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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Prof. Sahana Murthy

Sahana Murthy is Professor in the Educational Technology interdisciplinary program at IIT Bombay. Her research interest is in developing students' problem-solving, design thinking and inquiry practices in STEM domains via interactive technology enhanced learning environments. Another area of focus is Teacher Use of Educational Technologies, which has led to the design of models and large-scale professional development workshops for for instructors. One such model, the learner-centric MOOC (LCM) model has formed the basis for several online and blended courses on NPTEL and IITBombayX platforms. Before joining IIT Bombay, she was a post-doctoral researcher in Physics Education Research at Rutgers University and MIT, USA. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Mumbai, Master’s degree in physics from IIT Bombay, and PhD in physics from Rutgers University.
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Prof. Gargi Banerjee

Dr. Gargi Banerjee is a Research Scientist in the Interdisciplinary Programme in Educational Technology at IIT Bombay. She has completed her PhD on "A framework for enabling instructors to create effective customized learning designs with visualization" from IIT Bombay and has 12+ years of experience in conducting both face-to-face and online faculty development programs for Science and Engineering faculty. Her research Interests are: Developing teachers’ learning design competency for effective integration of ICT (like simulations, augmented reality) in teaching. Effect of learner-centred MOOC (LCM) pedagogy on social presence, teaching presence & cognitive presence in teacher professional development (TPD) MOOCs. Developing analytical rubric to assess the quality of Learning Objects as effective learning resources.
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Prof. 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. 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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 Course Duration : Jan-Feb 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021

 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Feb-2021

 Exam Date : 21-Mar-2021

Enrolled

1547

Registered

141

Certificate Eligible

119

Certified Category Count

Gold

16

Silver

75

Elite

23

Successfully completed

5

Participation

7

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

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

SIDDHI S 97%

PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

DR HEMLATA CHELAWAT 95%

UCCMS

ANNAPURNA MADHURI K 95%

SMIORE Academy for Teacher Training


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

DR KAMALA ESAKKIMUTHU 94%

TRICHY SRM MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE

ROHAN DASGUPTA 94%

ANJUMAN-I-ISLAMS KALSEKAR TECHNICAL CAMPUS, NEW PANVEL

DR HARI SINGH DHILLON 93%

D.A.V INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (DAVIET)

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1547

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 141

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.