Abstract
ICT is a powerful tool for supporting educators and students during their learning activities. Metacognition, collaborative learning, meaningful and timely feedback, multimodality, active learning, and ubiquitous learning are all aspects of learning that ICT can enhance. But, the keyword is: "can enhance". The process is not automatic, but it relies on a well defined learning design process that offers the capability to properly and effectively integrate technologies into learning activities so that the students can be guided through their learning process, applying a smooth progression using/employing the Bloom's taxonomy pyramid. MOOCs represent on of the possibilities offered by ICT. MOOCs represent a very inviting solution to support education allowing for independent learning in developing countries, like Cambodia, at a low cost for Ministry and schools/universities, but their effective implementation in the education sector will be challenging and will require a lot of effort and sophisticated design. Learning design is a fundamental element to consider, for the effective implementation of existing MOOCs in a curriculum. To continue with an effective learning design based on student-centered learning, it is fundamental to understand the current ecosystem and how higher education institutions implement MOOCs for teaching, and how students use them for learning.
M.Ed. (Information and Communication Technology in Education)