MOOCs

Autonomy. Versatility. Flexibility. This elective represents a unique opportunity for our gifted and high potential students to tailor their learning and follow whatever subjects and interests they may have, at a university level.

The MOOCs elective allows students to take control. Students are able to choose from any online course available from quality universities from across the world and complete them during their timetabled MOOCs elective lessons, under the guidance of a teacher. The teacher will be the coordinator who will offer advice and support and track student progress and record their results, but it is the students who are in charge of their learning. 

Students can choose subjects as diverse as: Chemistry, How the Solar System Works, The World of Physics, The Greatest Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe, Tutor England, Shakespeare’s Tragedies, Python Programming, Synapses Neurons and the Brain, Java Programming For Beginners, Questioning Everything, Medieval China, The World of Wine, Future Cities, Data Science Orientation, Empire: The Controversies of British Imperialism, Spanish for Beginners: People and Places, Maths Puzzles: Cryptarithms, Symbolologies and Secret Codes, IoT Networks and Protocols, Global Health Governance, Genetic Counselling, Governing Religions: European Challenges and Asian Approaches, to name just a few.

You can see the full list here.

Harvard, University of Kentucky, University of Virginia, Australian National University, Caltech, ETZ Zurich, University of Adelaide, Kyoto University, University of California, Stanford, Yonsei University, UC Berkley, Harvey Mudd College, University of Copenhagen, Nanyang, Bux, Technological University, University of Arlington, Georgia Tech, University of Rochester, Cave of Programming, University of Edinburgh, Microsoft, University of Michigan, WelleseyX, Hebrew University, European University Institute, Saint George’s University of London, EIT InnoEnergy, Anglia Ruskin University, UNESCO, Curtin University, University of Southampton, The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, University of Exeter, Duke University, University of Illinois, John Hopkins University, Cambridge University, Oxford University, Princeton University and many more.

While most courses are free, students may choose to pay fees for individual courses that have a cost.

This is a Non-RoSA course and will therefore not appear on your RoSA. Students are advised to do no more than 200 hours of Non-RoSA courses throughout Years 9 and 10.