AUDIO MOOCAUDIO MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES

Presentation by Media4Community FoundationDr. Sreedher RamamurthyEmeritus Professor

MOOCs Massive Open Online Course, is a term used to describe web

technologies that have enabled educators to create virtual classrooms for thousands of students accessible across the world.

Early MOOCs often emphasized open-access features, such as open licensing of content, structure and learning goals, to promote the reuse and remixing of resources.

In the last 5 years a new form of education has arisen, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

“Ananth Agrawal, CEO of edX, predicted that in less than a year (2012) one of edX's partner universities would offer a purely online degree. Three years have passed since then and there is no sign of purely online degree from any of its partner institutions.”

In September 2013, edX announced a partnership with Google to develop Open edX, an open source platform and its MOOC.org, a site for non-xConsortium groups to build and host courses.  Many MOOCs use video lectures, employing the old form of teaching using a new technology

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Students read textbooks and listened to broadcast lectures, while mailing in answers to tests. Journalist Bruce Bliven asked: "Is radio to become a chief arm of education? Will the classroom be abolished and the child of the future be stuffed with facts as he sits at home or even as he walks about the streets with his portable receiving-set in his pocket?

‘Audio on demand’ service are fast becoming tools for promotion of messaging, entertainment and education with the advent of new technologies in which has fast-tracked data compression, broadband penetration and advance data driven mobile gadgets.

Audio MOOCs

THE I-RADIOLIVE PLATFORM

AUDIO MOOC / I-Radiolive.com

The university will use the I-Radiolive platform to create the first Audio MOOC. Except the lone example of an audio MOOC from IIT Kanpur which is limited to short messages accessible via dialup connections.

Web based I-Radiolive is being positioned as the world’s first audio MOOC. We have the infrastructure, platform to host, world class audio broadcasters to design, train and present the programmes.

The platform’s customized mobile app for Android and Windows smartphones makes audio listening simple and cost effective.

Power of interacting directly with hundreds of thousands of potential audience members.

Simply Record , Upload and Share.

Create your own audio channels

• Create your own official channel

• Categorize your audio files through custom categories.

• Create your own playlists so that you listeners can easily navigate your audio

•Upload picture and scrollable banners for text messages

Customize your categories and view SlideShares

Messages •Minister Speaks•Secretary Views•Doctors Speak

Subjects• Mathematics• English Literature• Economics

Student Discussion

Interactions and Interviews

• Important Interviews• Know your teachers /

Students

Urgent Notifications

• Important college notifications

• Capture Students Discussions

Share Across All mediums

Laptops / Desktops and Websites • Tablets • Android App/ Windows App

I-Radiolive Audio MOOC Current Reach

7 Universities, 2 Institutions, 2 Union Ministries, 9 Community Radio Stations Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Assam, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat22,500 Monthly Unique listenersPotential Reach - 3.5 Lac Students and users.More than 250 Teachers. I-Radiolive : Enabling teachers to reach out to students outside the classroom

IMPACT

Partners reaching out

In- Depth Data Analytics

• Simply Upload your files

• Give your description

• Upload picture and scrollable banners.

• Track your audience

• See Detailed demographics

• Track Audience engagement

• Analyze what information works

Impact In the future we may see major changes driven by the rise

of aMOOC, in the way higher education institutions measure achievement, offer courses and earn revenue.

Audio MOOC for Education must -

•Engage learners•Increase attention•Improve memory•Release stress•Create a lively atmosphere

•Increases excitement to learn•Add an element of fun•Increase concentration•Heighten imagination

I-Radiolive Clients

Thank You !!Reach out to us Media 4 Community FoundationDr. R Sreedher – Vice Presidentmedia4community@gmail.comr.sreedher@gmail.com