Smart MOOC - Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing

Ahmed Shams, Raad Bin Tareaf, Jan Renz, Christoph Meinel

2018

Abstract

Massive Open Online Courses(MOOCs) make use of educational technologies to deliver learning materials, supposedly open for everyone, usually with a capacity to serve a substantial number of learners regardless of their geographical locations. A recent advancement in mobile technologies and wireless communications in Africa has produced a conducive digital environment enough to support mobile learning. However, only a handful of an audience in Africa participates in online learning correlated to their massive engagement in social networking. Internet-based social media programs make most of the connections with the audience for social purposes and yet far less with educational intentions. Participation in mobile learning is still unnoticeable. Awareness about MOOCs remains very low in comparison to that in social media in the region. Therefore it remains unclear though, in which ways, social media may help to boost mobile learning through its utilization of programs towards audience in Africa. This paper argues the best possible approaches aiming to enhance MOOC activities in Africa through the involvement of social networks.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Shams A., Bin Tareaf R., Renz J. and Meinel C. (2018). Smart MOOC - Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing.In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-291-2, pages 391-396. DOI: 10.5220/0006809703910396

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu18,
author={Ahmed Shams and Raad Bin Tareaf and Jan Renz and Christoph Meinel},
title={Smart MOOC - Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2018},
pages={391-396},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006809703910396},
isbn={978-989-758-291-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Smart MOOC - Social Computing for Learning and Knowledge Sharing
SN - 978-989-758-291-2
AU - Shams A.
AU - Bin Tareaf R.
AU - Renz J.
AU - Meinel C.
PY - 2018
SP - 391
EP - 396
DO - 10.5220/0006809703910396