Onah, Daniel F. O. and Sinclair, Jane (2016) Design Science MOOC : a framework of good practice pedagogy in a novel E-Learning platform eLDa. In: 28th Annual World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (EDMEDIA2016), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 28-30 Jun 2016. Published in: Proceedings of 28th Annual World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (EDMEDIA2016) pp. 1-7.
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Abstract
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have taken higher educational establishments of the western world by storm with large amounts of funding diverted into developing and delivering a wide variety of online, massparticipation courses. Many claims have been made relating to their potential for providing free, high quality education to everyone, no matter what their situation or geographical position. In practice however, there is little evidence as yet of the desired democratisation of education, with lack of support for students, an absence of pedagogy and very high drop out rates. This project is concerned with MOOC evaluation. It aims to understand the reasons why students drop
out and to implement and assess the effectiveness of measures to address specific areas relating to attrition. The theoretical framework of this study is applying design science research methodology (DSRM) in creating and developing a learning tool as an instrument for the research investigation. My research goal is on designing, implementing and evaluating solutions to mitigate these problems. Enabled by developing network and Cloud technologies, MOOCs are credited with the potential to provide free, open, high quality (yet low cost) education for large classes. However, current efforts are lacking in the necessary pedagogy and framework necessary to provide suitable materials for different learners and supporting individuals in their different learning paths. This is one of the major contributory factors to the extremely high drop out rates currently observed. This research exposes the learners’ choice of studies from the perspective of analytics and survey responses. It further described the features in the tool and the good practice to be considered while developing an online learning system
| Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | MOOCs (Web-based instruction), Education, Higher -- Computer-assisted instruction, Open learning, Self-managed learning |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of 28th Annual World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (EDMEDIA2016) |
| Publisher: | Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) |
| Official Date: | 2016 |
| Dates: | Date Event 2016 Published 2 May 2016 Accepted |
| Page Range: | pp. 1-7 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 July 2016 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 July 2016 |
| Conference Paper Type: | Paper |
| Title of Event: | 28th Annual World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (EDMEDIA2016) |
| Type of Event: | Conference |
| Location of Event: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Date(s) of Event: | 28-30 Jun 2016 |
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| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/79746/ |
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