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Key Skills for Resource Managers Internet Search and MOOCs

Key Skills for Resource Managers Internet Search and MOOCs. Prof Hiran Amarasekera Dept of Forestry and Environment Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Power Search with Google. Google Scholar. For many university assignments simple Googling will not be sufficient.

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Key Skills for Resource Managers Internet Search and MOOCs

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  1. Key Skills for Resource ManagersInternet Search and MOOCs Prof HiranAmarasekera Dept of Forestry and Environment Science University of Sri Jayewardenepura

  2. Power Search with Google

  3. Google Scholar • For many university assignments simple Googling will not be sufficient. • You need to use Google Scholar, which exclusively searches academic and scholarly work

  4. Ctrl + F (Find on page)

  5. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) •  MOOCs courses are free and easily accessible online therefore large numbers of students can study high quality courses with prestigious universities.

  6. Number of courses offered 

  7. Key MOOCs providers

  8. Subjects offered

  9. Google - Power Searching with Google • Join and follow MOOCs offered by Google in 2012: Google - Power Searching with Google course. • http://www.powersearchingwithgoogle.com/course/ps/course.html

  10. Trends in 2014 • Credit-granting MOOCs: Universities are starting to grant credit for MOOCs • Corporate-developed public MOOCs: companies offer MOOCs to train customers • MOOC creation platforms: (EdXand Google MOOC authorship platform) http://mooc.org/ https://www.openlearning.com/

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