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Campbell, Jennifer; Gibbs, Alison L.; Najafi, Hedieh; Severinski, Cody – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
The advent of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has created opportunities for learning that are clearly in high demand, but the direction in which MOOCs should evolve to best meet the interests and needs of learners is less apparent. Motivated by our interest in whether there are potential and purpose for archived MOOCs to be used as learning…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Intention, Student Behavior
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Starr-Glass, David – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
The use of a participant survey, administered at the outset of an online course, can provide information useful in the management of the learning environment and in its subsequent redesign. Such information can clarify participants' prior experience, expectations, and demographics. But the very act of enquiring about the learner also signals the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Effectiveness