{"id":3030,"date":"2014-03-11T12:58:06","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T12:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2014-03-11T12:58:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T12:58:06","slug":"cardiff-universitys-massive-open-online-courses-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/11\/cardiff-universitys-massive-open-online-courses-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff University\u2019s massive open online courses underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_3031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3031\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CardiffUniversity.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3031 \" alt=\"Cardiff University\u2019s massive open online courses will enable anyone to study online from anywhere in the world\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CardiffUniversity.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3031 \" alt=\"Cardiff University\u2019s massive open online courses will enable anyone to study online from anywhere in the world\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CardiffUniversity.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Cardiff University\u2019s massive open online courses will enable anyone to study online from anywhere in the world (photo: Stan Zurek)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nCardiff University\u2019s first \u2018massive open online course\u2019 started yesterday, enabling anyone to study online for free wherever they are in the world.<br \/>\nThe course, named \u201cMuslims in Britain: Changes and Challenges\u201d\u00a0is delivered through Future Learn, which is the first UK-led provider of massive open online courses, or MOOCs.<br \/>\nProfessor Sophie Gilliat-Ray of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, and lead educator on the course, said the course aims to look\u00a0beyond media representations and stereotypes\u00a0to reveal a rich history of Muslim presence in Britain.<br \/>\n\u201cOne of the first things we did when putting\u00a0Muslims in Britain\u00a0together was to ask Muslims from the local Cardiff community to explain their stories of how their families came to live in the area,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nThe cumulative effect of these multiple voices is intended to challenge any one-dimensional depiction of British Muslims.<br \/>\nOver four weeks, learners will gain an understanding of the beliefs and practices of British Muslims and explore the long history of the relationship between Britain and Islam.<br \/>\nIn addition to this, the University will launch the world\u2019s first MOOC with Future Learn on Community Journalism on April 14. It will be\u00a0delivered by the Centre for Community Journalism in the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies.<br \/>\nProfessor Patricia Price, Pro Vice-Chancellor Student Experience and Academic Standards said: \u201cFuture Learn courses are accessible online, via mobiles and tablets meaning learners can fit their studying around their lives, rather than their lives around study.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Cardiff University\u2019s first \u2018massive open online course\u2019 started yesterday, enabling anyone to study online for free wherever they are in the world. The course, named \u201cMuslims in Britain: Changes and Challenges\u201d\u00a0is delivered through Future Learn, which is the first UK-led provider of massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Professor Sophie Gilliat-Ray of the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, and lead educator on the course, said the course aims to look\u00a0beyond media representations and stereotypes\u00a0to reveal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":3031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2082,265,2083,2084,2085,2086,2087,2088,2089,2090],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cardiff-school-of-journalism","tag-cardiff-university","tag-centre-for-community-journalism","tag-centre-for-the-study-of-islam-in-the-uk","tag-future-learn","tag-massive-open-online-course","tag-media-and-cultural-studies","tag-muslims-in-britain-changes-and-challenges","tag-patricia-price","tag-sophie-gilliat-ray"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff University\u2019s massive open online courses underway - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/11\/cardiff-universitys-massive-open-online-courses-underway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardiff University\u2019s massive open online courses underway - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Cardiff University\u2019s first \u2018massive open online course\u2019 started yesterday, enabling anyone to study online for free wherever they are in the world. 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