MOOCs portfolio of TSU
“Fishers of men” or social networking for media, business, recruitment and education
The course is aimed to give the basic knowledge and skills in the use of social networking and social media communications by professional journalists, marketers, advertisers and PR men, recruiters […]
3D printing for all and everyone
This course will demonstrate the entire process of 3D objects printing. Students will learn what is the 3D model itself and how to create 3D models in three-dimensional editors. Students […]
Amazing World of Geography
Geography is not only a science, it is a way of studying of modern world, understanding by everyone of one’s place in the world as a part of environment, responsibility […]
Biological Diversity (Theories, Measures and Data sampling techniques)
The course presents an overview of the theory behind biological diversity evolution and dynamics and of methods for diversity calculation and estimation. We will become familiar with the major alpha, […]
Ecology: from cells to Gaia
The course presents the principles of evolution, ecology, and behavior for students during their study of biology and of the environment. It discusses major ideas and results. Recent advances have […]
Genius. Talent. Golden Mediocrity
The course is of an applied nature and is oriented to studies in the field of creative life intensification psychology, help with the experience of crises, human potential realization and […]
Health and healthcare in transition: dilemmas of governance
Our societies are changing. On one hand, unprecedented socio-demographic changes are underway: albeit unevenly across various settings, life expectancy continues to rise globally, facilitating the rise of numbers of people […]
History of Survival Principles
The course is designed to introduce history of human survival in local and global threats to learners as well as to give them the idea of proper behavior in case […]
Innovations in Industry: Mechatronics and Robotics
Mechatronics and Robotics covers a wide range of issues, and it is difficult for one person to reach deep and explore all areas of robot research. This course will help […]
Introduction to Parallel Programming with OpenMP and MPI
Multi-processor computer systems (MCS) or supercomputers have appeared with the necessity to solve complex problems of applied sciences with a large calculations amount, and fundamental limitations of the "classic", von […]
Let’s read Russian classical literature together: “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov
The ideal outcome from the course is to master by means of teacher-student cooperation a universal model of work with literary text that may be used as a basis of […]
Life in Soil
The course is devoted to the review of biological processes in the soil and to the role of living organisms in bedrock formation. EnrollOffered on the platform Coursera Learning […]
My friend is a robot. Sociocultural aspects of social robotics
The learners will get acquainted with a new interdisciplinary science Social robotics. An idea of common future for people and robots has been living in society for a long time. […]
Occupational psychology, industrial psychology and ergonomics
This course program requires not only the analysis of self - professional experience but also the result of self-observations of basic elements od level activity. EnrollOffered on the platform […]
Probability Theory – Science of Chance
The course is devoted to the basic rules of calculation of probabilities paying attention to basic ideas and concepts and explaines the way to solve probabilistic problems using formal technique. […]
Psychodiagnostics and Assessment
The program of the course involves training in modern methods of recognition, measurement and description of the individual psychological characteristics; learning of valid and reliable diagnostic judgments making patterns, rules […]
Psychodiagnostics and Psychological Assessment
The program of the course involves training in modern methods of recognition, measurement and description of the individual psychological characteristics; learning of valid and reliable diagnostic judgments making patterns, rules […]
Russian as an instrument of successful communication
Nowadays the Russian language is influenced by different trends of Internet communication, mass media and other languages. It is impossible to define these processes as positive. And it is an […]
Sketches of Siberia. A town of Tomsk: Russian course for foreigners
The course is for studying of Russian as a foreign language. It is based on the material of the texts about the ancient Siberian city. The course will be attractive […]
The Changing Arctic
After taking this course you will have an understanding of Arctic landscapes, how they were formed and how they are changing. You will also learn how scientists from countries around […]
Partners
Coursera is the leading world platform of online education whose audience includes over 13 million people. Coursera provides open access to the educational courses developed by the best universities and the organizations of the world. The platform offers about 1,300 courses and collaborates with more than 125 partners.
The platform is used for publishing online courses created by the members of the National Open Education Platform Association and the partners, facilitates the adoption of international standards, formulates its own requirements to the quality of online courses and collaborates with providers of higher educational programmes, which are implemented using online courses hosted on the platform. Upon successful completion of the course, learners get a course certificate, and credits for the course can be counted towards the students’ curriculum at any university in Russia.
Лекториум (Lektorium) is an academic educational project developing two areas:
- Archive of video lectures of the best Russian lecturers (published only in coordination with the lecturers and educational institutions). Access to the library is free.
- MOOC (Massive Online Open Course).
Stepik is an educational engine and platform, focused on STEM open lessons. Stepic allows for easy creation of interactive lessons with a variety of automated grading assignments.
Stepik vision is to build a library of open education content to be created and developed collaboratively by the community.
PushkinOnline combines an online course of Russian as a foreign language, an online school for teachers of Russian as a foreign language, open online courses for those studying Russian as a foreign language and an integrated social network to enable communication between interested parties.
Collaboration with proctoring services
TSU MOOCs: Facts and Figures
Integrating MOOCs into formal education
Tomsk State University policy concerning MOOC recognition is presented in the local regulatory document - Regulations on open online courses credit transfer at TSU. It covers the procedure and the conditions of that credit transfer, requirements that e-learninng results should meet to be transfered, rules on defining teh academic workload in credits, credit units or academic hours.
TSU MOOC Team
VICTOR DYOMIN
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs
Strategic initiative management in the framework of Tomsk State University Competitiveness Enhancement Program
ARTEM FESHCHENKO
Head of Department of Information Technologies of the Institute of Distance Education
Project promotion
ALEXANDR STEPANENKO
Programmer of the Institute of Distance Education
Technical support of the МООСs on the TSU online platform
GALINA MOZHAEVA
Director of the Institute of Distance Education
Project leadership
OLGA DVORYANKINA
Cutter of the Institute of Distance Education
Cutting work, design
DARIA MASLOVA
Head of MOOC Production and Support Centre
Project management
KRISTINA TANASENKO
Career advisor of the Institute of Distance Education
Analytics in e-learning and online learning quality. Support of the МООСs on the National Open Education Platform
YULIA DUBOVIK
Cameraman