INTERNET RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION

HAMIDEH IRAJ

HAMIDEH.IRAJ@UT.AC.IR

PRESENTATION SUMMARY• The timeline

• OCW

• Persian OCW

• Where to search for OCW

• iTunes U

• MOOC

• What are new to MOOCs?

• Some industry based MOOCS(Inbound Marketing)

• Where to search for MOOCS

• What is still missing?

• Alexa Ranks

OCW (OPENCOURSEWARE)• in 1999 the University of Tübingen in Germany published videos of lectures online

October 2002 launch of MIT OpenCourseWare . The movement was soon reinforced by the launch of similar projects at Yale, the University of Michigan, and the University of California Berkeley.

MIT's reasoning behind OCW

• to enhance human learning worldwide by the availability of a web of knowledge

• To allow students to become better prepared for classes so that they may be more engaged during a class

OCW- AN EXAMPLE

WHERE TO SEARCH FOR OCW?

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

http://academicearth.org/

http://www.ocwsearch.com/

MOOC (MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE)

• Coursera (founded by Stanford university)

• Edx (founded by MIT and Harvard)

• Iversity

• Udacity

• ,….

• See more on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course

WHAT ARE NEW TO MOOCS?• Videos + reading + problem sets

• user forums

• Study groups

• teaching assistants (TAs)

• Automated Grading

• Peer Evaluation

• Generally saying more focus on learning not knowledge sharing

SOME INDUSTRY BASED MOOCS

http://bigdatauniversity.com

https://education.mongodb.com/

WHAT IS STILL MISSING?

MOOCs rely mainly on open source software

You cannot find tutorials on excel as an example

The value of the certificates is yet unknown

They have no roadmap for students (except for some edx programs)

WHERE TO SEARCH FOR MOOCS?

• https://www.class-central.com/

• http://www.mooc-list.com/tags/search

ALEXA RANKS