MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE(MOOC)

MOOCs are recently and widely researched development in distance education which were first introduced in 2008

It became popularized mode of learning from 2012 onwards.

MOOC is a model for delivering learning content online to any person who wants to take a course with no limit on attendance.

It is a free web based distance learning program that is designed for the participation of large number of geographically dispersed students

This course may be patterned on a college or university model

It does not provide academic credits but provide education that enable certification, employment or further studies

There were RSS feeds for materials 

Participation facilitated through various venues like MOODLE, Blog posts, Second Life and Real Time online meetings.

The first large collection of MOOC resource made available by Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT) Open Course Ware (OCW) in 2011




 SWAYAM

SWAYAM stands for "Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds".

It was launched on 9th July 2017 by Honorable President of India

It is an Indian MOOC platform

It is launched by MHRD (now it is Ministry of Education) Government of India.

It is a part of Digital India concept

It is free entry to web course, covering all advanced education, high school education and skill sector courses

This platform offers free access to everyone and provide courses from class 9 to post graduate

It enables professors and faculties of centrally funded institutes like IITs. IIMs, IISERs etc. to teach students

It has been developed co-operatively by MHRD and AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) with the help of Microsoft

It is equipped by 2000 courses

Learning in SWAYAM has 4 parts

            1. E-Tutorial

            2. E-Content

            3. Discussion Forums

            4. Assessment

E-Tutorial is the direct teaching by using video, animation, PPT, Podcast and so on

E-Content includes e-books, illustrations, case studies, Open Course Content etc.

Discussion Forums are part of student activities through which students can interact with other students and faculty members to clear doubts

Self assessment means to check what a student have studied and whether they eligible for certificates.

These courses are valid in the country.



E-Communication

It can be defined as communication which uses electronic media to transmit the information or messages using computers, e-mails, video calling, blogs, text messaging, discussion forums etc.

importance of e-communication

This provides ways for students to go beyond traditional classrooms practices.

This saves a lot of time and effort

It keeps privacy of participants.

The following are some types of e-communications

1.INTERNET FORUMS



It is an online discussion site where people can hold conversation in the form of posted messages

They differ from chatrooms because in this messages are often longer than one line of text.

The approval of the moderator of the forum is needed to public visibility of a posted message.

It is a hierarchical or tree-like structure.

It contains a number of sub forums, each have several discussion topics.

The topic of each new discussion is called a thread.


2.BULLETIN BOARDS


It is a website or webpage where users can post commends about a particular issue or a topic and reply to other user's posts.

it is an online communication system where one can share, request or discuss information on just about any subjects or topics.

E-bulletin boards are public.

It enhances the educational sector infrastructure.

it is user friendly and providing new learning experiences.



3.BLOGS

         What is a blog

4.WEBINAR