scholarly journals Massive Open Online Courses for continuing education for nursing professionals in Peru

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Bendezu-Quispe ◽  
Renatta Quijano-Escate ◽  
Akram Hernández-Vásquez ◽  
Fiorella Inga-Berrospi ◽  
Daniel Flavio Condor
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Average Duration ◽  
Total Duration ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
English Only ◽  
Nursing Professionals

Objective: to determine the global offer of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in health and nursing, and to know the characteristics of its content, for continuing education in nursing professionals in Peru. Method: exploratory study was carried out on the websites: Coursera, edX, FutureLearn, XuetangX and Udacity, Class Central and MOOC List. The courses were classified according to the five nursing areas recognized by the Peruvian College of Nurses (Colegio de Enfermeros del Perú, CEP). From each course, data was collected on institution and country of origin, hours per week and total duration in weeks, audio and subtitle language. Results: a total of 654 courses in this modality are offered in health were found, covering the five areas contemplated by the Peruvian College of Nurses. Fourteen courses were specifically developed for nursing with an average duration of five weeks (3.2 hours per week of activities). Eleven came from Anglo-Saxon institutions, with content in English. Only two courses were offered in Spanish and one in Turkish. Conclusion: Massive Open Online Courses would be a useful tool for the continuing education of the Peruvian nurse given the wide offer, including some specifically for nurses, in the different areas of nursing. The content of the course is mostly in English. Expanding the range of languages or subtitles would facilitate the participation of a larger audience.

Survey of Vulnerabilities and Mitigation Techniques for Mooc-Based Applications

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossain Shahriar ◽  
Hisham M. Haddad ◽  
David Lebron ◽  
Rubana Lupu
Keyword(s):  
Open Source Software ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Software Security ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Security Vulnerabilities ◽  
Cloud Environments ◽  
Mitigation Techniques

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are commonly hosted as web servers for learners worldwide to access education and learning materials at low cost. Many of the well-known MOOCs have adopted open source software and database technologies and frequently operate within cloud environments. It is likely that the well-known software security vulnerabilities may manifest to MOOC-based applications. Unfortunately, few studies have identified a set of common vulnerabilities applicable to MOOC-based applications. This paper1 presents an exploratory study of potential security vulnerabilities and challenges for MOOC platforms, and it provide some guidelines and suggestions to mitigate these concerns. This study helps practitioners (educators and developers) to adopt MOOC applications while considering potential vulnerabilities and be prepared to deal with these risks.

Tweeting Continuing Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-101
Author(s):  
Ritanjali Panigrahi ◽  
Praveen Ranjan Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Twitter Data ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
The Government ◽  
Conventional Classroom

The rapid growth of technology has transformed education from conventional classroom teaching to learner centred, flexible learning anytime anywhere resulting in the popularity of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). It is evident that many MOOCs have adopted social media tools to engage their learners through information sharing, participation, and collaboration to create and consume information. In addition to this, social media is the best place to understand crowd sentiments considering the massive amount of data being generated. This study through text mining of MOOC providers related Twitter data discovers the sentiments of users towards MOOCs, association rules, and the engagement of MOOC providers in Twitter. This article also analyses the traits of the influencers in seven MOOC providers and discovers that the influencers are popular users with higher numbers of followers count. The implications are discussed for MOOC industry, academic institutions, and the government.

scholarly journals Using Learning Analytics to Improve MOOC Instructional Design

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurbiha A Shukor ◽  
Zaleha Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Public University ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Learning Retention ◽  
The Impact

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) allows teaching and learning for everyone. This means that people from any learning background can join any of the courses offered through MOOC platforms. Although learning materials are offered for free, learning retention and learning engagement were found to be consistently low alt-hough some MOOC are offered by well-known instructors. Many recent studies tried to understand the suitable instructional design in MOOC to improve learning en-gagement and retention. This study is an exploratory study to evaluate the potential of using learning analytics to improve instructional design in MOOC. Data were col-lected from a MOOC offered for two consequent years in a public university in Ma-laysia. The impact of learning analytics on MOOC instructional design was also dis-cussed.

BCIA in 2014: What's New?

Biofeedback ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-157
Author(s):  
Judy Crawford ◽  
Fred Shaffer
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Private Practice ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
International Alliance

The Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) has revised its recertification requirements and fees to reduce certificant costs. BCIA has expanded options for earning inexpensive and accessible continuing education, including Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). BCIA continues to promote ethics education to protect clients, professionals, and the credibility of our field. More educators teach BCIA's HRV Biofeedback Certificate of Completion didactic course to students and professionals. BCIA's Job Board has helped employers recruit our skilled certificants. Finally, there is a need for infection prevention standards in private practice.

Continuing Education in Patient Safety: Massive Open Online Courses as a New Training Tool

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 439-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen María Sarabia-Cobo ◽  
Blanca Torres-Manrique ◽  
Ma. Carmen Ortego-Mate ◽  
Paloma Salvadores-Fuentes ◽  
María Sáenz-Jalón
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Training Tool

Education and the Relation to the Outside: A Little Real Reality

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Savat ◽  
Greg Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Transformative Teaching ◽  
Control Society ◽  
Brave New World ◽  
Radical Transformation

One of the more dominant themes around the use of Deleuze and Guattari's work, including in this special issue, is a focus on the radical transformation that educational institutions are undergoing, and which applies to administrator, student and educator alike. This is a transformation that finds its expression through teaching analytics, transformative teaching, massive open online courses (MOOCs) and updateable performance metrics alike. These techniques and practices, as an expression of control society, constitute the new sorts of machines that frame and inhabit our educational institutions. As Deleuze and Guattari's work posits, on some level these are precisely the machines that many people in their day-to-day work as educators, students and administrators assemble and maintain, that is, desire. The meta-model of schizoanalysis is ideally placed to analyse this profound shift that is occurring in society, felt closely in the so-called knowledge sector where a brave new world of continuous education and motivation is instituting itself.

cMOOCs and Global Learning: An Authentic Alternative

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Yeager ◽  
Betty Hurley-Dasgupta ◽  
Catherine A. Bliss
Keyword(s):  
Online Courses ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Research Review ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Definition Of

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) continue to attract press coverage as they change almost daily in their format, number of registrations and potential for credentialing. An enticing aspect of the MOOC is its global reach. In this paper, we will focus on a type of MOOC called a cMOOC, because it is based on the theory of connectivism and fits the definition of an Open Educational Resource (OER) identified for this special edition of JALN. We begin with a definition of the cMOOC and a discussion of the connectivism on which it is based. Definitions and a research review are followed with a description of two MOOCs offered by two of the authors. Research on one of these MOOCs completed by a third author is presented as well. Student comments that demonstrate the intercultural connections are shared. We end with reflections, lessons learned and recommendations.

Massive Open Online Courses: Potential Implications for Advancing the Field of Family Science

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Doneker ◽  
Bethany Willis Hepp ◽  
Debra Berke ◽  
Barbara Settles
Keyword(s):  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Family Science
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