All around the world MOOCs (Massively open online courses) are changing the way people learn. Let's look at what is happening and how you can take advantage of it, for you career and to enrich your life.
2. What are MOOCs?
- A MOOC is an online course with the option of free and
open registration, a publicly-shared curriculum, and open-ended
outcomes. MOOCs integrate social networking,
accessible online resources, and are facilitated by leading
practitioners in the field of study.
Some statistics from Coursera
30. Thank-you for Your Time
Resources
• Coursera - https://www.coursera.org/
• Edx - https://www.edx.org/
• Udacity - https://www.udacity.com/
• OpenUniversity - http://www.openuniversity.edu/
• MIT OpenCourseware - http://ocw.mit.edu/
• MOOC News & Reviews -
http://moocnewsandreviews.com/a-short-history-of-moocs-
and-distance-learning/
Editor's Notes
Definition changing
The best definition in my opinion - what it should be
stats from Coursera
stats from Coursera
Students in Australia taking courses from London School of Economics
Still lacked interactivity of Traditional University lectures
Students had hardly any interaction with professors or other students
Started in 1969, influence to many other ideas in the future
adopted an open policy to allow more students to have access to academic knowledge
More traditional (and expensive) degree offerings (MSc in Information Technology)
Biggest and most popular MOOC provider
At any given time about 85 active courses
Courses follow timeline (some experimenting)
sometimes suspect course quality (lecturers experimenting)
Interesting Software Development Course
How about that, interesting…
Education issues in our country
Many other courses around education
HarvardX, MITx amongst many others
Courses follow timeline
Also offering highschool courses
Site not as user-friendly as Coursera, but still great
Functional programming principles in Haskell - Erik Meijer
My next course (hopefully)
2 module course
Beginning to advanced concepts
Pretty cool…
Course catalog starting to rival Courseras
Smallest course offerings - self paced
Most expensive of 3 being compared
No personal experience on Udacity courses
More interactive help (1-1 Coaches) get what you pay for
Most interesting course I found
Most interesting course I found
MIT opencourseware - what is it
- Completed & earned certificate for all - except one
Just missed certification
Learnt the most
Don’t be scared if you don’t get it right the first time
Did these 2 courses at the same time
Both had assignments and online quizzes
It was tough and probably not a good idea
assignments in malicious software
SDN soft switches - was for work project
SDN example of a disorganised course (sleepy lecturer)
Challenging Course
Learnt a new language & new concept
I come from a very OO background
- Learnt I hate Java
- First Signature track (what that is - statement of accomplishment & verified certificates)
- First Edx course
Rails based course - recommended
Verified certificate & honour code