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Abstract
The last couple of years there has been a lot of attention for MOOCs. More and more universities start offering MOOCs. Although the open dimension of MOOC indicates that it is open in every aspect, in most cases it is a course with a structure and a timeline within which learning activities are positioned. There is a contradiction there. The open aspect puts MOOCs more in the non-formal professional learning domain, while the course structure takes it into the formal, traditional education domain. Accordingly, there is no consensus yet on solid pedagogical approaches for MOOCs.
Something similar can be said for learning analytics, another upcoming concept that is receiving a lot of attention. Given its nature, learning analytics offers a large potential to support learners in particular in MOOCs. Learning analytics should then be applied to assist the learners and teachers in understanding the learning process and could predict learning, provide opportunities for pro-active feedback, but should also results in interventions aimed at improving progress.
This paper illustrates pedagogical and learning analytics approaches based on practices developed in formal online and distance teaching university education that have been fine-tuned for MOOCs and have been piloted in the context of the EU-funded MOOC projects ECO (Elearning, Communication, Open-Data: http://ecolearning.eu) and EMMA (European Multiple MOOC Aggregator: http://platform.europeanmoocs.eu).
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Conference Proceedings of the 9th EDEN Research Workshop: Forging new pathways of research and innovation in open and distance learning |
Subtitle of host publication | Reaching from the roots |
Editors | Airina Volungeviciene, András Szűcs, Ildikó Mázár |
Publisher | European Distance and E-Learning Network |
Pages | 329-336 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-615-5511-12-7 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2016 |
Event | 9th EDEN Research Workshop - Oldenburg, Germany Duration: 4 Oct 2016 → 6 Oct 2016 http://www.eden-online.org/eden_conference/oldenburg/ |
Conference
Conference | 9th EDEN Research Workshop |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Oldenburg |
Period | 4/10/16 → 6/10/16 |
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Keywords
- ECO
- EMMA
- MOOC
- learning design
- learning analytics
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EMMA: European Multiple MOOC Aggregator
Kalz, M. (CoI), Brouns, F. (CoI) & Firssova, O. (CoI)
1/02/14 → 1/07/16
Project: Research
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ECO: Elearning, Communication and Open-data: Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning
Brouns, F. (PI) & Ternier, S. (CoI)
1/01/14 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Research output
- 1 Poster
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Learning design guided learning analytics in MOOCs
Brouns, F. & Firssova, O., Oct 2016.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
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