LUCAS TSHABALALA 201202304MOOCS PRESENTATION

“A SHIFT FROM TEXT BOOKS TO A TABLET”

CONTENT

• WHAT ARE MOOCS.• HISTORY AND ORGINS OF MOOCS.• TYPES OF MOOCS.• MY INTEREST OF STUDY.• MY MOOC.

WHAT REALLY IS MOOCS?

• THE ACRONYM FOR MOOCS ABBREVIATION IS –

MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES

MOOCS DEFINITION CONTINUED…

THE BRIEF HISTORY OF MOOCS.

• MOOCS ARE THOSE LEARNING ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE TAKEN VOLUNTARILY OVER THE INTERNET AND THEY CAN BE OF AN ADVANTAGE LATER IN LIFE IWHEN FACING SIMILAR SITUATIONS BEING ADDRESSED DURING THE COURSE.

• ACCORDING TO JANE KAAR MOOCS HAVE FIRST ORIGINATED AROUND 2011. TO FIND OUT MORE WE CAN VISITI HER BLOG ON THE LINK BELOW: HTTP://BITS.BLOGS.NYTIMES.COM/2014/10/30/A-HISTORY-OF-MOOCS-OPEN-ONLINE-COURSES/?_R=0

• ON THE OTHER HAND THE OFFICIAL WEB PAGE OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY ABOUT EDUCATION PROVIDES THAT MOOCS WERE STARTED BY GEORGE SIEMENS WHEN HE WAS STILL DOING HIS SCHOOL GRADES WHERE BY HE FIRST TOOK HIS LEANING EXPERIENCES AND DISCOVERIES INTO THE NET IN THE 1980.

HTTP://EDF.STANFORD.EDU/READINGS/HISTORY-MOOCS

TYPES OF MOOCS WE CAN TAKE ON.

TYPES OF MOOCS CONTINUED…

MY INTEREST OF STUDY.

• IAM INTERESTED INTO STUDYING EDUCATION PHYCHOLOGY AND CURRICULUM DESIGHN.

MY MOOC TOPIC• MY ONLINE COURSE I AM CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IS UNDER OPEN2STUDY

MAINLY ON “EDUCATION IN THE CHANGING WORLD. IN THIS COURSE I AIM INTO EQUIPPING MY SELF WITH EDUCATIONAL SKILLS SUCH AS HOW TO MAKE AND PLAN CONDUCIVE LEANING EXPERIENCES FOR MY LEANERS. (HTTPS://WWW.OPEN2STUDY.COM/DASHBOARD)

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REFERENCES.

• HTTP://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/MOTHEOMK/PRESENTATION-ON-MOOCS?B=&FROM_SEARCH=5&QID=B53FBD9D-7098-49D2-99CA-59B332216943&V=DEFAULT

• HTTP://BITS.BLOGS.NYTIMES.COM/2014/10/30/A-HISTORY-OF-MOOCS-OPEN-ONLINE-COURSES/?_R=0

• HTTP://EDF.STANFORD.EDU/READINGS/HISTORY-MOOCS