A MOOC to Break the Digital Divide: Ibervirtual UNED COMA 'Basic Digital Competences'

摘要

We would like to finish, first with some words of caution as referred in the 2013 Horizon report: "massively open online courses are compelling, but universities must critically evaluate their use... However, they have been criticized for low completion rates and low engagement with the instructor, in addition to insufficient forms of assessment. There is an opportunity for educators to examine how universities can integrate MOOCs to support their existing courses and programs and create new ones, while carefully determining the audiences that are likely to benefit most. (The New Media Consortium, 2013, p. 18) Secondly with some words oh hope. With the course Ibervirtual UNED COMA: Basic Digital Competences we expect to contribute to help breaking the digital divide and to improve social inclusion through the development of the skills required to be able to participate in the Knowledge Society, also taking advantage of the large training offer based on online methodologies, such as MOOCs. One of the main fields for testing the efficacy of this MOOC will be Ibero-American countries, as a part of the Ibervirtual project.