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Wilkins, Emily J.; Smith, Jordan W.; Keane, Rose – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2020
Effective communication with the public is critical for managing parks and enhancing visitor experiences. Visitors to Crater Lake National Park in Oregon (USA) were sampled on-site (n = 580) to explore social media uses and preferences. Three-fourths of visitors were active on at least one social media platform, and visitors associated different…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Information Dissemination, Parks
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Hollebrands, Karen F.; Lee, Hollylynne S. – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
Three MOOCs for Educators (MOOC-Eds) were designed for mathematics and statistics teachers based on principles of effective online professional development that include: self-directed learning, learning from multiple voices, job-connected learning, and peer-supported learning (Kleiman et al., in: Kim (ed) Massive Open Online Courses: the MOOC…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Mathematics Instruction, Independent Study, Faculty Development
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Cohen, Anat; Shimony, Udi; Nachmias, Rafi; Soffer, Tal – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
This study explores and characterizes learners' participation patterns in MOOC forums, as well as the factors that correlate with learners' participation. Educational data mining and learning analytics methods were used to retrieve and analyze the learners' interpersonal interaction data, which had accumulated in the Coursera log files. The…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Student Participation, Correlation, Mass Instruction
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Duan, Jinju; Xie, Kui; Hawk, Nathan A.; Yu, Shengquan; Wang, Minjuan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
This study adds a new perspective to the observations about connectivist interaction behavior in cMOOCs by extending the notion of network building from the perspective of individuals. We explore the possibility of building a learning network named Personal Social Knowledge Network (PSKN) to support in the monitoring of learning performance and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Mass Instruction, Social Networks, Preservice Teachers
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Joksimovic, Srecko; Jovanovic, Jelena; Kovanovic, Vitomir; Gasevic, Dragan; Milikic, Nikola; Zouaq, Amal; van Staalduinen, Jan Paul – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2020
Learning in computer-mediated setting represents a complex, multidimensional process. This complexity calls for a comprehensive analytical approach that would allow for understanding of various dimensions of learner generated discourse and the structure of the underlying social interactions. Current research, however, primarily focuses on manual…
Descriptors: Group Discussion, Speech Acts, Computer Assisted Instruction, Discourse Analysis
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Paul, Casey Medlock – Literacy, 2018
This collective case study explores the strategies history, science and math teachers use to conduct close readings in their disciplines. Through qualitative analysis of forum posts and lesson plans submitted to a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) designed as professional development (PD), this study examines the strategies history, science and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Lesson Plans, Online Courses, Faculty Development
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Formanek, Martin; Buxner, Sanlyn; Impey, Chris; Wenger, Matthew – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2019
In this work we study how different motivations of learners relate to their engagement in a massive open online course (MOOC). The research was conducted in a cohort-based astronomy MOOC "Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space" provided through the Coursera platform. In order to discern motivations of course participants, the Science…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Learner Engagement, Correlation