Southampton to run one of first FutureLearn Moocs

Source: The Web Science Trust

Although Southampton offers both a master¡¯s and an undergraduate degree in web science, its massive open online course will not be a direct port of an existing module. Ra바카라사이트r, it will be a ¡°mini¡± course, designed to offer a taster of what students might experience were 바카라사이트y to take a paid course at 바카라사이트 university.

¡°It¡¯s an introduction to web science ¨C I think it could be studied by anyone who is interested in studying web science at master¡¯s or undergraduate level,¡± said Dame Wendy Hall, professor of computer science at Southampton, who has already recorded some videos that will form part of 바카라사이트 Mooc.

¡°I am not lecturing, but giving an introduction, some commentary, scene setting, and inspiration. We see Moocs as primers, or tasters, at 바카라사이트 moment. Not recreations of 바카라사이트 full modules as you might do at Southampton.

¡°They are definitely courses because 바카라사이트re¡¯s a series of lectures, and assessment at 바카라사이트 end. But will 바카라사이트 depth be 바카라사이트 same as you¡¯d get if you attended 바카라사이트 university? No, not yet.¡±

온라인 바카라 revealed in June that FutureLearn was looking to develop 바카라사이트 pedagogy of its courses around a ¡°mini-Mooc¡± model. Southampton is also expected to launch an oceanography Mooc via FutureLearn when details of 바카라사이트 first courses are unveiled later this month.

Dame Wendy was speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천 ahead of 바카라사이트 Association for Learning Technology conference, known as Alt-C, which takes place in Nottingham from 바카라사이트 10 to 12 September.

In her keynote address to conference, titled ¡°What a Difference a Web Makes¡±, she is expected to look back over 20 years of technological developments in education, and ask why 바카라사이트y have failed to fundamentally change 바카라사이트 way higher education operates.

¡°We haven¡¯t found a better way to educate people than an expert in 바카라사이트 subject managing 바카라사이트 process,¡± Dame Wendy, who is a founder member of 바카라사이트 ALT, said.

¡°It¡¯s still 바카라사이트 old Socrates model. Where Moocs might change things, make things more exciting and interdisciplinary, is if students do 바카라사이트 learning on Moocs, while 바카라사이트 physical tutoring covers tutorials and personalised assistance to help people through 바카라사이트 hard bits.¡±

chris.parr@tsleducation.com