The second iteration of the TESS-India MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), ‘Enhancing Teacher Education through OER’, opened yesterday (23rd November 2015). Again we have again seen a significant number of registrations from all over the globe, with almost 50% of participants coming from India as is the focus of the project. This global perspective of the educational landscape has proved a positive experience for learners, which we hope to see repeated.
“I would like to state the fact that despite being so far away from one country to another, India’s teaching –learning experience is so similar to Honduras’ experience or probably so universal that I love revisiting and learning about your experience”
MOOC participant, Honduras (from the first version of the MOOC)
The MOOC is being run in an ‘open boundary’ style format, meaning that, in addition to the online interactions in which the majority of participants engage, there are regular face-to-face sessions for a selected group of participants nominated in each of the 7 states the project is focusing on.
In terms of the content of the MOOC there have been some minor changes to the assessment and the language of instruction has been slightly tweaked based on feedback from the first iteration. It is of course too early to really comment on the differences of the learner experience but you might like to have a look at some of the statistical information in the form of an infographic from the first iteration of the MOOC.
“I would like to state the fact that despite being so far away from one country to another, India’s teaching –learning experience is so similar to Honduras’ experience or probably so universal that I love revisiting and learning about your experience”
MOOC participant, Honduras (from the first version of the MOOC)
The MOOC is being run in an ‘open boundary’ style format, meaning that, in addition to the online interactions in which the majority of participants engage, there are regular face-to-face sessions for a selected group of participants nominated in each of the 7 states the project is focusing on.
So what is different this time?
In terms of the content of the MOOC there have been some minor changes to the assessment and the language of instruction has been slightly tweaked based on feedback from the first iteration. It is of course too early to really comment on the differences of the learner experience but you might like to have a look at some of the statistical information in the form of an infographic from the first iteration of the MOOC.
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| MOOC infographic |
I will posting an update on our progress soon and if you are interested in participating in the MOOC it is not too late to register https://www.edx.org/course/enhancing-teacher-education-through-oer-oecx-tess101x-0
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