Open Online Courses
About Open Online Courses[edit | edit source]
Open online courses are courses running purely in an online environment that have been opened up for anyone to participate in. They are often referred to as MOOCs - massive open online courses - as they can generate huge participation.
These open online courses are usually run and facilitated by accredited educational establishments such as universities and colleges or professional networks. They are either created specifically or they are existing modules that are placed in an online environment and opened up for anyone to attend.
MOOCs in Physiopedia[edit | edit source]
Professional Ethics - 2013[edit | edit source]
In the summer of 2013 Physiopedia, in collaboration with the University of Western Cape in South Africa, ran the worlds first ever physiotherapy or physical therapy MOOC. The course was a huge success and has provided us with a very workable model for running future MOOCs in Physiopedia.
See the Professional Ethics Course
Read the Professional Ethics Course Report
Physiotherapy Management of Spinal Cord Injuries - 2014[edit | edit source]
In the summer of 2014 Physiopedia ran a MOOC titled 'Physiotherapy management of Spinal Cord Injuries'. It had around 4000 participants and was accredited by the WCPT for 15 IPT-CEUs (International Physical Therapy Continuing Education Units).
See the Physiotherapy Management of Spinal Cord Injuries MOOC
Read the Physiotherapy Management of Spinal Cord Injuries MOOC Report
Future MOOCs in Physiopedia [edit | edit source]
- Physiotherapy Management of Amputees - coming June 2015
- Creating and Running an Open Online Course - to be run at WCPT Congress in May 2015
- Professional Ethics - coming 2016
Run a MOOC in Physiopedia[edit | edit source]
We now have a very workable model for running more open online courses in Physiopedia in collaboration with educational establishments and professional networks. The collaboration basically runs like this:
- Physiopedia provides all the administration for the course including e-learning development, hosting, promotion, registrations, accreditation, certification etc.
- The partner (university, professional association, clinical network) provides the content and the instructors.
If you would like to run a MOOC please contact us by email: [email protected] We will discuss your ideas with you and collaborate with you to present one of the worlds very first physiotherapy or physical therapy MOOCs.
