Open Online Courses in Public Health: experience from Peoples-uni [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Open Online Courses (OOCs) are offered by Peoples-uni at http://ooc.peoples-uni.org to complement the courses run on a separate site for academic credit at http://courses.peoples-uni.org. They provide a wide range of online learning resources beyond those usually found in credit bearing Public Healt...
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| author | Richard F. Heller Robert Zurynski Alan Barrett Omo Oaiya Rajan Madhok |
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| description | Open Online Courses (OOCs) are offered by Peoples-uni at http://ooc.peoples-uni.org to complement the courses run on a separate site for academic credit at http://courses.peoples-uni.org. They provide a wide range of online learning resources beyond those usually found in credit bearing Public Health courses. They are self-paced, and students can enrol themselves at any time and utilise Open Educational Resources free of copyright restrictions. In the two years that courses have been running, 1174 students from 100 countries have registered and among the 1597 enrollments in 15 courses, 15% gained a certificate of completion. Easily accessible and appealing to a wide geographical and professional audience, OOCs have the potential to play a part in establishing global Public Health capacity building programmes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f386cb0a109417cba8d44499157b4b02022-12-21T17:31:38ZengF1000 Research LtdF1000Research2046-14022017-02-01610.12688/f1000research.10728.111568Open Online Courses in Public Health: experience from Peoples-uni [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]Richard F. Heller0Robert Zurynski1Alan Barrett2Omo Oaiya3Rajan Madhok4People’s Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni), Manchester, UKConsulting Services Pty Ltd, Concord West, AustraliaPeople’s Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni), Manchester, UKWest and Central African Research and Education Network, Accra, GhanaPeople’s Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni), Manchester, UKOpen Online Courses (OOCs) are offered by Peoples-uni at http://ooc.peoples-uni.org to complement the courses run on a separate site for academic credit at http://courses.peoples-uni.org. They provide a wide range of online learning resources beyond those usually found in credit bearing Public Health courses. They are self-paced, and students can enrol themselves at any time and utilise Open Educational Resources free of copyright restrictions. In the two years that courses have been running, 1174 students from 100 countries have registered and among the 1597 enrollments in 15 courses, 15% gained a certificate of completion. Easily accessible and appealing to a wide geographical and professional audience, OOCs have the potential to play a part in establishing global Public Health capacity building programmes.https://f1000research.com/articles/6-170/v1Public EngagementScience & Medical Education |
| spellingShingle | Richard F. Heller Robert Zurynski Alan Barrett Omo Oaiya Rajan Madhok Open Online Courses in Public Health: experience from Peoples-uni [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] F1000Research Public Engagement Science & Medical Education |
| title | Open Online Courses in Public Health: experience from Peoples-uni [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | Open Online Courses in Public Health: experience from Peoples-uni [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | Open Online Courses in Public Health: experience from Peoples-uni [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Open Online Courses in Public Health: experience from Peoples-uni [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | Open Online Courses in Public Health: experience from Peoples-uni [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | open online courses in public health experience from peoples uni version 1 referees 1 approved 2 approved with reservations |
| topic | Public Engagement Science & Medical Education |
| url | https://f1000research.com/articles/6-170/v1 |
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