FS Field Study 3

Technology in the Learning Environment

EPISODE 6
On-Line Learning Through MOOCS

Name of FS Student: Maria eloisa J. Maningas

Course: BSED- English Year and Section: 3B
Resource Teacher: Mrs. Odezza N. Potencio Signature
Cooperating School: Dr. Maria D. Pastrana High School

Your Target

At the end of this activity, you will identify MOOCs that align with the NCBTS and
choose MOOCs that will contribute to one’s own professional development.

Your Map

To realize your Intended Learning Outcomes, you will work through these steps.

Your Tools

1. Get a copy of the NCBTS and go over the competencies.

2. On the second column, write the competencies you like to work on.
3. Search for MOOCs in the internet which is relevant to the competencies you identified. You
may try these sites:
http://www.teachthought.com/technology/list-75-moocs-teachers-student/
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/moocs-best-teachers-free-online-courses.shtml
http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldforum/2013/06/10/moccs-for-teachers-theyre-
learners-too/
http://www.mooc-list.com/categories/teacher-professional-development
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/04/30/new-online-teacher-training-program-joins-mooc-
madness/

4. Indicate the MOOC provider. You might need to create an account in the different MOOC
providers to explore their MOOCs.
NCBTS Domain Competencies I want MOOCs related to the MOOC
to work on competency/ies Provider
( Include a short description)

1. Social Learn about artificial Neutral Networks for

Regard for neutral network and Machine Learning
Learning how they’re being used emphasize both the basic COURSERA
for machine learning algorithm and the practical
as applied to speech trick need to get them work
and object. well.
2. The Learning I want to work on to Effective classroom
Environment have a good learning interactions: Supporting
environment for my Young Children’s COURSERA
students to learn Development provides
effectively and clearly. conducive learning
environment.

3. Diversity of I want to work on to Moralities of everyday life

Learners have fairness and wide explores the psychological COURSERA
understanding for my function of our moral lives.
future students.

4. Curriculum Apply all the learning k-13 teaching in the 21st

guides for the students century provides new
to have a good teaching strategies to COURSERA
learning and attain it develop more the education.
all.
5. Planning, I want to work on my Performance assessment in
Assessing and performance skills to the virtual classroom was
Reporting be an effective future effective measure of COURSERA
educator. In this I will performance and
practice my potential. assessment are a crucial
component of any virtual
program.

6. Community To acknowledge me The effective

Linkages on me on what this communication
world have in that case specialization takes you on COURSERA
I will have a heart to a journey of self-realization.
teach my future You’ll learn that excellence
students. in communication involves
the ability to express.

7. Personal I want to work on Computer skills and literacy

Growth and about my skills in provides students with a
Professional everything to enhance comprehensive introduction COURSERA
Development my skills. I want to to computers. Students will
ready myself in real explore a variety of topics in
world. computer.
 Your Tools

From among the MOOCs you explored, pick at least three which you believe are the
most appropriate for you. Describe the MOOCs below.

1. MOOC Title: Presentations: Speaking so that People Listen

Provider:

The coursera is the provider of this course. Courser is an education platform

that partners with help top Universities and Organizations worldwide to offer courses
online for anyone.

Objectives of the MOOC

This course will give you helpful tips for making effective speeches and
delivering them well in typical American settings. You’ll learn how to organize a
presentation, how to make it memorable, and how to communicate clearly. This will help
you to improve your public speaking skills, either for school work.

Content Outline

This course will help you to have several opportunities to demonstrate the
presentation skills that you learn. It also helps you to gain the experience you need to be
more confident when you give speech in the classroom or job. Learners will record several
videos of themselves giving assigned presentations and upload the videos for peer
feedback.

Why did you pick MOOC?

As a student that specialized in English it will help me a lot to improve my

skills in speaking. In this course, it may build my confidence to speak well in front of many
people. I will be becoming a good communicator through this and it will help me to my
future profession to face my learners confidently.

2. MOOC Title: English for Research Publication Purposes

Provider:

The provider of this course is the courser which is designed to help students
achieve mastery over course material. They provide challenging assessments, interactive
exercises during lesson.
 Objectives of the MOOC

The objective of this course, will acquire the knowledge and skills that are
deemed to be essential to access in scientific writing. You will develop your expertise with
a range of academic literacy skills self-editing strategies to prepare a publishable
manuscript that editors will take seriously. You will learn the unwritten rules of good writing
to meet the requirements of modern-day research publications.

Content Outline

This course is the perfect first step into the world of research publication. It is
design to take your knowledge of academic writing and term it into an in-depth
understanding of content trends in scientific writing to help you get published in an
international journal, win a research project or report research finding.

Why did you pick MOOC?

I picked his course because it will help me to improve my writing skills and at
the same time to more knowledgeable about research publication. I want to try to write a
journal or article about the problems that our environment has and to inform people about
it. It will help me to voice out my thoughts through writing.

3. MOOC Title: Business English: Networking

Provider:

The MOOC provider is coursera created by UCI Extension continuing

education. The course begins with a welcome message and an overview of the
specialization.

Objectives of the MOOC

The course learning objectives are to determine whether the objectives

of this specialization align with your learning goals. Evaluate your current level of
proficiency in business English communication. Present relevant information about
yourself in a discussion forum and develop vocabulary related to job and companies.

Content Outline

In this course, there is 5 weeks time/day commitment and the contents

are Introduction to Business in English communication, Introduction, Meeting arrangement
on the telephone and the last is meeting arrangement ( Email ). During the course, you will
begin learning vocabulary and costumer related to socializing and networking in English.

Why did you pick MOOC?

I believed that this MOOC will help me to become good communicator and to
practice my language skills. It will help me to have an experience about entering to a
business. In this, I will also to be prepared in my future profession through developing my
vocabulary and build confidence to speak in front of other people.
 Your Reflections

1. How can MOOCs help you in your future career as a professional teacher and as a
lifelong learner?

As a future teacher, MOOCs helps me to realized that technology has a big part on
our lives and at the same time in our learning. Through MOOCs we can explore more new
things that can help us in our teaching-learning process. It more convenient for me as a
future teacher to get information and at the same time it helps me to enhance my
computer skills on exploring online learning through MOOCs. It is an educational course
content that may help a lot the students if using this. As a lifelong learner, MOOCs help
me to give the opportunity to have a quality education. The knowledge that I will get in
MOOCs will help me to become a knowledgeable person I will share it to my future
students someday. It also helps to become prepared for my future profession. I will use it
in my daily life of teaching for my students to have higher education.

2. What did you learn from the way the providers use technology to teach in the
MOOCs?

One of the learning that I gained from the way the providers used technology to
teach in the Massive Open-Online Courses (MOOCs)was technology provides an
opportunity for many people to have a good education. Also, that nowadays, distance is
not a barrier anymore to us to learn and it’s all because of the help of technology and at
the same time MOOCs. It is more convenient to learn through MOOCs for the people who
have a busy life in working and not able to go to school because MOOCs are online
courses that open to a group of people. This course can be accessed by anyone
anywhere as long as they have internet connection. Even though it is online courses,
people of the group builds a learning community through opportunities to interact. MOOCs
give their participants to test knowledge about the topics that they discussed like in
classroom but in this it will give online. They also provide a feedback from the
performance of their participants through the use of technology.

3. How will you prepare yourself for MOOCs, as a learner, and as a teacher, who may
someday teach a MOOC?

I will prepare myself for Massive Open-Online Courses (MOOCs) as a learner by

trying to use this course. I will explore their MOOCs providers like Coursera, Edx, Udacity,
Udemy, Iversity and ect to learn more about this course. Through exploring this courses I
will become familiar to their programs. It will not be so hard for me to try MOOCs. After I
prepared myself by experiencing this courses, so as for the future teacher that who may
someday teach a MOOCs by still using it. By that time, I assure to myself that I will
improve more my skills to be more an effective facilitator. So, that I will help my help my
future students effectively to learn. For me the learning experience of online learning and
traditional are just the same. The only difference between the two are just a place. They
are both helping the participants or learners to learn in different ways of learning. To make
it short, it is not hard to become prepare for MOOCs because it is just like traditional but
now through using technology.
 Your Portfolio

Make a listing of MOOC providers (like Coursera, Edx, Udemy, Udacity, etch). Under each
one, include the most relevant MOOCs they offer for teachers. You may print their icons and
course listings. Highlight the ones you want to enroll in the future. Or if it is already possible, enroll
in the future. Or if it is already possible, enroll in one MOOC and document here what you learned
and maybe paste your certificate of completion here.