MOOCs

Massive                             
Open
Online                               [MOOC is a one way of learning]
Course

Personally, I like these courses, since they allow you to study at home and sometimes even on a free basis. I've never tried online courses before. I had enough training in school and university. Now I'm starting to think about trying a couple of courses.

Here  you can see some web sites, where you can find a lot of different courses:

https://www.canvas.net/
https://www.coursera.org/

As you can see, I've chosen biometric technologies course.

This site has a simple interface, so it's easy to maneuver here.

For more information, watch the video below

What is a MOOC?

Mobile technologies in education

Mobile phones are the permanent part of everyday life. On average, every person look at his phone 10 times an hour. So, it makes sense to start using mobiles in learning, instead of wasting your time surfing the Internet.

There are a lot of mobile apps, which allow studying in any place you want (but most of them require internet connection). In my previous messagess I'd mentioned some of really useful applications.

So, in my opinion, mobile applications have more advantages than the same apps for computer. Mobile technology helpes research  and allows quick and easy feedback. Students are able to carry around all their module materials, which reduce the need for excess notes or textbooks to be carried around during lecture times. Students can read their materials on their mobile phones during the lecture or even at home, laying on the bad.

Mobile technologies can be used in classroom by:
1) using audio recording features
2) creating videos
3) using QR codes
4) using live polling tools

I've never used QR codes before. Then I've known about the ability of easy internet connection. You just need to scan QR code on mobile which is connected to Wi-fi (without entering password). I don't think that QR codes are very useful for education.

Actually, almost every teacher of BSU appreciate using mobile technology. It really saves teacher's time. 

What is WIKI?

I suppose everyone's heard about wiki. Wiki is a web technology used for collaborative publishing on the web. The well-known example of wiki is Wikipedia.

A group of co-authors can freely add and change information on the wiki website: rewrite texts, add images, new texts, links etc. The wiki owner can restrict editing to a group of collaborators.

Unlike other publishing platforms wikis are:

• Heavily based on collaboration
• Non-linear and not based on time
• Are purely content-oriented

Wiki sites can be:

1) Encyclopedias (like I said, Wikipedia)

2) Corporate wikis are used to train new employees and harness the power of corporate synergy

3) Fan wiki sites are sites dedicated to specific field that excites a group of people (The Elder Scrolls Wiki) 

4) Educational wikis are mainly collective research projects. Focused around focused-oriented issues, these projects are typically developed by students and moderated by their teachers.

Free wiki tools:

• Wikispaces
• Wikia
• Zohowiki
• Wiki site
• WikiDot

As for me, I use wikis very often. Wikipedia helpes me to search useful information for my reports, essays and even when I want to know more about some questions. Such sites have advantages over the ordinary ones, 'cause it refers to a great number of authors. Information of wikis can be updated and that's a significant advantage.

Now I want to talk about Bookmarks. Everuone knows that it takes time to find some sites and useful resoures when you work in the Internet. Bookmarks can solve this problem. There are a lot of different services which can compare your favourite sites in one place. Here are Top Page, Diigo.com, Webstartpage, QMOS, Онлайн Закладки.

Here is the example of Top Page service:




I've got acquainted with these services,but, actually, I don't think I'll use one of them. Nowadays Google Chrome Browser can do the same things. I really like it.

Hi. At last seminar I've learnt about Survey Services. There were proposed several sevvices, such as My TextX, Twitter, Google forms, Socrative. I tried to work with Google foms and Socrative. Now, I really like Socrative. Last year I've know about Kahoot!. I've even prepared a small test for Student Scientific Conference. But, unfortunately, I couldn't share it due to Internet absence.

Well, here is screenshort of Socrative interface:

As you can see, it has a convenient interface, pleasant colors and simple decor.

You can view my Google Forms work in previous posts.

Hello!

Recently, I discovered excellent services for working with presentations. They are Prezi and Slideshare and Qwiki. Previously, I used only PowerPoint. Now I understand that you can make your presentations much brighter and more colorful, using a variety of services. A significant disadvantage is that some resources you are paid for. Today my favourite one is Prezi.

You can view my "Prezi" presentation:
https://prezi.com/view/zJ7vki69Vxj8Wp47S9pN/

Here's one example of PowerPoint presentations:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U2qtSFIbA32zDxj5morIFyhG5XI2iBemindcYbpcRog/edit?usp=sharing

So, I think you can notice difference and it makes no sense to explain anything :)