In which of the methods of teaching ICT support is implied?

In which of the methods of teaching ICT support is implied? Correct Answer MOOCs

Key Points

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses):

  • The first MOOCs emerged from the open educational resources (OER) movement was started by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge) Open Course Ware project
  • During the OER movement, the Wikiversity (Wikimedia foundation project to support learning) was found in 2006 and the first open course on the platform was organized in 2007.
  • There are two types of MOOCs, 
    • cMOOCs: based on constructivists pedagogy
    • xMOOCs: it is a traditional approach

The key concept of MOOCs has been depicted in the following image

Methods of teaching

Characteristics

Lecture method

  • It is the oldest method of teaching
  • It is a teacher-centered method of teaching
  • Mainly a one-way communication
  • It is formal and narrative in nature
  • It presents a series of events and facts
  • The lecture method explores problems.

Buzz session

  • Deliberately built short participative session
  • It is a cooperative learning technique consisting of the formation of small discussion groups for developing a specific task (idea generation, problem-solving, and so on) or facilitating that a group of people reach a consensus on their ideas about a topic in a specific period of time.

Interactive presentation

  • It increases the level of engagement of the learners
  • Interactive presentations learners to reconnect and focus when they have lost the attention
  • It encourages team-building and innovation.
  • Help in better retention.
  • The use of tools, interactive elements, personal skills, etc. is very important.

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