THE USE OF MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOCS) IN TEXTILE EDUCATION

Autor: Mariana Ursache, Bogdan Rusu, Emil constantin Loghin, Luminita Ciobanu, Dorin Dan, Manuela Avadanei, Savin dorin Ionesi
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: eLearning and Software for Education.
ISSN: 2066-026X
DOI: 10.12753/2066-026x-16-256
Popis: The academic and professional community must be not only interested but directly involved in developing solutions for creative forms of education. It is clear that the approach of the new educational space must be made in the context of its contribution to improve employment and economic development. In the last decade one of the most prominent developments in education is represented by the deployment of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). In this context the paper present a general and documented view on the potential benefits of using MOOCs as new flexible, innovative learning approach and delivery method. The open education systems bring new opportunities for innovation in higher and vocational education that will allow institutions and academics to explore new online learning models and innovative practices in teaching and learning. The existing textiles and clothing MOOC`s are documented and categorized according to type taking into consideration the existing synchronous asynchronous, MOOCs offered independently by universities and other institutions internationally and other massive educational platforms. A search for significant documents has been conducted through the Internet and scientific databases giving access to electronic resources. The research (documents, news, courses) was restricted to English language. Some keywords for the research were: MOOC, review, model, benchmark, etc. Preference was given to resources whose date of publication was after 2012. The MOOC platforms represent a high opportunity to provide specialized education to a wide number of learners. Also the teacher's activity is considerable simplified using interactive lessons, because the students can manage themselves the existing video resources, becoming independent from the tutor.
Databáze: OpenAIRE