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1、 Internet: , Multimedia content delivery in the Internet: Multimedia platforms & video service providers, MOOCs - the Coursera Business Model 4/12/2014,. . . mode.ntua.gr,Outline,Massive Open On-Line Courses MOOCs Brief History of MOOCs Types of MOOCs Major players in MOOCs MOOCs players in Europe P
2、latforms for creating Courses Coursera & edX, Business Models,Massive Open On-Line Courses (MOOCs) http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course,MOOC is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web Not only traditional course materials such as videos, readin
3、gs, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a community for students, professors, and teaching assistants MOOCs are a recent development in distance education which began to emerge in 2012,Why offer a MOOC http:/ of MOOCs (I),A MOOC is an open education movement and i
4、s found online It influences connectivism* where learning is successful and networks are created in different fields 2002: MIT OpenCourseWare project formed 2004: The term Connectivism was developed by George Siemens and Stephen Downes* 2008: The first MOOC was presented at the University of Manitob
5、a, Canada and it consisted of 2200 learners 2008: Khan Academy starts up (actually at 2006)*Connectivism is a hypothesis of learning which emphasizes the role of social and cultural context. Connectivist pedagogy: open courses to contribute to knowledgesupport to form networks *Connectivist teaching
6、 and learning, Downes states: “to teach is to model and demonstrate, to learn is to practice and reflect.“ http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectivism,History of MOOCs (II),2010: Dave Cormier made video about MOOCs and uploaded onto YouTube 2011: MOOC prepares freshman college students for college requ
7、irements 2012: Harvards first MOOC has 370,000 students, New York Times calls 2012 the year of the MOOC 2013: cMOOCs and xMOOCs too numerous to count,Downes MOOC Model http:/ elements for a successful MOOC: Autonomy students decide how much to participate Diversity students come from all backgrounds
8、, different countries, different experiences Openness MOOCs should be free or with low costInteractivity Chats, video meetings,The different types of MOOCs (I) http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course#Connectivist_design,There are different types of MOOCs: The cMOOC (connectivist MOOC)
9、: the first MOOC ever offered was a cMOOC cMOOCs are used by the individual, academics and non profit organizations the cMOOC is based on a connectivist learning theory the cMOOC is an informal learning environment,The different types of MOOCs (II),The xMOOC: xMOOCs are used by the Universities xMOO
10、Cs use a behaviourist approach the xMOOC is a more formal learning environment EdX can be characterized as xMOOC MIT announced MITx at the end of 2011, MITx is morphed into EdX with the addition of Harvard and UC Berkley (EdX 2012),vMOOC (III) http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course#C
11、onnectivist_design,vMOOC, has been suggested to describe vocational MOOCs, that would require simulations and related technologies to teach and assess practical skills and abilities,sMOOCs http:/ MOOCs could be characterized as a standard MOOCs or an sMOOC Uses a limited range of technologies and co
12、uld be thought of in terms of LMS as platform,Platforms for creating Courses (Moodle) (I) https:/moodle.org/,A well known and very well supported LMS (Learning Management System) Web based Moodle is provided freely as open source software, under the GNU (General Public Licence) Strong social service
13、s (based on connectivism),Platforms for creating Courses (Open edX) (II) http:/code.edx.org/,Open edX is a not-for-profit enterprise Founded 2012 Open edX is implemented mostly in Python for the server, and Javascript for the browser the code is being made available under an AGPL license the main re
14、pository is edx-platform which includes both the LMS and the authoring tool, Studio Open edX is already receiving code contributions from around the world (e.g. Stanford University, Google, MIT, The University of Queensland, Tsinghua University, UC Berkeley, and Harvard University),Platforms for cre
15、ating Courses (III),CourseSites by Blackboard is an exceptionally robust platform it has all of the features that Moodle has including extensive teaching tools reporting features and SCORM compliance it is also cloud-based you can set up a course in minutes and never have to worry about maintenance
16、or upgrades Udemy is specialized in the private MOOC think of it as the YouTube of MOOCs instructors can build and host their own courses on the platform and then offer them to users for free or for a fee Versal is a new platform intuitive user interface and a robust drag-and-drop functionality a user can sign up for free and then build a course that includes mathematical expressions, image drill-downs and many more widgets, all without any coding knowledge users can also embed their published courses on other websites, such as personal blogs,
