What is it about?
The MOOC M4D (Mobiles for Development) was a six weeks course from 2nd October- 16th November,2013 on advances of mobile services in many sectors that are vital to human development, such as education, health and agriculture and access to credit and finance. As a librarian the author is interested to know about the teaching/learning process within a MOOC because of reasons that MOOC is an increasingly growing phenomenon and libraries have potential to support MOOCs. The author shares her personal experiences and observations as a MOOC student and presents a short overview of MOOC M4D course, specifically on core issues covered in the course lectures.
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Why is it important?
The M4D course content was designed to enable learners to: • Recognize frequently used terminology in the mobile arena • Identify relevant techniques and methods • Recount key case studies and best practices • Recognize common policy requirements for successful implementation of mobiles in education, agricultural extension, and rural credit and finance.
Perspectives
Fulfilling current educational needs of the online learners and the advances of MOOC like courses require major changes in the traditional roles of libraries.
Dr Maitrayee Ghosh
University
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This page is a summary of: MOOC M4D: An Overview and Learner’s Viewpoint on Autumn 2013 Course, International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), January 2014, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE),
DOI: 10.3991/ijim.v8i1.3486.
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