Course Name: Designing Learner-Centric MOOCs

Course abstract

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become a popular avenue for diverse learners to upgrade their knowledge and skills. Instructors who are new to creating MOOCs tend to focus on the use of technology features to mimic their classroom actions. While it is necessary to be aware of the technology affordances, it is more important to focus on the pedagogy of how to use the MOOC features effectively to foster student engagement and learning. Hence MOOC instructors need a set of design principles and guidelines to create a learner-centric MOOC. In this course, we will discuss the Learner-Centric MOOC (LCM) model, and how to apply it to create effective MOOCs.


Course Instructor

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Dr. Jayakrishnan M.

Jayakrishnan M is a Senior Scientist at National Programme for Technology Enhanced Learning, IIT Madras. He completed his PhD in "A Model for Large-scale In-service Teacher Training in Effective Technology Integration in Engineering Education" from the Inter-Disciplinary Programme in Educational Technology at IIT Bombay. His research interests in the field of Educational Technology include Teacher Technology Integration, Massive Open Online Learning, Sustainability in Teacher Professional Development and Computer Supported Collaborative Learning.
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Prof.Sahana Murthy

Sahana Murthy is a faculty member in the Inter-Disciplinary Programme in Educational Technology at IIT Bombay since 2009. Prior to that she was a lecturer at the Experimental Study Group in MIT from 2006-09 during which she implemented and evaluated innovative teaching methods. She worked as a post-doctoral researcher in Physics Education Research at MIT (2005-6) and Rutgers University(2004-5), USA. She got her Ph.D. in Physics from Rutgers University in 2004. Her current research interests lie in students' development of thinking skills through technology enhanced learning environments.


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Dr.Sameer Sahasrabudhe

Sameer S Sahasrabudhe works as Senior Project Research Scientist, at the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay. He has a graduation in fine arts, post graduate diplomas in animation film making and distance education, and a doctorate in the area of eLearning animation. He has a cumulative experience of 18 years, in the areas of advertising, animation film production, eLearning content creation, research, and teaching. He has bagged awards at national and international film festivals. As an evangelist of open source 3D animation software: Blender, he has conducted several workshops, on Blender animation, and has presented at various conferences. His courses on IITBombayX platform have been well received.
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Prof.Sridhar Iyer

Sridhar Iyer is a faculty member in the Inter-Disciplinary Program in Educational Technology, and Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. His current research interests include: Technology enhanced learning environments for thinking skills, Pedagogies for effective use of educational technologies, development of ICT tools for educational applications, and Computer science education research. Sridhar Iyer received his BTech, MTech and PhD from the Dept of Computer Science & Engg. at IIT Bombay
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Nitin Ayer

Technical Assistant, Computer Science and Engineering Department

Heramb Sukhathankar

Heramb is a postgraduate in Computer Science and holds a postgraduate diploma in Instructional Design. He has three years of experience in the Indian eLearning industry as a content writer and instructional designer. Currently, he works as a Project Research Assistant, at the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay.

Veenita Shah

Ph.D. Molecualar Biology

 Course Duration : Feb-Mar 2019

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 15-Nov-2018 to 25-Feb-2019

 Exam registration : 25-Feb-2019 to 22-Mar-2019

 Exam Date : 31-Mar-2019, 31-Mar-2019

Enrolled

2451

Registered

188

Certificate Eligible

147

Certified Category Count

Gold

31

Silver

74

Elite

31

Successfully completed

11

Participation

5

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





Legend

>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 4 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score

Note: Assignment Logic-
A1=(0.7*KQ1+0.1*RQ1+0.2*(Best of AQ1)
A2=(0.7*KQ2+0.1*RQ2+0.2*(Best of AQ2)
A3=(0.7*KQ3+0.1*RQ3+0.2*(Best of AQ3)
A4=(0.7*KQ4+0.1*RQ4+0.2*(Best of AQ4)

Designing Learner-Centric MOOCs - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

ABHISHEK S 98%

TKM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

ILAVENIL K 97%

SRI RAMAKRISHNA DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL

SAMUNDEESWARI E.S. 97%

VELLALAR COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

SONICA RAUTELA 97%

SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES

DR USHA. S 97%

WOMEN`S CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, CHENNAI

JEYA PRAKASH K 97%

KALASALINGAM ACADEMY OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

ADYA SHARMA 97%

SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES

VIJAY PRAKASH MISRA 97%

SYMBIOSIS CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES, PUNE; SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL (DEEMED UNIVERSITY)


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2451

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 188

Assignment Statistics




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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.