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Coursera |
DS106 |
Technology |
Using varieties of technologies such as podcast, OER, recorded lectures, discussion forums- all these can be accessed from computers, android mobile or tablet.
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Blogging, audio, video, forum, Soundcloud Account, Twitter, Flickr |
Pedagogy |
Self-directed learning, traditional approach, peer and collaborative learning |
Self-directed learning, peer and collaborative learning, case-study, group work |
General approach and philosophy |
Coursera is a technological company, which provides formal as well as informal means of online education for everyone. Learners can choose the course of their choice from the pool of subjects offered by top universities and institutions. The partner universities including but not limited to PennState, Princeton University, John Hopkins University, etc. Learners can master any skills to boost their professional or personal prospects. Each course lasts for 4-6 weeks. Different activities such as watching videos, reading resources help learners to gain knowledge. Peer-review assignments, formative assessment, as well as auto-graded assignments are used to assess students. Upon successful completion, learners can apply for getting a verified certificate by paying the fee. |
It was initiated in 2010 by University of Mary Washington as the part of experimenting on Computer Science Course in Digital Storytelling. The site portrays the best collection of student work, radio show archive, etc. They offer open courses such as Social Media Production ds106. Varieties of assignments are given to the learners such as visual, audio, web, video, mashup, writing, animated and 3d. |
Below, there is a list of subject areas available and explore to select any course, according to your interest
You can find the list of few subjects I completed on Coursera
Here is how certificate looks like
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You have recorded useful notes and you have much experience having taken part in a few MOOCs. This may all be very useful to you for TMA.
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