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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Veterinary Humanities and Social Sciences
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2025.1558473
This article is part of the Research Topic Veterinary teaching in 2025: where we are and where we expect to go View all 10 articles
A novel teaching model using a massive online open course for soft skills development in the veterinary medicine curriculum
Provisionally accepted
Nélida Fernández Pato 1*
María Auxiliadora Ruíz Rosillo 2
Lydia Calleja Bueno 2 Isabel Rodríguez Hurtado 2 María Dolores Vivas Urias 3- 1 Veterinary Faculty Alfonso X El Sabio University, Madrid, Spain
- 2 Pedagogical Innovation, Veterinary Faculty Alfonso X El Sabio University, Madrid, Spain
- 3 Pedagogical Innovation, Alfonso X el Sabio University, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
Teaching and learning methods in Higher Education are constantly adapting looking for a better achievement of one day competencies in each subject along the Veterinary Medicine Degree. Alfonso X el Sabio University is developing its innovative and pedagogical model, entirely centred on the students and based on the development of the most demanded soft skills by employers named "UAX Skill School". This model has been created by using Coursera platform and selecting online massive open courses (MOOCS) for being adapted to different subjects to ensure the students develop the most useful soft skills. This research summarizes the process and results of the adaptation and implementation of the MOOC "Learning how to learn" from the Coursera platform in Parasitic Diseases subject which complements and enhances the learning process of Veterinary students.
Keywords: innovation1, veterinary2, MOOC3, soft skills4, teaching5, learning6, Coursera7 parasitic diseases8
Received: 10 Jan 2025; Accepted: 25 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Pato, Ruíz Rosillo, Bueno, Hurtado and Vivas Urias. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Nélida Fernández Pato, Veterinary Faculty Alfonso X El Sabio University, Madrid, Spain
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