Innovation Management MOOC Course from Coursera

This presentation discusses the Innovation Management MOOC course from Coursera, which aims to enhance skills in implementing innovation projects and idea management. The entry criteria, registration process, and learning experience are also covered, along with the assessment methodology and progression opportunities. The presentation also addresses the consequences of digital poverty, political and sociological factors affecting MOOC in the present and future.

Innovation and Technology

Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Overview of course
• Course objectives and rationale
• Entry Criteria
• Registration, enrolment and learning process including overall user experience
• Assessment Methodology
• Clarity of progression opportunities
• Critical addressing consequences of digital poverty, political and sociological factors affecting MOOC in present and
future
• Conclusion
• References

Introduction
• A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) can be described as a
model which helps in delivering learning content through digital
channels to individuals who is willing to do a course while not
presenting there physically.
• For this particular presentation, a course has been chosen from
Coursera which is named as Innovation Management.

Overview of course
Course chosen for this presentation is innovation management from
Coursera. It is a free course for audit purpose which led individuals
to gain access to see lecture materials as well as recorded videos.

Course objectives and rationale
• Aim of the course of innovation management is to enhance
skills of students in implementing innovation projects.
• Rationale of this course is to enhance competencies of
individuals regarding innovation strategy, creation of
social networks as well as idea management.

Entry Criteria
An individual needs to be an undergraduate or have a professional
interest in business development as well as innovative practices.
Language of instruction for this course is English thus, it is compulsory
for learners to have CEFR C1 level for succeeding in this online module.

Registration, enrolment and learning
process including overall user
experience
For registering at the Coursera, learners have to follow below mentioned
information:
• Go to Coursera.org
• At the top of the home page, click on sign up.
• Make a choice from personal information which learners want to
provide such as name, e-mail Id and many more.
• Learners can link their Coursera account to their Facebook or Google
Account.
• Account settings can be changed any time.

Continue
Learning for this course will be mentioned as here under:
• Introduction
• Adoption of Innovations
• Fuzzy-Front-End
• Idea management

Assessment Methodology
• For assessing the online course 'Innovation Management'
methodology used encompasses of quizzes as well as peer
assessment.
• At the last of this course, students are asked to give an
online exam which is based on multiple questions

Clarity of progression opportunities
By enrolling and learning aspects of the course of Innovation
Management, students can explore varied opportunities which are
mentioned below:
• Enhance creativity
• Can adopt entrepreneurial practices
• Create innovative mind-set
• Helps in idea management process

Critical addressing consequences of
digital poverty, political and sociological
factors affecting MOOC in present and
future
• Social factors in UK are related to adoption of digitalised
educational practice and also remote learning processes are
encouraged in an effective manner
• Stable political landscape in UK led government to support online
education platforms as through this companies can earn huge
profits and contribute in increasing national economy.

Conclusion
From the above information, it has been assessed that innovation and technology plays an important part in
enhancing varied skills of individuals. It helps individuals in involving in digital practices for making their
learning practice effective. Digital poverty is considered as growing problem which occurs due to unavailability
of virtual illiteracy.

References
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• Zhao, H. and Liu, Q., 2018, December. The practice and research on the promotion mode of MOOCs in higher education based on
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