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.
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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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)