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Download full textRõõm, Marili; Lepp, Marina; Luik, Piret – Education Sciences, 2021
One of the problems regarding MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) is the high dropout rate. Although dropout periods have been studied, there is still a lack of understanding of how dropout differs for MOOCs with different levels of difficulty. A quantitative study was conducted to determine the periods with the highest dropouts in computer…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Dropout Rate, Programming
Säde, Merilin; Suviste, Reelika; Luik, Piret – Education Sciences, 2021
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) can potentially affect the lives of millions of people, but there is little research on how a programming MOOC could affect participants' lives after participation. In Estonia, we have organised several programming MOOCs over the years, attended by over 14,000 people. This inspired us to develop and validate a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Programming, Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education
Mironova, Olga; Amitan, Irina; Vilipõld, Jüri; Saar, Merike – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate a teaching approach and some teaching strategies in an Informatics course for the first-year non-IT students at the Department of Informatics of Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. The authors suggest some solutions for making the course, which is usually complicated, more dynamic and attractive,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Nonmajors, Programming
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
