MOOC as a Way of Dissemination, Training and Learning of Telecommunication Engineering

In this chapter, the use of massive open online courses (MOOCs) for the dissemination, training capabilities and learning of telecommunication engineering is described taking as example the successful MOOC ‘Ultra- Dense Networks for 5G and its Evolution’ developed under the European innovative training network (ITN) TeamUp5G. MOOCs are usually understood as a way of teaching or learning for massive potential students. Indeed, this is the main goal of any MOOC. However, we also propose its use for training and dissemination. The ITN TeamUp5G is a training network for 15 PhD students of seven different institutions (universities and companies) where the students make research on different interconnected topics for the common goal of Ultra dense networks for 5G. At the same time they researched, they prepared a MOOC to disseminate their most recent advances and their challenges. For the MOOC, they needed to collect their thoughts, organizse their knowledge and establish a common vision of the whole system. The cooperative work, the cross-related meetings and, the preparation of all the materials for the MOOC were very interesting and useful in their training process. The whole experience of designing and creating the MOOC is described in detail along with the challenges and lessons learned.

Keywords

Telecommunication 5G E-learning EdX Life-long-learning Ultra-dense networks Teamup5G

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/12826

Citation

Víctor P. Gil Jiménez, David Alejandro Urquiza Villalonga, Manuel José López Morales, Daniele Medda, Ilias-Nektarios Seitianitis, Ahmed Gaafar Al-Sakkaf, Bahram Khan, M. Julia Fernández-Getino García, Ana García Armada, Periklis Chatzimisios, Athanasios Iossifides, Máximo Morales Céspedes and Fernando J. Velez, “MOOC as a Way of Dissemination, Training and Learning of Telecommunication Engineering,” Chapter in the book Sam Goundar Massive Open Online Courses - Current Practice and Future Trends, Jan. 2023, doi: 10.5992/intechopen.1000574, https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/1122974