A MOOC based on blended pedagogy
- S. Rayyan,
- C. Fredericks,
- K.F. Colvin,
- A. Liu,
- R. Teodorescu,
- A. Barrantes,
- A. Pawl,
- D.T. Seaton,
- D.E. Pritchard
We describe three iterations of a Massive Open Online Course MOOC developed from online preparation materials for a reformed introductory physics classroom at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in which the teaching staff interact with small ...
Understanding MOOC students: motivations and behaviours indicative of MOOC completion
Massive open online courses MOOCs continue to appear across the higher education landscape, originating from many institutions in the USA and around the world. MOOCs typically have low completion rates, at least when compared with traditional courses, ...
The role of students' motivation and participation in predicting performance in a MOOC
Over the last 5years, massive open online courses MOOCs have increasingly provided learning opportunities across the world in a variety of domains. As with many emerging educational technologies, why and how people come to MOOCs needs to be better ...
Who are the top contributors in a MOOC? Relating participants' performance and contributions
The role of social tools in massive open online courses MOOCs is essential as they connect participants. Of all the participants in an MOOC, top contributors are the ones who more actively contribute via social tools. This article analyses and reports ...
Connecting performance to social structure and pedagogy as a pathway to scaling learning analytics in MOOCs: an exploratory study
This exploratory study focuses on the design and evaluation of teaching analytics that relate social learning structure with performance measures in a massive open online course MOOC prototype environment. Using reflexive analysis of online learning ...
Towards general models of effective science inquiry in virtual performance assessments
Recent interest in online assessment of scientific inquiry has led to several new online systems that attempt to assess these skills, but producing models that detect when students are successfully practising these skills can be challenging. In this ...
The MOOC and learning analytics innovation cycle MOLAC: a reflective summary of ongoing research and its challenges
The article deals with the interplay between learning analytics and massive open online courses MOOCs and provides a conceptual framework to situate ongoing research in the MOOC and learning analytics innovation cycle MOLAC framework. The MOLAC ...