MOOCs Deciphered
A MOOC is a massive open online course.
As of 2012 MOOCs have been popping up all over, and been highlighted in the press. There are the beginnings of some MOOC references within wikiversity, and also within | Wikipedia.
This Page and related pages seeks to serve as a complementary page to MOOC's that are developing to more readily outline and reference their resources.
The list below will simply list the MOOC- feel free to add a new one - try to follow or improve on the naming conventions.
Example of naming convention: Course-Year-Institution-Institution-Platform
This page is a sort of promo for the class. It is where you go before logging in (and if you don't have an account). At the top of the page is the standard edx platform header items in more or less this layout:
edX FIND COURSES ABOUT BLOG JOBS LOGIN SIGN UP
The page begins with a large title CS50x: Introduction to Computer Science I followed by a link to HarvardX followed by a big button to REGISTER FOR CS50. It includes an explanation about the course, a short promotional video you can also (watch on youtube.) It also includes a link to the FAQ As well as some sharing links to the upper right.
It also introduces the key players in the course, including the instructor, preceptor, and lead teaching fellows, with head shots and a bit of bio information.
At the bottom of the page are the standard edX platform footer items in more or less this layout:
edX Find Courses About Blog Jobs Contact YouTube, G+, Facebook, & Twitter © 2012 edX, some rights reserved. terms of service privacy policy honor code help
From the home page, you enter the course by logging in (assuming you've already registered)- doing so takes you to
Your edX dashboard - this page carries no title (but the URL says dashboard) and has at the top
[edX] (link doesn't go anywhere) Find Courses [yourname] with drop down for Help and Logout
The main page includes a block on the left with your name at the top, and your name and email with edit options and a reset password option below that. On the right it lists the edX course you are enrolled in. The whole block that includes a nicely formatted image, title, and what appears to be different links/buttons is one big link to the course info page.
At the bottom are the standard two lines of footer information as outlined above.
- edX Dashboard - Shows courses you're in
- Courseware - Lectures, problem sets, and shorts
- Course Info Page - "Home" page of course
- CS50 Apps - totally different platform (may require another login)
- Progress - a page that shows a chart of how you are doing
Courseware
edit- Week 0
- Lecture
- Lecture, continued
- Problem Set 0
- Shorts - short video tutorials by staff
Week 0 Introduction. Bits. Binary. ASCII. Programming. Algorithms. Statements. Boolean expressions. Conditions. Loops. Variables. Threads. Events.
- Demos
- Take CS50 - Call Me Maybe Harvard Parody
- Notes
- Slides (torrent)
- Subtitles
- Syllabus
- Transcript
- Video
- MP3 (torrent)
- MP4 (240p) (torrent)
- MP4 (360p) (torrent)
- MP4 (720p) (torrent)
- MP4 (1080p) (torrent)
- YouTube
Course Info
editMuch awaits you, so here's how to begin:
- Review the syllabus, schedule, and instructions at top-right.
- Download and install Google Chrome, if possible, else Firefox, for the best experience.
- Say hello to your classmates via CS50 Discuss.
- Visit the courseware tab at top-left to dive into Week 0!
Course Handouts (top right)
editSocial Media
editfacebook.com/cs50 twitter.com/cs50
this page URL is http://apps.cs50.edx.org/home but has the title CS50 Apps. Once you go to one of the pages links,
you cannot get back to this page. Each subsequent page has a dropdown that shows these three links,
but not the apps page. The three items on the home page then appear on the drop-down on each of those three pages.
Interestingly, they all (four) have the same drop-down - so on the home page the menu is redundant.
The apps page also has a different design look to it, although the title/header area are identical to the others.
Items that appear on the page to the right: Discussions Lists the 10 most recent posts across all forums, with latest first. Extensions Submit Gradebook
(the common header has the page name, with a drop-down just to the right with these three items.)
(the common header has these two items to the right in a in drop-down)
[CS50x]
editAn inexplicable dropdown with the name CS50 that leads to CS50 that leads to the page you're on (not functioning?)
[Hi, (yourname)]
editwith these three items as a drop-down under the name
[Settings]=
edit[Report a Bug]=
edit[Logout]=
editPage Contents
New Post (button)
- InBox
- Watched
- Unread
- announcements
- introductions
- study groups
- tech support
- lectures
- sections
- psets
- pset0
Top-left menu items
- LECTURES
- COURSE INFORMATION
- WELCOME TO A CRASH COURSE IN CREATIVITY
- Assignment | Start Date | Deadline | Peer Evaluation Period | Progress
- GETTING TO KNOW YOU Oct 17th | Oct 3rd | Not required | (status bar)
- Description
- My Team
- My Submission(s)
- All Submissions (greyed out)
- Teammate Evaluation
- Community (dropdown menu)
Top-left menu items
- LECTURES
- COURSE INFORMATION
- Syllabus
- Assignments (link says exercises)
- Learning Technology Design and Sustainability video
- Key Concepts
- Key Concept: Sustainability
- Assignment
- Welcome, please settle in. Introduce yourself on your Journal (located on your profile) and the Forums (under Community)--tell about your interests, your experience, where you are from, and what you are passionate about! Find friends who have similar interests as well as some different skills than yours (these could be useful on the final project).
- Additional Resources
- Key Concepts
- Learning Technology Design and Sustainability video
E-learning Tools and Resources for Education Mind Map (click the plus signs next to each category of tools to expand and view examples)
- Community (dropdown menu)
Using online meeting tool:DNLE Lobby - sponsored by GoCast
Items under main page intro:
- Google Search Education
- Power Searching Quick Reference
- Mailing List for Search Education
- Search Education K-12 Google Groups mailing list
Schedule
Each section (i.e. 1.2) has
- :a video,
- :text version (not exact match of video)
- :slides from the video in pdf format
Class 1 - Introduction
edit1.1 Introduction
- Activity
- 1.2 Filter image results by color
- Activity
- :* 1.3 How search works
- :* Activity
- :* 1.4 The art of keyword choices
- :* Activity
- :* 1.5 Word order matters
- :* Activity
- :* 1.6 Finding text on a web page
- :* Activity