MIL- CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS OF MEDIA AND INFORMATION

Free, open access and scalable online higher education courses

MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE CONTENT

Give the Two categories of MOOCs

cMOOC (Connectivist Massive Open Online Course)

xMOOC (eXtended Massive Open Online Course)

• Involve groups of people learning together (cooperative learning)

• All participants can be both a learner and a teacher.

cMOOC (Connectivist Massive Open Online Course)

• based on traditional university courses

• participants can either be a learner or a teacher.

xMOOC (eXtended Massive Open Online Course)

enumerate the LEADING MOOCs OF THE 21^st CENTURY

edX

Coursera

Udacity

• One of the widely known examples of xMOOCs.

• Founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University in October 2012.

edX

• Another example of an xMOOC. It was founded by Professor Daphne Koller and Associate Professor Andrew Ng of Stanford University in April 2012.

• is a consortium of collaborating colleges.

Coursera

• It is a unique collection of MOOCs, mostly related to computers and robotics.

• It was developed by Sebastian Thurn, a research professor for computer science at Stanford University and was a Google vice president.

Udacity

enumerate the WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES

1. Watches

2. Hearables

3. Smart Clothing

4. Smart shoes

5. Glasses

6. Smart jewelry

7. Wearable cameras

8. Body sensors

9. Head-mounted displays

   Monocular HMDs

   Binocular HMDs

10. Exoskeleton

    Active exoskeleton

    Passive exoskeleton

Is an appliance that distinguishes human body movements to transfer certain information to the computer or other devices carrying out hands-free control.

GESTURE-CONTROL WEARABLES

Are appliances inside the body that transfer data to a smartphone, computer or another device.

IMPLANTABLE WEARABLES

Use the third dimension to increase the sense of reality of participants or users.

3D ENVIRONMENT

Defined as the everyday learning environment of an individual that is supported by mobile computer and wireless network connected in our everyday life.

UBIQUITOUS LEARNING

enumerate the Eight main characteristics of Ubiquitous learning

1. Permanency

2. Accessibility

3. Immediacy

4. Interactivity

5. Situated instructional activities

6. Adaptability

7. Mobile devices

8. Cloud computing

edX was founded by ________ in ________

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in October 2012

coursera was founded by _________ in _______

Professor Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng in April 2012

udacity was founded by ______

Sebastian Thurn

research professor for computer science at Stanford University and was a Google vice president.

Sebastian Thurn

enumerate 2 types of exoskeleton

Passive exoskeleton

Active exoskeleton

enumerate the 2 types of Head-mounted displays

monocular HDMs

binocular HDMs