MOOC, a massive(大规模的) open online course, aims at providing interactive discussion and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums (论坛) that help build a community for the students, professors, and teaching assistants.
MOOCs first made waves in the fall of 2011, when Professor Sebastian Thrun from Stanford University opened his graduate-level artificial intelligence course up to any student anywhere, and 160,000 students in more than 190 countries signed up. This new kind of online classes is shaking up the higher education world in many ways. Since the courses can be taken by hundreds of thousands of students at the same time, the number of universities might decrease greatly. Professor Thrun has even imagined a future in which there will only need to be 10 universities in the world. Perhaps the most impressive thing about MOOCs, many of which are being taught by professors at prestigious (声誉高的) universities, is that they're free. This is certainly good news for cash-strapped students.
There is a lot of excitement and fear about MOOCs. While some say free online courses are a great way to increase the enrollment (注册) of students who are lack of resources, some critics (批评者) have said that MOOCs encourage an unrealistic one-size-fits-all model of higher education and that there is no replacement for true dialogues between professors and their students. After all, a brain is not a computer. We are not blank hard drives waiting to be filled with data. People learn from people they love and remember the things that arouse emotion. Some critics worry that online students will miss out on the social aspects of college.
【小题1】What can we learn about MOOCs?| A．It is cheap to take the courses. |
| B．Most courses are about artificial intelligence. |
| C．They have decreased the number of universities. |
| D．Many courses are offered by professors from famous universities. |
| A．fond of money | B．short of money |
| C．careful with money | D．familiar with money |
| A．The limited courses offered around the world. |
| B．The disappearance of traditional course materials. |
| C．The overreliance on professors from good universities. |
| D．The lack of social interaction among students and professors. |
| A．To give an introduction of MOOCs. |
| B．To put an advertisement for MOOCs. |
| C．To describe the influence of artificial intelligence. |
| D．To express a critical attitude towards artificial intelligence. |
Artificial Intelligence Professional Program
Stanford Online Artificial Intelligence courses let you virtually step into the classrooms of Stanford professors who lead the AI revolution. The courses, beginning on Wednesday May 1,2024, are based on Stanford graduate courses, but adapted for the needs of working professionals.
Before enrolling in your first course, you need to apply for an online interview with your professor (15-20 minutes). The interaction allows you to tell your professor about your interest in joining, as well as confirm that you meet the essential requirements (Proficiency in Python, College Calculus, Linear Algebra and Probability Theory).
The courses will equip you with the skills and confidence to:
Learn basic AI technologies to operate AI models and tools.
Evaluate performance of AI models accurately.
Carry out search algorithms (算法) to find the shortest paths and plan motions for the general-use robots.
Guard against various types of cyber crimes to keep information safe.
What you will earn:
You’ll earn a Stanford Professional Certificate in Artificial Intelligence when you successfully complete either three 10-week courses in the AI professional education program or two courses in the AI professional education program plus one course in the AI graduate program. All the courses in the program will be accessible through Wednesday July 31,2024.
【小题1】What is necessary to enter for the program according to the text?| A．A graduate certificate. |
| B．A Stanford’s scholarship. |
| C．An interview on the Internet. |
| D．A professor’s recommendation. |
| A．Updating AI models. |
| B．Maintaining cyber security. |
| C．Predicting future accurately. |
| D．Inventing robots with new functions. |
| A．Four weeks. | B．Two months. | C．Ten weeks. | D．Three months. |
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【小题1】When are beginners likely to ride on their own?| A．Before having three private lessons. | B．Before building up their confidence. |
| C．After meeting with their instructors. | D．After taking about five riding lessons. |
| A．By making calls to the office. | B．By visiting the riding school in person. |
| C．By writing to group members. | D．By writing emails to their instructors. |
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Your creativity and ideas can help other teachers. Submit your art lesson plan or activity today. Don’t forget to include additional resource documents or a photo.
Wet Chalk Painting Grades: K -4th
Lesson Plan Objectives: Development of fine motor skills (协调性) and creatively expressing the child’s ideas and thoughts by a new medium.
Materials Needed : Colored chalk, water, drawing paper, sponge, and newspapers.
Lesson Procedure: Dip the colored chalk into water and draw on the paper. Another way is to put the drawing paper on newspapers, dampen it with a wet sponge, and then draw.
Submitted by: Jack
Sidewalk Drawing Grades: K -5th
Lesson Plan Objectives : Development of the creative process by doing artistic drawings in a new way and development of fine and gross motor skills (全身协调性).
Materials Needed : Sidewalk or outdoor chalk and lots of sidewalk.
Lesson Procedure : Give the children the chalk and let them draw whatever they choose on the sidewalk. You may also consider using this in teaching some other lessons(i. e. science).
Submitted by: Peter
Rose - Colored Lorgnette Grades: Any
Materials Needed: Half an egg carton (包装盒), scissors, glue, colored paper, scotch tape (通明胶带) and a seven inch stick.
Lesson Plan Objectives: Child will construct an object that allows them to view the world in a variety of colors and will learn why certain objects in their colored environment look the way they do when certain colors are mixed.
Lesson Plan Procedure : Cut windows in the bumps of half an egg carton. Glue circles of colored cellophane over the windows with rubber cement. Tape on a stick for a holder.
Submitted by: Jennifer
【小题1】Which art lesson plan is presented by Jennifer?| A．Wet Chalk Painting. | B．Sidewalk Drawing. |
| C．Rose - Colored Lorgnette. | D．Rainbow Fan. |
| A．Scissors. | B．Chalk. | C．Stick. | D．Sponge. |
| A．encouraging the child to paint at will | B．developing the child’s motor skills |
| C．expressing the child’s ideas and thoughts | D．bettering the child’s understanding of colors |
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