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Hadavand, Aboozar; Muschelli, John; Leek, Jeffrey – Journal of Learning Analytics, 2019
Due to the fundamental differences between traditional education and massive open online courses (MOOCs), and because of the ever-increasing popularity of the latter, more research is needed to understand current and future trends in MOOCs. Although research in the field has grown rapidly in recent years, one of the main challenges facing…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Student Behavior, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction
Voss, Brian D. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2013
The environment in which MOOCs and other forms of online education operate is changing virtually every day. Based upon a presentation given to the board of directors of AGB, this white paper is an effort to give board chairs, presidents, and others some context to help guide discussions on their own campuses. It provides a primer on MOOCs,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Electronic Learning, Colleges, Governing Boards
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Rubin, Beth – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2013
Higher Education is in a state of change, and the existing business models do not meet the needs of stakeholders. This article contrasts the current dominant business models of universities, comparing the traditional non-profit against the for-profit online model, examining the structural features and online teaching practices that underlie each.…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Clara, Marc; Barbera, Elena – Distance Education, 2013
In this reflection, we discuss the connectivist conception of learning in Web 2.0 environments, which underpins the pedagogy of what are known as cMOOCs (connectivist massive open online courses). We argue that this conception of learning is inadequate and problematic, and we propose that cultural psychology is best suited to address the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Psychology, Reflection, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Jarvis, Claire; Tate, Nicholas; Dickie, Jennifer; Brown, Gavin – Journal of Geography, 2016
This article reports on reusable mobile digital learning resources designed to assist human geography undergraduate students in exploring the geographies of life in Dublin. Developing active learning that goes beyond data collection to encourage observation and thinking in the field is important. Achieving this in the context of large class sizes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Electronic Learning, Human Geography
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Anderson, Terry; McGreal, Rory – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
This paper is a reaction to the increasing high cost of higher education and the resulting inaccessibility for the millions of potential learners now seeking opportunities for quality higher education opportunities. The paper examines the cost centers associated with campus-based and online education systems and then suggests that disaggregation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Universities, Educational Resources
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Liu, Min; Kang, Jina; Cao, Mengwen; Lim, Mihyun; Ko, Yujung; Myers, Ryan; Schmitz Weiss, Amy – American Journal of Distance Education, 2014
This study examined participants' learning experiences in the context of a six-week massive open online course (MOOC) in journalism with five thousand students from 137 countries. Three research questions were asked: (1) Who are the students and why are they enrolled in this MOOC?, (2) How much time have the students spent in taking this MOOC…
Descriptors: College Students, Assignments, Student Attitudes, Online Courses
Gose, Ben – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
Massive open online courses (MOOC's) are the latest development in online education. Over the past decade, millions of students have taken free online versions of existing courses at well-known universities like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but such courses often offered little more than reading lists and lecture notes. MOOC's are…
Descriptors: Tests, Reading Lists, Internet, Online Courses
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Barnett, John; McPherson, Vance; Sandieson, Rachel M. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
An instructor tried using connectivism to teach an online graduate Education course called Teaching in a Virtual World. As a way to embody the many connections inherent in the group, all members of the class created and taught modules of their own choosing to each other. The instructor and two former students reflected together online in depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Graduate Study
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Okada, Alexandra; Scott, Peter; Mendonça, Murilo – Open Praxis, 2015
The challenging of assessing formal and informal online learning at scale includes various issues. Many universities who are now promoting "Massive Online Open Courses" (MOOC), for instance, focus on relatively informal assessment of participant competence, which is not highly "quality assured". This paper reports best…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Internet, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction
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Hill, Phil – EDUCAUSE Review, 2012
Although there has been a long history of distance education, the creation of online education occurred just over a decade and a half ago--a relatively short time in academic terms. Early course delivery via the web had started by 1994, soon followed by a more structured approach using the new category of course management systems. Since that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Internet, Online Courses