In recent times, eLearning
has become to be a more reliable and respectful source of education. As
eLearning grows to be more renowned, so does the support of organizations and
institutions behind it.
2008, MOOC was introduced
within the open education resources (OER) movement. MOOC, massive open online
course is an online learning tool aim to create a large-scale interactive
participation and open access through the internet. Many of
the original courses were based on connectivist theory, emphasizing that learning
and knowledge emerge from a network of connections. During 2012, MOOC had its
best year as several well-financed providers, associated with top universities
emerged, including Coursera, Udacity, and edX.[1]
In the fall of 2010, 6.1 million students were enrolled in at
least one online course. Those classes were not too different from the
traditional classes. Students paid fees to enroll in classes taught and
graded by a professor and some teaching assistants. But MOOC can be taken by
hundreds of thousands of students at the same time. And perhaps the most
striking thing about MOOCs, many of which are being taught by professors at
prestigious universities, is that they’re free.[2]
MOOC is aimed at expanding a university’s reach from thousands of tuition-paying students who live
in town, to millions of students around the world. Typically they do not offer
academic credit or charge tuition fees. MOOC is an open, participatory,
distributed and life-long networked learning.
Here is a short video by
Dave Cormier explaining MOOC[3]:
As of February, 2013 dozens of universities had affiliated with MOOCs,
including many international institutions. American Council on Education announced that they would
recommend that its members accept transfer credit from a few MOOC courses,
though even the universities who deliver the courses said that they would not
accept the transfer credit.[4]
Question
of Week 5:
In the course of this blog, we have learned some much new information about
eLearning. We have disscussed about the past and the preasnt of eLearning, but
from today on our foucs will be for the future.
As we have just discussed, MOOC is the future of eLearning. It will be the
center of attention for some years to come. We the new generation workforce
should not let this opportunity go by without further exploation. We have the
chance to create a better furture with such tool.
As we know MOOC is a tool set for univierities and learning institustions,
but what are some ideas or ispiration of yours that could turn MOOC into a
workplace learning tool or a job set learning tool for your current job or
future job?
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