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ACADEMICS
Media and Information
Literacy
Quarter II – Week 2
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)

CONTEXTUALIZED LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

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ACADEMICS – Media and Information Literacy - Grade 11/12
Contextualized Learning Activity Sheets (CLAS)
Quarter II – Week 1: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
First Edition, 2020

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Lesson 1
Massive Open Online Courses
(MOOC)
Learning Competency:
Describe the impact of massive open online.

Objectives: 1. Understand MOOC,

2. Know the leading MOOC providers, and
3. Describe the impact of massive open online

Let’s Explore and Discover

Unlocking of
Difficulties
• Massive Open
Online Course or
MOOC - is a free
Web-based distance
learning program
that is designed for
the participation of
large numbers of
geographically
dispersed students.

In 2011, the advancement of Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs took the world by
storm through its great prominence and accessibility to state-of-the-art knowledge at an
economical and flexible format. As the society demands for the need of higher education,
MOOCs were engineered to deliver a solution which disregards geographical, academic, and
monetary requirements. At present, MOOCs are growing in size, scope, and number,
launching a novel educational paradigm for the time-conscious information era.

How can MOOC help you in your future career?

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 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." MOOC is an online course with the option of free and open
registration, a publicly-shared curriculum, and open-ended outcomes. MOOCs integrate
social networking, accessible online resources, and are facilitated by leading practitioners in
the field of study. Most significantly, MOOCs build on the engagement of learners who self-
organize their participation according to learning goals, prior knowledge and skills, and
common interests.

MOOC is an open access with no tuition fees, exposing top level professors at different
universtities that would otherwise be unavailable to much of the world's population. It is
also an open courses for all interested, regardless of location, resulting in a more diverse
student base. Students can collaborate with their peers, share work, critique and receive
others feedback from different parts of the world. It provides an online interaction among
students and professors in which they have found global sharing of knowledge as more
appealing. Many acknowledge that MOOCs help them reevaluate their pedagogical methods,
while improving knowledge sharing.

However, MOOCs make it easy for students to drop out. It does not provide active
feedback due to large number of enrollees. Students need to be responsible for their own
work because MOOCs provide self-directed learning, sometimes technical problems and
limited real world engagement.

The 4 Characteristics Of MOOCs

Massive Open Online Courses are available online, often free of charge, and provided
by recognizable institutions. These online courses respect certain technical specifications
and the following four characteristics: they leverage web formats, are collaborative, contain
evaluation modules, and are limited in time.

1. Using Web Formats

MOOCs heavily rely on different web formats. Consequently, the large majority of
courses consist of pre-recorded videos that are streamed by users. To create content tools
like YouTube or Vimeo are commonly used. Streamed videos are meant to simulate the
presence of the trainer. MOOCs can also use live-streams to create a virtual classroom
environment. Occasionally, teachers also organize live sessions with their students using
tools like Hangouts or Ustream. This is a unique opportunity for students to get in touch
with the trainer directly and ask questions. MOOCs also offer meetups and in-person get
togethers. Meetups are generally organized by MOOC participants who want to meet up with
other course participants in their area. They are an opportunity to discuss course topics but
also work on group projects.

2. Collaborative Learning
One key aspect of MOOCs is their collaborative component. During a MOOC,
everything possible is done to recreate the in-class experience, including the use of
collaborative tools. Rather than a vertical distribution of knowledge, MOOCs allow for the
emergence of learning communities where the input of each participant enriches the course.
Social Q&A Forums (advanced forums with voting functionalities), Facebook groups,
meetups, or peer corrections are used to encourage and develop collaboration.

3. Assessing Knowledge
In addition to content designed to convey knowledge, MOOCs offer tools to assess the
transfer and retention of this knowledge. These modules help make courses more dynamic
and interactive and generally take the form of multiple-choice exams, programmed tests, or
essay questions that are corrected automatically, by teachers or by classmates. Additionally,
MOOCs can offer certificates to those who have completed the course. These certificates are
how most American MOOC platforms monetize their content.

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4. Time Limits
The final characteristic of MOOCs is the notion of time limitations. MOOCs have
specified start and end dates. Course content (documents, videos, exercises, etc.) is delivered
sequentially, each week. For the learner, coursework is spread over time. Temporally
structuring course content helps make it seem like a series of mini events and allows for the
creation of an efficient communication strategy including teasers, email updates, etc. It is
also an effective means to ensure that the MOOC mimics a traditional attended course with
weekly classes.

All of these criteria combined create MOOCs. Taken apart, they were already present
in online learning, in some form or another. What made the MOOC format unique is that for
the first time all of these elements were used simultaneously in a single course format.

Source: Rollins, Amanda. 2018. What's A MOOC? History, Principals, And Characteristics. September 3. Accessed
December 20, 2020. https://elearningindustry.com/whats-a-mooc-history-principles-characteristics.

Leading MOOC Providers

Here is a list of 10 of the leading MOOC providers that feature courses offered by accredited
and elite Universities from around the globe.

Coursera Our mission is to provide universal access to the world’s

(https://www.coursera.org/) best education. Coursera is an education platform that
partners with top universities and organizations
worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take,
for free. Watch short video lectures, take interactive
quizzes, complete peer graded assessments, and
connect with fellow learners and instructors. Finish
your course and receive formal recognition for your
accomplishment with an optional Verified Certificate.
We want to help you learn better and faster. That’s
why we designed our platform based on proven
teaching methods verified by top researchers.

Here are 4 key ideas that were influential in shaping

our vision:
▪ Effectiveness of online learning - classes with
online learning have been shown to produce
sronger student outcomes that face-to-face
only.
▪ Mastery learning - to help learners fully
understand a topic before moving onto a more
advanced topic.
▪ Peer assessments - have been shown in many
studies to result in accurate feedback for the
learner and a valuable learning experience for
the grader.

Blended learning - has been shown in studies to

increase student engagement, attendance and
performance.

edX (https://ed.org) At edX, we believe in the highest quality education, both

online and in the classroom.
Through our institutional partners, the xConsortium,
along with other leading global members, we present
the best of higher education online, offering
opportunity to anyone who wants to achieve, thrive,
and grow.

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 Our aim is to become a leading resource for learners
and learning worldwide by staying focused on the
goals and principles set forth when forming edX:
Our goals
▪ Expand access to education for everyone
▪ Enhance teaching and learning on campus and
online
▪ Advance teaching and learning through
research
Our principles
▪ Nonprofit
▪ Open source platform
▪ Collaborative
▪ Financially sustainable

Udacity Our mission is to bring accessible, affordable, engaging,

(https://www.udacity.com) and highly effective higher education to the world.
We believe that higher education is a basic human
right, and we seek to empower our students to
advance their education and careers.

We are building an online university, "by Silicon

Valley", that:
▪ teaches the skills that industry employers need
today
▪ delivers credentials endorsed by employers
▪ educates at a fraction of the cost of traditional
schools

With industry giants—Google, AT&T, Facebook,

Salesforce, Cloudera, etc.—we offer Nanodegree
programs and credentials, designed so professionals
become Web Developers, Data Analysts, Mobile
Developers, etc.
Our students acquire real skills through a series of
online courses and hands-on projects.

FutureLearn We believe learning should be an enjoyable, social

(https://www.futurelearn.com) experience, so our courses offer the opportunity to
discuss what you’re learning with others as you go,
helping you make fresh discoveries and form new
ideas.

We offer a diverse selection of courses from leading

universities and cultural institutions from around the
world. These are delivered one step at a time, and are
accessible on mobile, tablet and desktop, so you can
fit learning around your life.

We’re a private company wholly owned by The Open

University, with the benefit of over 40 years of their
experience in distance learning and online education.
We have 40 partners from the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia
and the Middle East. These include many of the best
UK and international universities, as well as
institutions with a huge archive of cultural and
educational material, such as the British Council, the
British Library, the British Museum, and the National
Film and Television School.
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NoveEd (https://novoed.com) NovoEd is committed to being on the cutting edge of
innovation in pedagogy, and our platform is the only
one designed to connect students to each other and to
their instructors around content at scale.

Our student-centered online learning environment

enables you to tear down the walls of your classroom
and extend learning through a team-based,
collaborative, and project-based approach at scale.
We help learners foster the competencies of creative
thinking, collaboration, and communication in
practice.

Our courses are built on sound pedagogical

foundations to help you learn to be a better team
player, creative thinker and problem solver in an
active, social, learning environment. Our innovative
technology keeps you connected with other students
so that you can exchange ideas, work on group
projects, get feedback, and form relationships with
other learners that last well beyond the course's end.

Our rigorous reputation system, accountability

practices, and calibrated peer review enable students
to form a worthwhile network of peers with similar
interests and commitment whether they are in the
same location or different parts of the world.

Iversity (https://iversity.org) Our aim is not to replace universities, but to empower

academics. iversity.org is the European platform for
online learning that enables universities to share a
broad range courses with students from around the
globe, providing them with the opportunity to earn
recognised credentials, no matter where they are.

We are specialised in working with the European

Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). We
work in close cooperation with instructors, higher
education institutions and knowledge-based
companies to provide high-quality courses that are
engaging, interactive and fun. iversity makes higher
education more accessible, more affordable and more
personalised.

With cultural sensitivity and passionate commitment,

it is our goal to bring higher education into the digital
age. We are young and thrive on experimentation: we
optimise our technology and didactical methods to
deliver the best possible online education experience.
In other words, we practice what we teach: lifelong
learning.

Canvas Canvas Network offers open, online courses taught by

(https://www.canvas.net) educators everywhere. We provides a place and
platform where teachers, students, and institutions
worldwide can connect and chart their own course for
personal growth, professional development, and
academic inquiry.

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 Canvas Network is developed and supported by
Instructure, a technology company that partners with
educators, institutions, and technologists to break
down barriers to learning.

While other platforms offer only a subset of online

teaching tools, Canvas Network provides all the ease
and functionality of Canvas, the LMS that makes
teaching and learning easier for more than 12 million
users.

Instructure—the company behind Canvas LMS—built

it with open, adaptable, reliable, native cloud
technologies that empower learning in every context.

Open2Study At Open2Study, we’re big believers in the idea that

(https://www.open2study.com) connecting with other students is a powerful way to
learn. Unlike students from other platforms, about one
in five Open2Study students are not only completing
their subjects, they’re also passing. It’s about giving
students the best possible online education
experience – and that’s irrespective of the fact that it’s
free. It’s about finding the right topics at the right level,
creating short easy to digest videos and offering a
classroom designed to give you everything you need at
your fingertips.

What we really wanted to achieve with Open2Study

was collaboration. The typical activity you get in an on-
campus classroom is really difficult to replicate online
and we saw the space to build this. We wanted to
connect students with other students from across the
globe. That’s why we’re constantly rolling out new
features, like messaging, connections, chat and
Student Guides. It’s also why we have such a strong
focus on social learning and the Open2Study
community.

Open2Study tries to remove the barriers that can

make people hesitant to try online learning.

Open Learning OpenLearning is an online learning platform that goes

(https://www.openlearning.com/ beyond content delivery to focus on community,
courses/) connectedness, and student engagement.
We understand that for students to learn deeply, they
need to be active, engaged, inspired, involved. They
need to interact with their peers, connect dots between
new and current knowledge and they need to have fun
in the process!
The OpenLearning philosophy, which governs the
design of the platform's student and teacher
experience is based on the pedagogical foundations of:
▪ Student empowerment, to foster deeper
learning through intrinsic motivation,
▪ Authentic, active learning experiences which go
beyond publishing content,
▪ Community and connectedness, to provide a
social platform with the best support,

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 encouragement, knowledge sharing, and
engagement.
We are both the Learning Environment and the
Student Hangout.
Traditional education providers view these as separate
spaces; we see them as the same thing.

Udemy Faculty Project Udemy's mission is to help anyone learn anything.

(https://www.udemy.com/ We’re the world’s online learning marketplace, where
collection/the-faculty-project 6 million+ students are taking courses in everything
from programming to yoga to photography–and much,
much more. Each of our 25,000+ courses is taught by
an expert instructor, and every course is available on-
demand, so students can learn at their own pace, on
their own time, and on any device.

The Faculty Project is devoted to courses by professors

at a number of top institutions, such as Colgate, Duke
University, Stanford University, Northwestern
University, Vanderbilt University, the University of
Virginia, Dartmouth College and Vassar College.

While Udemy is a for-profit enterprise, the Faculty

Project courses will be free forever.
The courses, available to students on demand, include
discussion boards for interaction with other students
and professors, videos, PowerPoint presentations,
PDFs, articles, and other resources.

The project creates an incredible and unprecedented

opportunity to share lessons that empower and inspire
people to improve their lives and change their worlds.

Source: Social Learning. n.d. 10 of the Best MOOC Providers. Accessed December 2020, 2020.
http://sociallearningcommunity.com/10-of-the-best-mooc-providers/.

Let’s Practice

Directions: Search and select at least five (5) courses from the given MOOC providers
according to your preferences. Use the spaces below to write your answer.

1. ___________________________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Scenario: Your school supports MOOCs. The head of the school encourages you to enrol
in one of the courses offered which can be helpful in your college or university education.

Directions: Choose one (1) among the selected courses from the previous activity. And
then, fill out the registration form that follows.

Massive Open Online Registration Form

Name:
Grade:
Email Address:
Preffered MOOC:
Brief description about
the MOOC:
Course objectives:
Name of
Professors/Instructors:
Give their academic
qualifications:
Your signature:
Date:

What made you decide to choose that course or program? Briefly discuss your reason.
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Let’s Do More

An acrostic is a form of writing in which the first letter of each line spells out a word or a
sentence to convey a message.

Directions: Based on your understanding, write a meaningful acrostic for MOOC.

M_____________________________________________________________
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O_____________________________________________________________
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O_____________________________________________________________
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C_____________________________________________________________
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Directions: Using the Venn Diagram, compare and contrast the differences and similarities
of MOOC and online course.

MOOCs Online Courses

How have current trends in technologies played a vital role

in the Philippine educational system?
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 Let’s Sum It Up

Directions: Using the Pro-Con Grid, describe the impact of Massive Open Online Courses
by making a lists of pros and cons to show their advantages and disadvantages.

PROs CONs

Directions: Explain why MOOCs are called “democratized learning”. Use the space below
to discuss your answer.

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 Let’s Assess
Directions: Read and answer the following questions carefully. Circle the letter of the
correct answer.

1. Who is the proponent of MOOCs?

A. Dave Garnier C. Bill Gates
B. Larry Page D. Mark Zuckerberg
2. The following are true about MOOCs EXCEPT:
A. Open access C. No tuition fees
B. Easy for students to drop out D. Can be accessed offline
3. Majory of MOOCs use pre-recorded videos. Which of the following chracteristics refers
to this?
A. Web formats C. Collaborative learning
B. Assessment of knowledge D. Time limits
4. Which of the following BEST describes MOOCs?
A. Teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge
B. A form of education in which the main elements include physical separation of
teachers and students during instruction.
C. It is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the
Web.
D. The use of various technologies to facilitate student-teacher and student-student
communication.
5. Which of the following characteristics of MOOCs refers to tools that is used to transfer
and retain learning easily?
A. Time limits C. Assessing knowledge
B. Collaborative learning D. Using web formats
6. Which of the following MOOC providers provides a universal access to the world’s best
education since they are partners of top universities worldwide?
A. edX C. Udacity
B. Coursera D. Iversity
7. Which of the following MOOC providers aims to replace universities, but empower
academics?
A. NovoED C. Canvas
B. edX D. Iversity
8. Which of the following MOOC providers believes in the highest quality education, both
online and in the classroom?
A. Udacity C. edX
B. Coursera D. FutureLearn
9. Which of the following MOOC offers only a subset of online teaching tools?
A. Open2Study C. Canvas
B. Iversity D. NovoED
10. Which of the following MOOC providers goes beyond content delivery to focus on
community, connectedness, and student engagement?
A. Canvas C. Open learning
B. FutureLearn D. Udacity

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 Answer Key
Let’s Practice Let’s Do More

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Reflective Question:
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Let’s Sum It Up

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Let’s Assess
1. A 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C
6. B 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. C

References
Commission on Higher Education. 2016. Teaching Guide for Senior High School Media and
Information Literacy. Quezon City: Commission on Higher Education. Accessed
December 13, 2020.

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