France Université Numérique

France université numérique (FUN) is the French national platform to promote the use of massive open online courses (MOOCs).[1]

France université numérique
France université numérique
Type of site
Online education
Available inFrench
OwnerGIP FUN-MOOC
URLwww.fun-mooc.fr
CommercialNo
RegistrationRequired
Launched2 October 2013; 11 years ago (2013-10-02)
Current statusActive

The portal is supported by the American open edX open source platform, and supported by Google since September 2013. The audiovisual content is hosted on OVH servers.[2]

At its launch, the platform was endowed by the government, a budget of eight million euros.[3][4]

Categories

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There are 39 categories available on the platform. A MOOC may overlap multiple categories.

  • Agronomie et agriculture (Agronomy and agriculture)
  • Chimie (Chemistry)
  • Communication (Communication)
  • Création, arts et design (Creation, arts and design)
  • Cultures et civilisations (Cultures and civilizations)
  • Découverte de l'Univers (Discovery of the Universe)
  • Développement durable (Sustainable development)
  • Droit et juridique (Law and legal studies)
  • Économie et finance (Economics and finance)
  • Éducation et formation (Education and tutoring)
  • Enjeux de société (Social issues)
  • Entrepreneuriat (Entrepreneurship)
  • Environnement (Environment)
  • Géographie (Geography)
  • Histoire (History)
  • Informatique (Information technology)
  • Innovation (Innovation)
  • Langues (Languages)
  • Lettres (Literature and writing)
  • Management (Management)
  • Mathématiques et statistiques (Mathematics and statistics)
  • Médias (Media studies)
  • Numérique, technologie (Data science)
  • Outils pour la recherche (Research tools)
  • Philosophie (Philosophy)
  • Physique (Physics)
  • Programmation (Programming)
  • Relations internationales (International relations)
  • Réseaux et télécommunications (Networks and telecommunications)
  • Santé (Health science)
  • Sciences (Science)
  • Sciences cognitives (Cognitive Sciences)
  • Sciences de la terre et de l'univers (Earth, planetary, and astronomical Sciences)
  • Sciences de la vie (Life sciences)
  • Sciences humaines et sociales (Humanities and social sciences)
  • Sciences politiques (Political sciences)
  • Sciences pour l'ingénieur (Engineering)
  • Sport (Sport)
  • Vie de l'entreprise (Business)

References

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  1. ^ "France Université Numérique - FUN - Découvrir, apprendre et réussir" (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. ^ "FUN - France Université Numérique" (in French). Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Éducation: la difficile équation économique des MOOC" (in French). 18 February 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. ^ Mathieu Oui (14 January 2014). "MOOC: 88000 inscrits sur la plate-forme FUN et de nouveaux financements en vue" (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2017.