scholarly journals Integration of a MOOC into a traditional third-level e-learning platform

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Fuchs-Kittowski
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Environmental Informatics ◽  
E Learning

This article presents the didactic concept and the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) e-learning solution for the course “Environment, computer science and society” in the environmental informatics degree course at the HTW Berlin, which was realised on the basis of the traditional third-level learning platform Moodle.

Auto Grouping and Peer Grading System in Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Chiou ◽  
Timothy K. Shih
Keyword(s):  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Peer Assessment ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning

E-learning is a progressive way of learning through online courses. Instructors pass information to learners via context and videos embedded in active webpages, so that learners intake knowledge of what they need. Now e-learning is not simply providing course materials, while the trend of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is recently applied widely, the concept of flipped classroom is well deployed everywhere. Courses are designed more practical, suitable, and problem-solving inclined. By this way, learners' learning effectiveness and learning motivation are triggered. In this research, the authors will develop an online learning platform and improve the existing methods of peer grouping and peer assessment, to promote the concept of MOOCs.

scholarly journals Hogyan alakul (hat) a tanulói aktivitás egy MOOC során?

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Zsolt Námesztovszki ◽  
Dorottya Balázs P. ◽  
Cintia Kovács ◽  
Lenke Major ◽  
Dijana Karuović
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Working Process ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Student Activities ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Video Material

Manapság egyre több szó esik az időtől és helytől független tanulásról, amely elektronikus eszközök segítségével valósul meg. Ezen eszközök szervezett és összefogott megjelenítését biztosítják a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) típusú kurzusok. Ezek a kurzusok egyre nagyobb népszerűségnek örvendenek az oktatók és a tanulók körében is, és egyre több ilyen struktúrájú képzés jelenik meg. Az utóbbi években magyar nyelvű képzések is egyre gyakrabban érhetők el, azonban ezek működése (az empirikus adatok tükrében) már kevésbé ismert. Ezt a kört bővíti ez a tanulmány, amely a tanulói aktivitás intenzitását vizsgálja a videómegtekintések, a fórumaktivitások és a tesztek kitöltésének ideje alapján három, saját készítésű MOOC felületén. --- Tracing learners' activity patterns in 3 MOOC trainings Nowadays, more and more researchers and teachers are talking about e-learning, which makes education independent of time and place. The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) provides the organized and coordinated look of these e-learning tools. These courses are becoming more and more popular among instructors and students alike, and there are a number of these sorts of structured courses. In recent years there have also been a great number of courses available in Hungarian too, but their working process is less well-known (in light of empirical data). This study examines the intensity of the student activities during the video-material, the forum activities and the time of completion of the tests, on the basis of three self-made MOOCs.

Understanding learner participation at scale: How and why

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-252
Author(s):  
Samaa Haniya ◽  
Luc Paquette
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Learner Participation ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
E Learning

Understanding learner participation is essential to any learning environment to enhance teaching and learning, especially in large scale digital spaces, such as massive open online courses. However, there is a lack of research to fully capture the dynamic nature of massive open online courses and the different ways learners participate in these emerging massive e-learning ecologies. To fill in the research gap, this paper attempted to investigate the relationship between how learners choose to participate in a massive open online course, their initial motivation for learning, and the barriers they faced throughout the course. This was achieved through a combination of data-driven clustering approaches—to identify patterns of learner participation—and qualitative analysis of survey data—to better understand the learners’ motivation and the barriers they faced during the course. Through this study we show how, within the context of a Coursera massive open online course offered by the University of Illinois, learners with varied patterns of participation (Advanced, Balanced, Early, Limited, and Delayed Participation) reported similar motivations and barriers, but described differences in how their participation was impacted by those factors. These findings are significant to gain insights about learners’ needs which in turn serve as the basis to innovate more adaptive and personalized learning experiences and thus advance learning in these large scale environments.

scholarly journals Competencias digitales en docentes de la Carrera de Enfermería de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1, Mar) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Diana Nancy Martínez García
Keyword(s):  
Online Course ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Competencias Digitales

Introducción: El aprendizaje electrónico e-learning, incorporó la conectividad a través del Internet acercando el conocimiento y el desarrollo académico por medio de los espacios de aprendizaje virtuales. Del tradicional e-learning a la masificación de los cursos abiertos Massive Open Online Course, se ha revolucionado el mundo educativo en función de la oferta de formación académica abierta y de calidad.Objetivo: Evaluar las competencias digitales de los docentes de la Carrera de Enfermería de la Universidad Técnica de Ambato.Métodos: Se realizó un estudio observacional, descriptivo y retrospectivo con el objetivo de conocer las competencias digitales de los docentes de la Carrera de Enfermería. La población estuvo formada por 30 docentes, a los que se les aplicó un instrumento de evaluación para conocer las competencias digitales que poseían.Resultados: Los docentes estuvieron bien familiarizados con el uso de la Internet (n=19; 63%), y el uso de software educativos (n=8; 27%). El 37% de los docentes utilizó el Internet para el desarrollo de sus clases, el 33% lo utilizó a menudo, mientras que el 2,7% lo utilizó en determinadas ocasiones.Conclusiones: Las competencias digitales de los docentes estuvieron en un nivel medio de pericia, los docentes conocieron y manejaron las herramientas informáticas que integraron a su práctica docente, no obstante se evidenció la necesidad de acompañamiento por parte de personal especializado en el área de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación. 

Massive Open Online Courses in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 98-109
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Li
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
E Learning

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the literature on massive open online course (MOOC) development in China, its accompanying practices, challenges, and opportunities. The chapter also offers recommendations derived from the literature on how to make MOOCs benefit more Chinese. To conduct this study, the author reviewed Chinese literature on MOOCs since 2012, when the first five articles on MOOCs appeared in Chinese journals, which introduced concepts and practices of Western MOOCs into China. The author also reviewed well-known English journals on online education and e-learning since 2013, when the first Chinese MOOCs appeared.

scholarly journals Can Exposure to Online Conversations About Death and Dying Influence Death Competence? An Exploratory Study Within an Australian Massive Open Online Course

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Miller-Lewis ◽  
Jennifer Tieman ◽  
Deb Rawlings ◽  
Deborah Parker ◽  
Christine Sanderson
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Large Effect Size ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Online Conversations

A Massive Open Online Course, Dying2Learn, was designed to foster community death conversations and strengthen community awareness of palliative care and death as a normal process. This exploratory study used a pre–post prospective design to determine if participation in Dying2Learn and exposure to online conversations about death and dying resulted in any significant influence on death competence in 134 participants who completed the Coping-with-Death-Scale both at the beginning and end of the course in 2016. Death competence refers to a range of attitudes and capabilities people have for dealing with death. Results at the end of the course indicated that engagement in Dying2Learn led to significant improvements in death competence scores over time (medium-to-large effect size). The positive impact was greater for those who completed more of the course, and effectiveness did not depend on sociodemographic characteristics. In conclusion, this study found that an online learning platform in the form of a Massive Open Online Course could engage community members in meaningful social discussion about death and dying, and that exposure to these conversations was beneficial for all participants regardless of previous exposure to death. Further exploration is required to determine whether this change in death competence will have an impact on participant’s behavior in the community regarding death conversations and preparedness.

Massive Open Online Course Management

2015 ◽  
pp. 89-105
Author(s):  
Ana M. Pessoa ◽  
Luis Coelho ◽  
Ruben Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Course Management ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) are gaining prominence in transversal teaching-learning strategies. However, there are many issues still debated, namely assessment, recognized largely as a cornerstone in Education. The large number of students involved requires a redefinition of strategies that often use approaches based on tasks or challenging projects. In these conditions and due to this approach, assessment is made through peer-reviewed assignments and quizzes online. The peer-reviewed assignments are often based upon sample answers or topics, which guide the student in the task of evaluating peers. This chapter analyzes the grading and evaluation in MOOCs, especially in science and engineering courses, within the context of education and grading methodologies and discusses possible perspectives to pursue grading quality in massive e-learning courses.

Collaborative MOOC Content Design and Automatic Assessment Based on ODALA Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nacera Hammid ◽  
Lynda Haddadi ◽  
Farida Bouarab-Dahmani
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Pedagogical Issues ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Automatic Assessment ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Automated Evaluation ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Content Design

Since the fall of 2011, the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) phenomenon is still being qualified as the most attractive and discussed subject by educational communities and public. In the literature, there are many researches about this recent e-learning generation that vary as the goals vary from raising pedagogical issues to economics ones. Several case studies state that MOOCs are challenging the use of technologies to enhance learning; others think that MOOCs can induce to disruptive in education and educational institutions. In this paper, we propose an instructional design for a kind of MOOC platforms where mainly the use of disciplines specifications and automated evaluation of MOOC learners are possible to settle the source of these problems. Our proposition is based on ODALA (Ontology-Driven Auto-evaluation Learning Approach) principles and on the disciplines' knowledge capitalization using a meta-model represented as domain ontology for disciplines modeling inspired by this approach.

scholarly journals Design and implementation of a massive open online course on enhancing the recruitment of minorities in clinical trials – Faster Together

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila V. Kusnoor ◽  
Victoria Villalta-Gil ◽  
Margo Michaels ◽  
Yvonne Joosten ◽  
Tiffany L. Israel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Community Advisory Board ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Minority Recruitment ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Recruitment Practices ◽  
Post Test

Abstract Background Racial and ethnic minorities are often underrepresented in clinical trials, threatening the generalizability of trial results. Several factors may contribute to underrepresentation of minorities in clinical trials, including lack of training for researchers and staff on the importance of diversity in clinical trials and effective strategies for recruiting and retaining minority populations. Methods Applying community engaged research principles, we developed a massive open online course (MOOC) to help research team members develop knowledge and skills to enhance the recruitment of minorities in clinical trials. A transdisciplinary working group, consisting of clinical researchers, community engagement specialists, minority clinical trial recruitment and retention educators and specialists, and knowledge management information scientists, was formed to develop an evidence-based curriculum. Feedback from the Recruitment Innovation Center Community Advisory Board was incorporated to help finalize the curriculum. The course was implemented in Coursera, an online learning platform offering MOOCs. A bootstrap paired sample t-test was used to compare pre- and post-assessments of knowledge, attitudes, and intentions as it relates to minority recruitment. Results The final course, entitled Faster Together, was divided into eight 1-h modules. Each module included video presentations, reading assignments, and quizzes. After 10 months, 382 individuals enrolled in the course, 105 participants completed the pre-test, and 14 participants completed the post-test. Participants’ knowledge scores were higher with an increase in the mean number of correct answers from 15.4 (95% CI:12.1–18.7) on the pre-test to 18.7 (95% CI:17.42–20.2) on the post-test. All post-test respondents (n = 14) indicated that the course improved their professional knowledge, and 71.4% of respondents indicated that they were very likely to make changes to their recruitment practices. Conclusions Faster Together, a massive open online course, is an acceptable, accessible approach to educating research teams on minority recruitment in clinical trials. Preliminary evidence indicates the course increased knowledge on how to recruit minorities into clinical trials and could promote change in their recruitment practices.

scholarly journals The effects of perceived usefulness, confirmation and satisfaction on continuance intention in using massive open online course (MOOC)

2019 ◽  
pp. 201-214
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Continuance Intention ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
E Learning

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has been playing an important role in the latest e-learning initiative and has obtained a widespread popularity in many universities. However, the low course completion rates of students have become an outstanding issue that should not be neglected. Based on the Expectation-Confirmation Model (ECM), this study examines the effects of students’ perceived usefulness, confirmation and satisfaction on MOOC continuance intention. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to validate the proposed model and hypotheses. Participants were 368 undergraduate students enrolled in a MOOC platform. The study’s result revealed that confirmation has significant effects on students’ perceived usefulness and satisfaction. Perceived usefulness and satisfaction have significant effects on students’ continuance intention while perceived usefulness has no significant effects on students’ satisfaction. This study will help to outspread our understanding of what influence students to continue using MOOC.

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