9th Series MOOC Structure

 It is now clear that there are essential inputs to design, develop and deliver MOOC course in form of Hardware with internet excess ( Laptop or Desk Top of High configuration with high internet access, Inbuilt Camera and Mike ( It may be external also), Software: LMS ( free or paid), Digital Tools and Technologies and E-contents as discussed in previous posts. Now we will discuss the Four Quadrants of MOOC s  Structure:

Four Quadrants of MOOC s  Structure: Indian MOOC follows four quadrants approach as such:

 Quadrant-I - (e-Tutorial): First Quadrant is an e-tutorial and consists of video content along with transcriptions.

Quadrant-II - (e-Content): In this Quadrant, There will be presentations, e-books, self-instructional materials, case studies, web resources, OERS, Research Papers, and popular articles, etc.  
Quadrant-III - (Assessment): This is the assessment section and it will contain Assessment of Learning and Assessment for learning. It may be in the form of  Multiple Choice Questions, Fill in the blanks, Matching Questions, Short Answer Questions, Long Answer Questions, Quizzes, Assignments and solutions, Discussion forum topics, and setting up the FAQs, Clarifications on general misconceptions.

Quadrant-IV - (Discussion Forum)
Discussion forum for raising doubts and clarifying them on a near real-time basis by the Course Coordinator or his team.

                                                                ( As per SWAYAM Guidelines directions)

 

                                                                                                            (Vandana punia)

 

 

 

8th Series

 Video E-Content

Video E content is a popular and powerful mechanism of any MOOC program under the title of Tutorials. It can be called recording, reproducing, or broadcasting of moving visual images. As an educational context, we may prepare small video lessons for our flipped classrooms in a very easy and convenient manner. There are some free tools from which we can create our own video lessons.

1. Screencast-O-Matic:  “It is a screencasting and video editing software tool that can be downloaded directly from a browser. The software has been widely used in the education sector to support video creation for flipped classrooms, bi-directional student assessments, lecture capture, and student video assignments”. (Wikipedia).

Let us learn how to develop video lessons from screencast-o-Matic.

1. Write Screencast-O-Matic on Google.

2.Click it and the page appears like this.

3. Click on Record Free

4. Click on Launch Free Recorder. It will download the WebLaunchRecorder.exe .like this.

5. After download, the page looks like this 

There are two options. We can share the screen as well as the web camera accordingly or simultaneously from this screencast-o-Matic.

This is an example of the video made by me.

 https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cYhejRBggo

(Prof. Vandana Punia, Dean Faculty of Education, Human Resource Development Centre. Guru Jambheshwar University Of S&T, Hisar. She is also the Course Coordinator of National Resource Center, Pedagogical Innovations and Research Methodology.  (MHRD, Govt. of India).