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Hello everybody! First of all, WHAT IS MOOC? MOOC is massive open online course. Companies like Google and Tenaris are using MOOCs for training their employees. If you are considering a MOOC for yourself or your organization, you’ll first need to determine which tool you will use to build the course. There is 5 the most popular MOOCs Versa l    Versal is an intriguing new platform. Its major strengths are a sleek, intuitive user interface and a robust drag-and-drop functionality. A user can sign up for free and then build a course that includes mathematical expressions, image drill-downs and many more widgets, all without any coding knowledge. Users can also embed their published courses on other websites, such as personal blogs. Udemy Udemy is for individuals who want to easily build basic courses and monetize them. The platform is full of coders, photographers, designers and other specialists who offer their knowledge in the form of an online course. Co

Hi everybody! Today we're goig to tell about MOBILE APPLICATIONS.  A mobile application, most commonly referred to as an app, is a type of application software designed to run on a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet computer. Mobile applications frequently serve to provide users with similar services to those accessed on PCs. Apps are generally small, individual software units with limited function.   M-learning  or   mobile learning  is " learning across multiple contexts, through social and content interactions, using personal electronic devices."  A form of distance education , m-learners use  mobile device   educational technology  at their time convenience. The value of mobile learning : It is important to bring new technology into the classroom. Devices used are more lightweight than books and PCs. Mobile learning supports the learning process rather than being integral to it. Mobile learning can be used as a ‘hook’ to re-engage disaffe

Hello everybody! Today I want to tell you about services, that are very helpful to create PRESENTATIONS.  Nowadays there are many programs for creating presentations. An increasing number of software products, web applications and applications for tablets and smartphones that make the presentation a fairly simple and interesting process appear today. Let's see the most useful of them.   Slideshare SlideShare service allows you to send created presentations to the Internet, providing them with open or limited access. The service converts PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Keynote or PDF files to Flash format. It is possible to create audio slides, so you can create your own webinars based on presentations. The disadvantage of the service is that the downloaded presentations can no longer be edited. PREZI All the slides are located on a huge desktop and switch among themselves with the help of zooming-effect, which allows you to create a real presentation scenario, without bein

Hello again! The topic that we w ill consider today, the WIKI - what it is, why and what for. Probably every person has used W IKI for his own purposes: study, reading, knowledge of something new. Let's know something new about it. Wiki is a web technology used for collaborative publishing on the web. Wiki is a type of server software that allows you to work with data on a remote server on the Web. Users interact with the software through a web interface that lets them read, edit and publish content. It has its own advantages, because it is: heavily based on collaboration non-linear and not based on time (unlike blogs) purely content-oriented Genres of wiki sites include Encyclopedias    serving as information resource, this site attracts hundreds of thousands of people from all over  the world to contribute, and hundreds of millions to read. Corporate wikis   are knowledge bases that collect corporate rules and practices, workflows, regulations and case

Hello everybody! Today we are going to tell about....GOOGLE SERVICES! This year Google launched its Google Apps services specifically for educational institutions. Let's see some of them. GOOGLE DOCS И GOOGLE SHEETS Google Docs and Google Sheets allows you to monitor in real time any changes made to the document, leave notes, corrections, use the built-in chat. Ideal tool for group work on the text and work on errors. GOOGLE FORMS  With Google Forms it's very easy to create questionnaires, quizzes, questionnaires. Ideal for homework and independent work at the lesson. GOOGLE SITES И GOOGLE SLIDES Google Slides - Web version of Power Point with the same set of basic tools for creating presentations. This is a great alternative to the usual preparation of an essay or essay. WHY is it convenient? it's free unlike the Microsoft Offfice package; it allows you to quickly start creating a joint presentation; this solution is available from