Dr. Anita GoelDyal Singh College

Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of Delhi, India

MOOC and OER for Student Participation and

Collaborative Learning

FDP 2016eCognitio: An Innovative E-learning Workshop Promoting Student Participation and

Collaborative Learning

Presentation Outline

• E-Learning

• Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

• Open Educational Resources (OER)

• Challenges of e-learning in Indian context

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E-Learning

E-Learning

MOOC

OER

Video Animation

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Advantages of e-Learning

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Expert knowledge is communicated

Access worldwide

Provide equal opportunity

Collaboration and teamwork

Self-pacing style of learning

On-demand availability

Flexibility

MOOC

• Can reach 100 –1,00,000 people

• Focus on Scalability

• Focus on Community and connectionsMassive

• Open registration

• Open content

• Free of charge/AffordableOpen

• Real time interaction

• In terms of AccessOnline

• Traditional kind

• Start/end datesCourse

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MOOC

•Providers - Universities, companies, foundations

•Content

• Decided by provider. Cannot be changed by learner

• Courses have a definite start and end date.

• Has evaluation component

• Faculty participation

• Mainly in form of videos

• Learner

• Usually free - cost incurred if certificate granted

• Watch videos, post on discussion boards and blogs,

comment via social media platforms 6

MOOC Providers

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Coursera

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Coursera

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edX

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edX

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Udacity

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MOOC: Social Networking & Collaboration

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•Communication tools facilitate interaction among different users,

•Collaboration tools support cooperative learning environment,

•Social Networking helps to connect different users.

Copyright: An Analysis of Social Networking and Collaboration in MOOC, Jyoti Chauhan and Anita Goel, 2016

OER

•Quizzes, Puzzles, Animatons

•Audio Lectures

•Video Lectures

• Images

•Entire course content

•Textbooks

• Journal articles

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OER : 4 Rs

4 RsReuse

Revise Remix

Redistribute

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OER Licenses

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Attribution CC BY

• Free to do anything with content and even use it commercially

Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA

• Derivative work in same license as original work

Attribution-NoDerivs CC BY-ND

• Not allowed to create derivative work

Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC

• Use the content but not commercially

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA

• Derivative work in same license as original. Cannot use commercially

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND

• Only download and share. Not for commercial purpose

MOOC and OER

MOOC

Users only fair use rights, or rights stated in license by publisher.

Cannot be legally copied

Users cannot create own courses based on them

Users cannot update without agreement from copyright owners

OER

All users given rights without needing to request permission from copyright

holders (attribution required)

User rights are clearly specified and easily understandable

Most materials under free Creative Commons licenses

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ or as Public Domain.

Challenges of e-learning: Providers

• Institutions offering e-learning course

• Awarding a Recognized Degree for students

•Number of Online Institutions

• Spurious certificates

•Duration of the course

• Legal implications

• Across geographical boundaries. Difficult to enforce law

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Challenges of e-learning: Learners

•Self-paced and self-learnt

• Student attention length may not be enough

•Technological Barriers

• Limited access to computer and Internet

• Computer skills for beginners

•Cost

• Lack of Time

•Content incompatibility

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10 Things that require Zero talent

•Being on Time

•Work Ethic

•Effort

•Body Language

•Energy

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•Attitude

•Passion

•Being Coachable

•Doing Extra

•Be Prepared

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Thank You

Contact: goel.anita@gmail.com