LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY 11/12

Second Quarter, Week 3

Name of Learner: _____________________________ Date: ________________________

Section: _____________________________________Grade Level____________________

MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE (MOOC)

Background Information for Learners

Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, are online courses that allow participants free access and unrestricted
participation to any course of their choice. MOOCs also provide a platform for interactive forums. It is also one of the
custom eLearning methodologies that encourages self-paced learning which remains focused on the skills that the learners
wish to hone.
Although MOOCs don’t always provide an academic credit, they give students a useful grounding in the subject
matter and may provide necessary background for further education or certification.
The word MOOC was coined in 2008 by Dave Cormier from the University of Prince Edward Island for a course
offered by the University of Manitoba “Connectivism and Connective Knowledge”. There were 25 tuition-paying students
from University and 2,300non-paying students from the general public who took the course online.
In 2011, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) OpenCourseWare(OCW) became the first large
collections of MOOC resources made available by the University. In 2012 MIT and Harvard spearheaded the edX
initiative for the promotion of MOOCs.

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BIG PLAYERS OF MOOCs

1. edX: This resource offers free online courses and content, but also committed to conducing and publishing
research about how students learn, to help empower educators around the world.
2. Coursera: This company partners with leading universities worldwide to enable students to take free courses
around the world.
3. Udacity: Another website for free, interactive college courses. It is different because its courses are
categorized by level of difficulty rather than subjects.
4. MIT Open Courseware: Ideal for older students, this pioneering programme from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, one of the prestigious colleges in the world.
5. Open Learn: Also geared toward older students, this fantastic online resource from the Open University is
ideal for topping up or refreshing existing knowledge or taking a whole new course altogether.
6. Udemy: A learning platform that allows anyone to create an online course and deliver it to the world
7. Khan Academy: Probably the best-known of all online learning resources and with good reason, Khan
Academy is a juggernaut of online knowledge-a massive online classroom with tutorials and lessons on every
subject imaginable available for absolutely anybody, anywhere, to use completely free of charge.
8. Futurelearn: Supported by all topmost European University of Leeds, Reading University and many more.

TWO CATEGORIES OF MOOC

1. cMOOCs are MOOCs that allow for dynamic development of study material. That is, instead of having a pre-
planned set of reading materials and courseware, the material will be developed through online discussions and
collaborations among learners taking the course across the globe.

2. xMOOCs, on the other hand, believe in the conventional approach where the courses are well-structured with
pre-selected reading and reference materials.

The Advantages of MOOCs:

1. Courses are offered for free

2. Access to courses offered by professors at the top schools
3. Courses are available to a vast and diverse audience across the globe
4. Learners’ performance can be monitored easily using the data captured during the start of courses
5. Both professors and learners get world-wide exposure, thus improving pedagogical techniques and knowledge sharing.
6. Can be used as a tool in a blended learning program, where students can access more information than what is provided
in the class
7. Learn from peers around the world.
8. Prepare you academically for college.
9. Let you test out your major before committing.
The Disadvantages of MOOCs:

1. Cannot be used a credit-earning course at universities

2. Difficulties in tracking the students’ assignments and involvement
3. Learners with disabilities and a poor Internet connection cannot use MOOCs.
4. Can have a language barrier while offering MOOCs
5. Cannot provide for personalized courseware and attention from a tutor

Learning Competency

Describe the impact of massive open online.

ACTIVITY No. 1:

DIRECTION: Complete the crossword puzzle below by Identifying what is asked on each number.

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7

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1 thousands of participant 1 Massachusetts Institute of

4 without payment
5 ideal for topping up or refreshing
existing knowledge or taking a whole
new course
7 cannot be used a credit earning
course at universities
Technology
2 available to all
3 distributed all over the world
6 MOOCs learn from peers around
the world
8 can be a barrier in offering MOOCs

ACTIVITY No. 2:

DIRECTION: Give 5 words that describe the impact or effects of Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs) two points

each.

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ACTIVITY No. 3:

Direction: Write the right word that describe in each sentences. Write your answer before each number.

__________________1. Believe in the conventional approach where the courses are well-structured with pre-selected
reading and reference materials.
__________________2. A free websites which courses are categorized by level of difficulty rather than subjects.

__________________3. It became the first large collections of MOOC resources made available by the University on
2011.

__________________4. It is an online courses that allow participants free access and unrestricted participation to any
course of their choice.
__________________5. Khan Academy is best known for?

__________________6. MOOC means?

__________________7. One of the disadvantages of MOOCs

__________________8. One of the advantages of MOOCs.

__________________9. MOOC was coined by__________from the University of Prince Edward Island for a course
offered by the University of Manitoba on 2008.

__________________10. MIT Open Courseware -ideal for older students, this pioneering programme from __________,
which is one of the most prestigious college in the world,

REFLECTION:

In your own opinion, do you think MOOCs can help students in a rural areas where we belong?

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REFERENCES

https://www.infoprolearning.com/blog/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-moocs--massive-open-online-cources-for-

learning/

https://www.whatis.techtarget.com-cdn-amproject.org

https://www2.slideshare.net/mobile/YogenderSinghRana/mooc-massive-open-40133656?

Prepared by: GINA V. CAYANAN

Name of Writer

Noted by: LABERNE A. LADIGNON, JR

Division ICT Coordinator OIC-EPS