MOOCs - Massive Open Online Courses
What they are
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are free courses that are entirely available online.The courses are designed for distance education with a large number of participants, who have different cultural backgrounds and come from different geographical areas. Therefore, MOOCs represent a flexible way of learning new skills and knowledge through a continuous learning experience.
Recipients
Ca' Foscari MOOCs are open to all:
- Ca' Foscari students;
- Alumni;
- External users;
- Lifelong learner.
How to participate
Access to MOOC courses is free and open to all.
Our MOOCs are delivered on EduOpen. If you already have a Ca’ Foscari account, you can use your credentials to access the site. If you do not have a Ca’ Foscari account, you will be able to register directly on the platform.
Attendance and certificate
The scheduled activities of each MOOC will be released in about 4 weeks. Each learning unit is composed of video-lessons (that last 3 -15 minutes each), a self-assessment test, materials suggested by the instructors, and forums in which you can ask questions and answer those of the other participants.
You will be able to complete your coursework at any time, at your own pace, as long as you meet the course’s deadline.
Upon successful completion of all activities, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance.
Contacts
Educational Programmes and Student Services Area - Educational Programmes Office, Online Educational Programmes Unit
tel. +39 041 234 7533
mooc@unive.it
Ca' Foscari MOOCs
Discover all the upcoming MOOCs offered by Ca’ Foscari and remember that you can enroll for courses up to 2 weeks before they start.
Availables
Foundation Mathematics
Instructor: Daniela Favaretto
Language: Italian
Enrollment starts:
Course starts:
Objectives: to cover the core ideas needed to face the First Year University Mathematics exam.
Open: to anyone interested.
Prerequisites: the only prerequisite is personal motivation.
Course outline: the course is offered in 4 units.
Workload: 4 weeks (estimated 3-4 hours a week)
Maximun length of video-lessons: 190 minutes
Testing: involves a multiple-choice test of 10 questions at the end of each unit. The Certificate of Attendance will be given if at least 7 of the 10 questions is answered correctly (three attempts can be made at answering each question).
No Problem Choosing: How to Decide on Your Future Career Serenely
Instructors: Giulia Lucia Cinque
Language: Italian
Objectives: the course aims at providing food for thought and useful strategies to make a responsible and aware career choice
Open: anyone who is experiencing difficulties in making career choices or in facing the consequences of a wrong career decision
Prerequisites: none
Course outline: the course has 4 learning units, each of them consists of a video-lesson, approximately 40 minute long, and a multiple choice test. The forum allows students to pose questions and to share their reflections each week. Participation to the forum is optional and does not affect the deliverance of a final certificate
Workload: 4 weeks, about 2– 3 hours per week
Testing: there is a multiple choice test consisting of 10 questions at the end of each unit.
From 29/01/2024 - Nonviolence and civil resistance in Israel and Palestine
Instructor: Marcella Simoni, Emanuela Trevisan
Language: English
Enrollment starts: 29/01/2024
Course starts: 29/01/2024
Objectives: this course aims to investigate the history of the Israeli Palestinian conflict from the perspective of civil resistance and nonviolence, aspects normally ignored by the press and neglected by the Historiography of Israel and Palestine.
Open: to anyone interested.
Prerequisites: English language skills
Course content: 6 weeks
Workload: 4-5 hours
Testing: a multiple choice test
From 02/26/2024 - Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and the Balkans: an Introduction
Instructors: Asia Assenova, Enric Bou, Caterina Carpinato, Aurora Firta, Flora Koleci, Iliana Krapova, Eugenia Liosatou, Aleksandra Mladenovic, Albert Morales, Patrizio Rigobon, Giuseppina Turano.
Language: Italian
Enrolment starts: 02/11/2024
Course starts: 02/26/2024
Objectives: This training activity, designed in a multilingual, multidisciplinary and multicultural perspective, aims to offer an initial presentation of some of the languages, cultures and literatures taught at the University Ca' Foscari of Venice.
Starting from Catalonia, moving to the Balkans through Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Albania and Greece in a virtual voyage that will reveal their languages, cultures and societies.
Each country will be considered in the uniqueness of its history, its tradition and its identity. The countries we present are different because of their different origin, but the dominant cultural trends in each of them are important for the entire European and Western context.
The course has six units dedicated respectively to the language and culture of Catalonia, Romania, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Serbia-Croatia.
The approach adopted for this activity is mainly linguistic, and socio-cultural. Instructors will use photos and maps, as well as audio and video materials.
Open: to anyone interested.
Prerequisites: the only prerequisite is personal motivation.
Course outline: the course includes 6 teaching units.
Workload: 6 weeks (estimated 4-5 hours a week)
Testing: involves a multiple-choice test of 10 questions at the end of each unit. The Certificate of Attendance will be given if at least 7 out of 10 questions are correctly answered (three attempts can be made at answering each question).
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Last update: 19/06/2024