MOOC Courses and the Future of Higher Education

MOOC Courses and the Future of Higher Education
Author: José Gómez Galán
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 91
Release: 2022-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000791882

During the last decades, our society is witnessing an authentic revolution that, in a dizzying manner has deeply influenced, modified, and transformed the way of life of human beings. This constant and unstoppable revolution is transmuting all areas of our life: social, cultural, personal, labor, economic, training, etc. This new society is characterized by a high generation of knowledge and the constant and fluid processing of information. In this macro-context, the MOOC phenomenon emerged. MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) courses are based on the principles of massive, free access to all materials and resources offered online. This new didactic path can be constituted in an innovative techno-social tendency, especially oriented in the panorama of Higher Education to stimulate university improvement, open opportunities at the same time for education and training or, simply, derive towards a new business model for the universities. In addition to being an entry point for the popularization of science and knowledge, the future possibilities are enormous and are being studied in all their various dimensions. Many initiatives as a result have been developed to implement this new form of education. MOOC Courses and the Future of Higher Education presents the latest research theories and current examples of MOOC courses practices in Higher Education. The chapters represent an extensive assortment of interpretations and practices examples of MOOC courses, across areas as varied as teaching methodologies, instructional innovations, educational technology, etc. This work is structured in three sections, the first one covers the university institution in the knowledge society, the second analyzes the MOOC training proposals, and the third discusses the future role of MOOCs. Technical topics discussed in the book include: The Virtualization of Teaching in Higher EducationTraining and Professional Development at the e-UniversityTaxonomy of MOOCsMOOC: Strengths and WeaknessesMOOCs and the Scientific Community: Challenges and InnovationMOOC PlatformsDirectory of MOOC ResourcesMOOC: Reflections of the Future

Actas del VI Simposio Las Sociedades ante el Reto Digital

Actas del VI Simposio Las Sociedades ante el Reto Digital
Author: Manuel Gertrudix Barrio
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 8415816049

Desde 2008, el Simposio Las Sociedades ante el Reto Digital, se ha venido desarrollando en el marco de la Cátedra Europa, organizado por la Universidad del Norte en Barranquilla, Colombia. En sus seis ediciones, se ha consolidado como un espacio de encuentro académico interesado en el abordaje interdisciplinar de las TIC desde tres grandes áreas, las ciencias sociales, las comunicaciones y la educación.

Learning With Escape Rooms in Higher Education Online Environments

Learning With Escape Rooms in Higher Education Online Environments
Author: Santamaría Urbieta, Alexandra
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2023-02-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1668460823

Teachers, professors, and educational professionals have the opportunity to create new, challenging, significant, and interactive learning experiences for today’s students. Escape rooms are growing in popularity as they provide numerous benefits and opportunities for learning; however, the use of escape rooms in higher education is not always taken seriously. Learning With Escape Rooms in Higher Education Online Environments proves that it is possible to take escape rooms to higher education with great results for both teachers and students by presenting different escape room proposals that are explained in detail with the instructions and materials used so that any teacher could replicate it in their subject. Covering key topics such as online learning, student learning, and computer science, this reference work is ideal for principals, industry professionals, researchers, scholars, practitioners, academicians, instructors, and students.

New Media Pedagogy

New Media Pedagogy
Author: Łukasz Tomczyk
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2024
Genre: Educational technology
ISBN: 3031632354

This volume constitutes selected papers presented during the Second International Conference on New Media Pedagogy: Research Trends, Methodological Challenges, and Successful Implementations, NMP 2023, held in Cracow, Poland, in November 2023. The 29 papers presented were reviewed and selected from 90 submissions. They focus on recent research and emerging concerns in the field of media pedagogy, such as determinants of teachers' functioning in computerised schools, digitally assisted didactics, ICT-based solutions for teaching support, e-learning during crisis, digital inclusion and exclusion, Artificial intelligence in education and more.

Competencias Docentes y Prácticas Educativas Abiertas en Educación a Distancia

Competencias Docentes y Prácticas Educativas Abiertas en Educación a Distancia
Author: María Soledad Ramírez Montoya
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2013-07-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1304167054

El proyecto "SINED-CLARISE para la educación a distancia" tuvo por objetivo el generar conocimiento en torno a modelos de enseñanza acordes con las necesidades de la educación a distancia y el enfoque de formación en competencias, a través de la creación de proyectos integrados en los que se conjuntaran los conocimientos y experiencias de investigadores y docentes especializados en dicha modalidad educativa. El movimiento educativo abierto constituyó el punto central del proyecto, conceptualizado este movimiento como las actividades educativas de acceso abierto que permite prácticas formativas que van desde el uso de recursos educativos abiertos (REA) disponibles en internet, la producción de materiales con licenciamiento abierto, la selección de REA a través de repositorios y conectores que actúan como infomediarios de los catálogos de REA, la diseminación de prácticas en entornos académicos, gubernamentales, institucionales, etc. y la movilización hacia las prácticas educativas.

Educación de calidad a través de la innovación, las TIC y la formación docente

Educación de calidad a través de la innovación, las TIC y la formación docente
Author: Inmaculada Aznar Díaz
Publisher: Ediciones Octaedro
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2022-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 8419506044

La pandemia ha obligado a los sistemas educativos a utilizar un modelo pedagógico en el cual el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje se potencia basándose en las TIC, con el consiguiente reto que atañe a la inclusión. En esta obra se pueden hallar diversas investigaciones sobre cómo atender a la diversidad en la universidad a través de las TIC, los recursos tecnológicos como estrategia de mediación para el aprendizaje de la lectura, los videojuegos con fines educativos, la seguridad digital y el aprendizaje virtual, los conceptos fundamentales de la educación, la educación de calidad, la educación intercultural en las aulas españolas, el uso de las horas de tutoría en ESO, la formación del profesorado en competencias digitales para favorecer la inclusión e innovación, las universidades andaluzas ante el reto de la inclusión educativa del alumnado con diversidad funcional, y la neuropedagogía de las IoT para la atención a la diversidad. También se pueden hallar investigaciones sobre reflexiones para formar al profesorado en atención a la diversidad, las implicaciones neurobiológicas en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, la educación emocional a través de la expresión corporal, las aulas especializadas, la relevancia de los programas educativos recreativos y de ocio, la inteligencia emocional y su impacto en el rendimiento académico, el pensamiento visual en la didáctica de la anatomía, el diseño de un mapa de prioridades en la Región de Murcia para la inclusión educativa, y sobre la oportunidad para el emprendimiento social en Latinoamérica. Estamos, sin duda, ante una obra referente de investigación en educación sobre la calidad y el reto inclusivo del siglo XXI.

Social, Political, and Religious Movements in the Modern Americas

Social, Political, and Religious Movements in the Modern Americas
Author: Pablo A. Baisotti
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2021-12-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000540022

This volume explores several notable themes related to social, political, and religious movements in Latin America and offers insightful historical perspectives to understand national, regional, and global issues from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. This volume’s collected chapters focus on the Latin American society and are divided into three sections. The first section, Social, presents some cultural, demographic, and urban changes that have occurred with increasing frequency in Latin America from the early twentieth century onward. The second section, Political, shows migratory, political, and identity movements that in recent decades have re-emerged with force. Finally, the third section, Religious, analyzes various Latin American religious visions with their particular characteristics. From the religious hegemony of Catholicism, a change in the religious panorama in the last decades can be seen intermingled with politics, history, and society.

The Convergence of Distance and Conventional Education

The Convergence of Distance and Conventional Education
Author: Roger Mills
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2002-03-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134649436

This volume of essays from leading British, North American and Australasian contributors looks at the issues of the convergence of distance and conventional education. The term 'convergence' refers to the breaking down of barriers between open and distance learning and conventional institutions, and the creation of more and more institutions working across a range of modes. Such convergence has been driven by a number of factors, including the new technologies for teaching and learning, the impact of lifelong learning policies, the entry of larger than ever numbers of adult part-time students into tertiary education, and the demands of both employers and individuals for professional and work-related education throughout their working lives. The fourteen chapters engage critically with a range of aspects of convergence, including: * how well is open and distance learning carried out by conventional institutions for which it may continue for a lengthy period to be seen as of secondary importance? * to what extent will open and distance learning be more effectively carried out by conventional institutions able to offer a variety of modes to a wide range of learners? * how well will the variety of learners be served by systems that are converging? * what are the managerial issues at institutional level where converging systems are being developed?