Moving through MOOCs
Transcript of Moving through MOOCs
Moving through MOOCs: Pedagogy, Learning and Patterns of EngagementRebecca Ferguson, Doug Clow (OU)Russell Beale, Alison J Cooper (Birmingham)Neil Morris (Leeds)Siân Bayne, Amy Woodgate (Edinburgh)
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Photo: Rebecca Ferguson
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Have you:• Seen a MOOC?• Completed a MOOC?• … on more than one platform?• … on more than three platforms?
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https://www.coursera.org/course/pgm
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Scottish Independence Referendum, 19 Sep 2015Photo © Time http://time.com/3400609/scotland-votes-to-stay-the-same-and-for-change/
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Coursera study:• Sampling• Auditing• Disengaging• Completing
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OU study:1. Samplers 2. Strong Starters 3. Returners4. Mid-way Dropouts 5. Nearly There 6. Later Completers 7. Keen Completers
This study:• More universities• More MOOCs• More clusters
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Galaxy cluster Abell 1758,(CC) BY-NC NASA Marshall Space Flight Center https://flic.kr/p/8wFrUX
Code weekly behaviour
Cluster analysis (k-means)
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Phase three: suitable values for kTalkMOOC3: k=3
Phase three
Quiet (1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
●The largest cluster
●Visit a quarter of course steps
●Do not comment in first week
●Only 7% comment at all
●Only 9% engage with second half of course
Contributors (3, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
●19% of cohort
●Visit 38% of course steps
●Every cluster member posts in first week of course
●Half do not comment again
Consistent engagers(3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1)
●11% of cohort
●Visit 82% of course steps
●Engage throughout course
●Every cluster member posts a comment
●95% contribute more than three comments
●7% contribute more than 100 comments
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Phase three: suitable values for kShortMOOC4: k=4
Phase three
Very weak starters (2, 1, 0)
●The largest cluster
●Visit 20% of steps
●20% do not engage in first week
Strong starters (truncated) (10, 1, 0)
●17% of cohort
●Submit week 1 assessment
●Do not submit another assessment
●Almost half post comment
Returners (truncated)(3, 3, 1)
●Most submit week 1 assessment
●All submit week 2 assessment
●Half submit at least one comment
Keen completers (truncated) (9, 9, 9)
●Visit more than 90% of steps
●Submit work on time
●Engage throughout
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Phase three: suitable values for kShortMOOC5: k=5
Phase three
Samplers (truncated) (1, 0, 0)
●Visit few steps
●Includes many latecomers (>25%)
●Very few submit assessment Strong starters (truncated)
(9, 1, 0)
●Submit week 1 assessment
●Do not submit another assessment
Returners (truncated)(8, 8, 2)
●Most submit week 1 assessment
●All submit week 2 assessment
Keen completers (truncated) (9, 9, 9)
●Visit more than 90% of steps
●Submit work on time
●Engage throughout
Improvers (5, 6, 9)
●Activity increases each week
●Final assessment submitte on time
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“Sweep it under the carpet”, Banksy, HoxtonPhoto szater https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banksy_-_Sweep_at_Hoxton.jpg
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Rebecca Ferguson @R3beccaFDoug Clow @dougclow
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