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MOOC ACTIVITY

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Table of Contents1. MOOC overview…………………………………………………………….22. MOOC sources……………………………………………………………….33. Reason for selecting my MOOC…….……………………………..44. Expectations………………………………………………………………….55. Introduction to my community……………………………………..6

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MOOC overviewWhat kind of MOOC

XMOOC Based on more behaviorist approach.Emphasize coordinated assessments and quizzes.Encourage a huge diversity of participants and group work is organized.

Who is running it?

Dr. Kylie Mansfield and Associate Professor Lyndal Parker-Newlyn

Kylie is a physiologist with 20 years research experience examining how disease affects the normal body function. Since 2006 she has been working at the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Wollongong where she is currently Academic Leader: Phase 1. She has a passion for student learning and for supporting students on their journey to becoming doctors.

Associate Professor Lyndal Parker-Newlyn. Lyndal is a rural GP who has practised in the community for 20 years. She has a passion for educating students and empowering patients and believes that collaboration between doctors and their patients leads to better health outcomes

Duration Course started on:

03/08/2015

Course ends on:

01/09/2015

MOOC Topic Understanding common diseases

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Understanding Common Diseases is designed for everyone who cares about their health or is interested in knowing more about how their body works. Over the course of the subject, you will hear from patients with four different diseases: high blood pressure, heartburn, diabetes and the common cold.

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MOOC sourcesURL: https://www.open2study.com/courses/understanding-common-diseases.

Screenshot of MOOC homepage

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REASONS FOR SELECTING MY MOOC Maintaining healthy bodies is very important in the world of today. Nowadays when somebody fall sick people panic a lot and start thinking the

world is coming to an end This MOOC is related to my education field. As a mathematics and physical educator and also a very caring person about the

health of the people in my community, it is very crucial to have an understanding of health and disease, its management and prevention.

During my school experience I had one learners who just collapsed while we were doing physical exercises in the field and I got scared and did not know what to do.

Only if we could understand various diseases in our societies, it could be easier to know what to do when such occurs.

In our respective classrooms we come across learners from diverse background with different diseases that needs us to cater for them properly.

If the teacher is aware of these diseases it becomes very easy to cater for all learners in the classroom and create lessons that accommodates everyone.

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ExpectationsAt the end of this course I would expect to have learnt the following:

Understanding of health and disease, its management and prevention

Understanding the ways in which the major body systems function including the cardiovascular system, the gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory tract

How blood pressure is normally regulated How blood sugar levels are normally regulated How the immune system responds to invasion of the respiratory tract by

microorganisms Recognise the signs and symptoms of high blood pressure, heartburn,

diabetes, and common colds and flu Understood the principles of the treatment and management of high blood

pressure, heartburn, diabetes, common cold and flu Taken part in activities, discussions and reflection on the course Having a deeper understanding of health and diseases and having knowledge

of various ways of handling some of the diseases when they attack, especially during the learning process.

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Introduction to my community

Donald Mokadi is a 3rd year student at the University of Johannesburg completing his education degree majoring in Mathematics and physical education. I am an ambitious person who chose to become a teacher because I enjoy working around people and helping others become better individuals in future. I enjoy working with children a lot and believe that I will make a huge difference in the country's education. I am originally coming from Limpopo where I completed my grade 12 in 2011 and now in Johannesburg to further my studies. I am currently working as a math coach at a program called Numeric where we teach grade 7 learners mathematics with the aim of ensuring that learners are well equipped with the basic skills of mathematics. One thing I have realised during practise is that health issues affects education in many ways and should be taken into consideration into the school environment. Teachers should be aware of the diseases that learners have and have all the necessary facilities to help those learners. This should also take place in our respective societies. We should care about the health of our learners as much as we care about their education.

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