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Media and Information Literacy

Activity Sheet
Quarter 2 – MELC 2
Describing the Impact of Massive Open
On-line Course (MOOC)

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

Media and Information Literacy
Activity Sheet No. 1
First Edition, 2020

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Introductory Message
Welcome to Media and Information Literacy!

The Learning Activity Sheet is a product of the collaborative efforts of the

Schools Division of Iloilo City and DepEd Regional Office VI - Western Visayas
through the Curriculum and Learning Management Division (CLMD). This is
developed to guide the learning facilitators (teachers, parents and responsible
adults) in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Basic Education
Curriculum.

The Learning Activity Sheet is self-directed instructional materials aimed to

guide the learners in accomplishing activities at their own pace and time using the
contextualized resources in the community. This will also assist the learners in
acquiring the lifelong learning skills, knowledge and attitudes for productivity and
employment.

For learning facilitator:

The Media & Information Literacy Activity Sheet will help you facilitate the
teaching-learning activities specified in each Most Essential Learning Competency
(MELC) with minimal or no face-to-face encounter between you and learner. This will
be made available to the learners with the references/links to ease the independent
learning.

For the learner:

The Media and Information Literacy Activity Sheet is developed to help

you continue learning even if you are not in school. This learning material provides
you with meaningful and engaging activities for independent learning. Being an
active learner, carefully read and understand the instructions then perform the
activities and answer the assessments. This will be returned to your facilitator on the
agreed schedule.
 Quarter 2, Week 2

Learning Activity Sheets (LAS) in Media and Information Literacy

Name of Learner: _____________________ Grade and Section: __________________

Date: ______________________________

MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY ACTIVITY SHEETS

Describing the Impact of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

I. Learning Competency (MELC)

Describe the impact of Massive Open On-line Course (MOOC)

II. Background Information for Learners

Media has changed the way we do things in so many ways. In education, one of
the major breakthroughs that occurred in this age is the Massive Open On-line Course
(MOOC) which enables the students from all walks of life and all locations to have
access to education.
A massive open on-line course is a free Web-based distance learning program
that is designed for the participation of large numbers of geographically dispersed
students.
The word MOOC was coined in 2008 by Dave Cormier, from the University of
Prince Edward Island for a course offered by the University of Manitoba, "Connectivism
and Connective Knowledge." There were 25 tuition-paying students from university and
2,300 non-paying students from the general public who took the course online. There
were RSS feeds for material and participation was facilitated through a variety of
venues including Moodle (a learning management system), blog posts, Second Life and
real-time online meetings.

Examples of MOOC which offer free courses online:

coursera.org

edx.org

novoed.com

model.upou.edu.ph
mooc-list.com
III. Accompanying DepEd Textbook and Educational Sites
Department of Education Philippines. (2013). K to 12 Basic education curriculum
senior high school – core subject curriculum guide. DepEd Phils.
The Commission on Higher Education in collaboration with the Philippine Normal
University. (2016). Teaching Guide for Senior High School Media and
Information Literacy. The Commission on Higher Education.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/massively-open-online-course-MOOC

IV. Activity Proper

Exercise 1: Describe the characteristics of the MOOC by comparing it to a formal,

traditional education through schools. Copy the table and write your answers on a
separate sheet of pad paper. Fill out the missing information as an example is done for
you.

Features Traditional School MOOC

Venue

Teachers

Students

Courses offered

Course fees

Certifications reliable and can be used to may not be reliable as it may

any application as part of not be recognized universally,
one’s credentials but an excellent source of
enhancing skills for progressing
in the job market

Exercise 2: Visit an MOOC through any of the following pages. Navigate on the pages
and supply the courses (at least 5) that they offer for free and answer the questions that
follow. Copy the table and write your answers on a separate sheet of pad paper.

MOOC Site Courses Offered

1. coursera.org

2. mooc-list.com

3. edx.org

4. model.upou.edu.ph
Exercise 3: What do you think about MOOC? Describe its impact to education by
answering the questions that follow. Copy the questions and write your answers on a
separate sheet of pad paper.

1. How are these sites beneficial to students?

________________________________________________________________
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2. How will these MOOC sites change education in the future?

________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

3. With the “new normal” in education that we are experiencing right now, explain
the advantages and the disadvantages of MOOC.
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________

Remember:

Along with the technological advances today and in the future, the quest for
education to be accessible to all may be within our grasp with the advent of the
Massive Open On-line Courses (MOOC). This breakthrough in education enables
everyone from different locations, cultural backgrounds and socio-economic
status to come together and have equal access to quality education.

V. Reflection
Explain in not more than three sentences, the best feature of MOOC for you and why
you think so.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
VI. Answer Key
Exercise 1:
Features Traditional School MOOC
Venue Classrooms online meetings through (Learning
Management Systems ) LMS
Teachers in-house professors, faculty international speakers and lecturers
members screened and employed
regularly
Students limited by locations and socio- can come from all parts of the world
economic status
Courses offered limited by the school’s availability can be extremely varied, and offers
of lecturers, resources and need more options
Course fees stipulated and specified mostly free
Certifications reliable and can be used to any may not be reliable as it may not be
application as part of one’s recognized universally, but an
credentials excellent source of enhancing skills
for progressing in the job market

Exercise 2:
MOOC Site Courses Offered

1. coursera.org - Machine Learning – Stanford University

- Ingenious Canada – University of Alberta
- The Science of Well-Being – Yale University
- Introduction to Psychology – Yale University
- Psychological First Aid – John Hopkins University
2. mooc-list.com - Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy - University of
North Carolina
- Geometric Algorithms – EIT Digital
- Applying Data Analytics in Marketing – University of Illinois at
Urbana Champaign
- Leadership Through Marketing – Northwestern University
- Statistical Thermodynamics: Molecules to Machines –
Carnegie Mellon University
3. edx.org - The Science of Happiness at Work – Berkeley University
- Data Science – Harvard University
- Design Thinking – RIT
- MBA Core Curriculum – University of Maryland
- Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) –
University of Michigan
4. model.upou.edu.ph - DE Readiness Module
- UPOU-CHED Training No. 1 - Training on Flexible Teaching
and Learning
- UPOU-CHED Training No. 2 - Training of Teacher-Trainers on
Flexible Teaching and Learning in the New Normal
- Kahandaan, Kasanayan at Kaalaman: FEd and
OUPahinungód Bridge Program
- Child Rights Protection and Promotion

Exercise 3:
1. These sites are beneficial for students because it contains free courses that they can
enroll in and get certificates.
2. With MOOC, education can be accessible for all, regardless of race, ethnicity, location
and socio-economic status.
3. The MOOC can be a very good alternative most especially at this time of the COVID 19
pandemic. It enables the students to have access to whatever courses they want and
need so long as they can connect to the internet. Though this can be a safer way to
pursue education, the MOOC’s original aim to include everyone may not be entirely and
fully realized at this time because not everyone has access to a stable and reliable
internet connection.