and limitations on using this educational model from concepts to management and technology indicate the challenges that lay ahead of educators who are willing to include MOOCs in their everyday teaching activities.
What is MOOC?
The term “MOOC” (Massive Open Online Course) was coined by David Cormier in 2008 (Cormier & Siemens, 2010) to describe a twelve-week online course, Connectivism and Connected Knowledge, designed by George Siemens and Stephen Downes and offered at the University of Manitoba, Canada, in Fall semester 2008.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are courses provided over the Internet. They are provided free of charge to a large number of people and are accessed by the user logging into a website and signing up. MOOCs differ from traditional university studies, firstly by their open access. As a point of departure, participation merely requires an Internet connection. Secondly, MOOCs are characterized by scalability; the courses are organized so that they can easily be scaled in line with the number of participants.
Digital Education in Politehnica University of TimisoaraDiana Andone
Digital Education in Politehnica University of Timisoara, by Dr. Diana Andone, eLearning Center, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
presentation as keynote to EDEN 2020 International Conference, 22 June 2020,
on Digitisation, Digitalisation and Digital Transformation, the projects that supported it , Virtual Campus of UPT, virtual mobilities, OERs and MOOCS, students as co-creators
Practices in Digital Education in Politehnica University TimisoaraDiana Andone
Practices in Digital Education in Politehnica University Timisoara presentation for the Practices in Digital Education webinar part of 2021 European Online and Distance Learning Week (EODLW), by EDEN, 3 November 2021 http://www.eden-online.org/eden_conference/practices-in-digital-education-for-universities/
MOOCs for Opening Up Education
The role of Quality and Openness
Used at Masterclass MESI - 24 September 2014
Some slides used at ICDE-MESI Conference – panel 27 September 2014
Thoughts on Future University in 2030 Keynote Speaker Presentation for the ICIER International Conference on Interdisciplinary Educational Reflections 9 June 2022, virtual
Slides used during webinar on strategies of higher education institutions on open education.
Held on 11 March 2015 during Masterclass "Towards open educational processes and practices"
http://portal.ou.nl/en/web/masterclass-ow-050216/introduction/-/wiki/Main/Programme
Przeentare susținută în cadrul Conferinței ”Educație azi in Timisoara Culturii Europene” organizată la inițiativa Departamentului pentru Pregătirea Personalului Didactic din Universitatea de Vest din Timișoara în data de 26 noiembrie 2021.
Promovarea creativității prin utilizarea Resurselor Educaționale DeschiseGabriela Grosseck
Prezentare în cadrul webinarului OpenEducationWeek, Educatia deschisa in timpul pandemiei, https://elearning.upt.ro/ro/comunitate/workshop-oeweek-educatia-deschisa-in-timpul-pandemiei/
RESET education - challenges and lessons learnt in RomaniaGabriela Grosseck
Webinar “The Future of Education in the Post-COVID-19 Era in China and Central Eastern Europe Countries” organized by Smart Learning Institute, Normal Beijing University and UNESCO INRULED.
New book “Comparative Analysis of ICT in Education Between China and Central and Eastern European Countries” (https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811568787)
O lista la nivelul anului 2018, ce necesita actualizare de aplicatii utile pentru crearea diverselor tipuri de resurse educationale dar nu numai. Pot fi folosite si pentru lucrul in colaborare, testare, evaluare cu nota sau doar pentru dezmortirea lectiilor sau obtinerea de feedback. Orice sugestie este binevenita in partea de comentarii
Presentation held at the webinar "Online Teaching Reshape Education during and after COVID-19", jointly held by UNESCO-ICHEI, UNESCO IITE, INRULED, Southern University of Science and Technology, and Tsinghua University China. There were launched six guidelines for teachers, students, parents and communities, principals and educational administrators, learning technologies and platforms, and personal data security.
Also the webinar bring together educational actors worldwide to talk about their experiences and lessons learned regarding online teaching during COVID-19 and share their views on how these will reshape education.
Prezentare sustinuta in cadrul webinarului Impreuna Online, https://elearning.upt.ro/ro/comunitate/noutati-comunitate/webinar-impreunaonline-utilizare-oers-moocs-in-educatie/
Romania and online learning during the coronavirus outbreakGabriela Grosseck
presentation during the "How to Keep Students Learning during Schools Disruption in COVID-19 Situation" event, organized by the Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University.
Echipa proiectului NOVAMOOC: Dezvoltarea și implementarea inovativă a MOOCurilor în învățământul superior a Universității de Vest din Timișoara vă invită să participați la atelierul:
MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses): inițiere pentru profesori
Pe parcursul celor două ore de atelier, vom vorbi despre ce sunt MOOC-urile, cum le putem accesa, utiliza și integra în educația universitară, și ce putem învăța din experiența altor instituții educaționale / universități ale Europei și din lume.
Pe plan internațional, pe fondul unei deschideri a educației, a unor politici care sprijină pedagogiile și resursele educaționale deschise, ultimii ani au marcat o creștere exponențială în oferta de cursuri online masive deschise (Massive Open Online Courses - MOOCs).
Prezenta lucrare propune modalități în care cursurile online masive deschise pot fi integrate în educația adulților în România.
Prin analiza unor articole și studii de cercetare recente, sunt relevate proiecte din spațiul educațional nord-american și european, în care astfel de cursuri contribuie la învățarea continuă.
De asemenea, sunt prezentate inițiative românești legate de MOOC-uri.
Lucrarea își propune să răspundă la întrebări cum ar fi:
• Cum pot contribui MOOC-urile la educația adulților în țara noastră?
• Ce putem învăța din experiența altora?
• Cum poate fi evaluată calitatea și impactul acestor cursuri?
• Ce efort și competențe sunt necesare pentru dezvoltarea, derularea și facilitarea lor?
• Cine pot fi furnizorii și beneficiarii?
• Ce schimbări sunt necesare la nivelul politicilor educaționale?
Towards Research 2.0: The Influence of Digital and Online Tools in Academic R...Gabriela Grosseck
The new Internet technologies have infiltrated the academic environment, both at individual and at institutional level. Therefore, more and more teachers have started educational blogs, librarians are active on Twitter, other educational actors curate web content, students post on Instagram or Flickr, and university departments have Facebook pages and/or YouTube accounts etc.
Today, the use of web technology has become “a legitimate activity in many areas of higher education” (Waycott, 2010) and a considerable shift to digital academic research has gradually occurred. Teachers are encouraging students to take up digital tools for research and writing, thus revealing new ways of using information and communication technologies for academic purposes and not just for socializing.
The main objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of integrating diverse digital and Web 2.0 tools and resources in research and in the construction of academic texts. We aim to stress the increasing influence of digital and online tools in academic research and writing.
Teachers, specialists, and students alike are affected by this process. In order to show how, we explore the following issues: What is Research 2.0? Which digital/online tools have we used to assist our students? What are the challenges for academic research using digital / web 2.0 tools? And how do digital tools shape academic research?
This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-2040:
NOVAMOOC – Development and innovative implementation of MOOCs in Higher Education
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for Language Learning and Communication
1. Workshop:
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for
Language Learning and Communication
Carmen Holotescu, UPT
Gabriela Grosseck, UVT
PCTS9 - LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA
March 26-27, 2015, Timisoara Romania
2. - Discovering MOOCs: Classification, Platforms, Directories
- Relations between MOOCs and Open Educational
Resources and Practices
- Scenarios for integrating MOOCs in university courses for
Language Learning and Communication
Topics
3. OER Definition
[…] „the open provision of
educational resources,
enabled by information and
communication
technologies, for
consultation, use and
adaptation by a community
of users for non-commercial
purposes.”
unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-resources
UNESCO (2002)
4. unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002136/213605e.pdf
What are OERs? Open Educational Resources
„are any type of educational
materials that are in the public
domain or introduced with an open
license.
The nature of these open materials
means that anyone can legally and
freely copy, use, adapt and re-share
them. OERs range from textbooks to
curricula, syllabi, lecture notes,
assignments, tests, projects, audio,
video
and animation.”
5. „ICT tools, Open Educational
Resources, and open practices
allow for an increase in the
effectiveness of education,
allowing for more personalised
learning, a better learning
experience.
Ultimately, opening up
education may lead to a
situation where all individuals
may learn anytime, anywhere,
with the support of anyone,
using any device.”
Open Education Europa
Opening up education through new technologies
openeducationeuropa.eu
ec.europa.eu/education/policy/strategic-framework/education-
technology.htm
8. MOOC
• In 2008, George Siemens and Stephen Downes co-taught a
class thought to be the first to use the term MOOC. The
course, called “Connectivism and Connective Knowledge,”
was presented to 25 tuition-paying students at the University
of Manitoba and offered at the same time to around 2,300
students from the general public who took the online class at
no cost.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080629220943/http://ltc.um
anitoba.ca:83/connectivism/
• check also http://elearning.upt.ro/workshop-opening-up-education/n-32-70-
185/d
9. Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs
http://connect.downes.ca/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?page=thedaily.htm
http://wwwapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/
moodle/course/view.php?id=20
2300 students
2008
22. Romanian OER / MOOC initiatives
2. OER in the Government Programme
• Government Programme for 2013-2016 (Dec 2012): Ministry of Ministry
for Information Society and Ministry of Education to collaborate in
supporting the innovative integration of Web2.0 and OER in education;
• National Strategy on Digital Agenda for Romania 2020 (Feb 2015):
Strategic Lines of Development for ICT in Education: using OER and Web
2.0 in formal and LLL education
3. Romanian Coalition for OER
Launced in October 2013, gathering persons and organizations that
support and promote the concepts of open access and OER -
http://www.acces-deschis.ro; guides/workshops;organized the National
Conferences for Open Education in 2014/5 (datedeschise.fundatia.ro);
1. Knowledge based Economy Project (2005-2013)
• OER educational policies (recommendations in 2007)
• OE Resources and Practices: The activities in the KEP project have led the
schools towards a shift in focus from the resources themselves towards the
practices associated with the creation, use and management of OER: that is,
open educational practices (OEP).
23. Projects related to MOOCs
- UniCampus http://unicampus.ro: Started in April
2014 under the initiative of University
Politehnica Timisoara, Unicampus is a project
supported by Ministry of Education and
developed by the Association of Technical
Universities from Romania (http://rouni.ro)
joining University Politehnica Timisoara,
Politehnica University of Bucharest, Technical
University of Cluj, Technical University Gh.Asachi
Iasi. The project will offer MOOCs on a platform
implemented by partners and based on Moodle
and based on cMOOCs methodology;
- UniBuc Virtual (http://www.unibuc-virtual.net:
Credis, Department of Distance Learning of
University of Bucharest, offers 3 MOOCs for
Teachers Training; the platform is based on
Google Apps;
- University "Vasile Goldis" Arad will offer MOOCs
in partnership with Fédération Européenne des
Écoles;
- Experiments for integrating MOOCs in
blended academic courses can be found at
University Politehnica Timisoara (Web
Programming and Instructional Technologies
courses);
- Critical Thinking MOOC was developed and
run in 2014 by Maastricht School of
Management Romania on Iversity
(http://www.msmromania.org/content/msmr
o-produces-first-mooc-eastern-europe).
- Workshops and national conferences related
to opening education organized by the
Romanian Coalition for OER.
24. Integrating MOOCs in Blended Courses
Carmen Holotescu, Gabriela Grosseck, Vladimir Cretu, Antoanela Naaji (2014)
upt.academia.edu/CarmenHolotescu
25. Blending MOOCs in university courses - EdX
„We are taking what we are learning and the technologies we are developing in
the large and applying them in the small to create a blended model of
education to really reinvent and reimagine the classroom.”
We need to go from lectures on the blackboard to online exercises, online
videos. We have to go to interactive virtual laboratories and
gamification. To go to completely online grading and peer
interaction and discussion boards.
Everything really has to change.”
Anant Agarwal, 2013. Why massive open online courses (still) matter.
A TED presentation,
ted.com/talks/anant_agarwal_why_massively_open_online_courses_still_matter.html
29. Mobile learning features
• Allow students to become familiar (aware) with the MOOC phenomenon and
trends:
•the most important players/platforms/offers, types of learning,
interaction and specific pedagogies
•to be able to search and evaluate useful and quality MOOCs;
• To enlarge knowledge/topics of the course, to obtain an auxiliary support for
students’ group project development;
• Allow students to have concrete views, opinions and proposals on MOOCs
and to critically evaluate their usefulness for personal development and for
different ways of integration in formal higher education courses.
Aims of integrating MOOCs
30. Steps for MOOCs Integration
• 1.MOOCs discovery and selection - #mooc:
•openeducationeuropa.eu
•mooc-list.com
•futurelearn.com
•class-central.com
• 2.Participation in MOOCs –requirement: at least 10% of the activities
• 3.MOOCs participation evaluation: survey with 55 responders/70 students
31. MOOCs Participation Evaluation
• knew about MOOCs before the course (49%)
• followed MOOCs before the course (29%)
• will follow MOOCs after the course (100%)
• activities completed in MOOCs (66%: > 50%, 24%: 100%)
Followed MOOCs:
Coursera (44%),
Udemy (23%),
Udacity, edX, Khan
Academy,
Codecademy,
FutureLearn, but
also European
MOOCs found on
Open Education
Europa
In the same time
MOOCs for other
disciplines
33. - For teachers:
- new skills and tasks:
- complex course design/management
- OERs and MOOCs curation
- evaluation of distributed/collaborative
activities of students,
- facilitation of the local learning
community and nurture of its
integration in the global communities of
MOOCs
- improving knowledge in their own area
of expertise
- improving their competencies/skills for
adopting new models of OEP
- For students:
- autonomy in assessing their own
learning needs for choosing the
MOOCs in which to participate
- exposing to:
- high quality materials created with
top educational technologies
- collaboration in global learning
communities
- a broader range of experiences
Benefits/Challenges of MOOCs integration in blended
courses/flipped classrooms
make xMOOCs more close to cMOOCs
34. • 1.Please pick up 2-4 MOOCs which could be useful for your
courses / professional development:
•openeducationeuropa.eu
•mooc-list.com
•futurelearn.com
•class-central.com
• 2.Possible scenarios for integrating MOOCs in your courses
• 3.Benefits, challenges, drawbacks
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