INTERACTIVE TOOLKIT

coursera

coursera partners with more than 250 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, affordable, job-relevant online learning to individuals and organizations worldwide.

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  • Strenght: Offers many different courses from different fields, that could be done online; obtaining certificates and formal education.
  • Weakness: The access fee is high.
  • Skills: Digital Skills; Methodological Skills; Social Skills; Personal Skill.
  • Pedagogical approach: Independent courses from different fields.
  • Mode: Blended; Online; Hybrid; Hyflex.
  • Timing: 15’ or less; 15’-60’; 60’-90’; 90’-120’; >120’
  • Group size: 1
  • Teaching and learning: Interactive courses.
  • Empowering learners: Actively engaging learners.
  • Devices available: Pc, touchscreen devices, smartphone, tablet.
coursera

coursera partners with more than 250 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, affordable, job-relevant online learning to individuals and organizations worldwide. It offers a range of learning opportunities—from hands-on projects and courses to job-ready certificates and degree programs.
Students could earn a university degree and enjoy high-quality curriculum, affordable pricing, and flexible scheduling.
coursera has more than 3,900 courses, 13 professional certificates and 20 degrees available. The company offers on-demand video lectures, self-paced quizzes and hands-on projects to help you apply the skills you’re learning.

courses
are available in:

  • Arts and humanities.
  • Business.
  • Computer science.
  • Data science.
  • Information technology.
  • Health.
  • Language learning.
  • Math and logic.
  • Personal development.
  • Physical science and engineering.
  • Social sciences.
INTERACTIVE COURSES

Pedagogical background

coursera offers different type of online education for students’:

  • Guided projects (quickly learn job skills and industry tools – duration 1-2 hours);
  • Courses (duration 4-12 hours);
  • Specializations (master a specific skill – duration 1-3 months);
  • Professional Certificates (duration 1-6 months);
  • Master Track Certificates (university-issued certificate and credit towards a degree – duration 4-7 months);
  • Degrees (bachelor’s and master’s degree; duration 2-4 years.

This kind of tool can be effectively used in educational contexts online presentations of learning content (learning content may be presented in more interesting way – it motivates students and helps them to better and deeply understand the lectures), students can get some additional knowledge, which they cannot get from the professor.

Use cases/examples of usage: (tutorial)

Strenght: Offers many different courses from different fields, that could be done online; obtaining certificates and formal education.

Weakness: The access fee is high.

People opinion about the tool: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/coursera.org

Similar Tool: Udemy; EdX.org; Masterclass; Skillshare.

Technical and operational requirements: PC in order to create and play activities, for create camera and microphone are also needed.

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