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Shang Shanshan; Lyv Wenfei – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
Considering the ubiquity, large volume of similar courses, and the huge cost of a course, it becomes imperative to understand factors affecting MOOCs course enrolments. This paper aims to investigate how the home page elements of a MOOC influence students' enrolments. The elements in the home page include course category, course description, team…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, MOOCs, Enrollment, Influences
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Dennis A. Rivera; Mariane Frenay; Valérie Swaen – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
Social constructivism emphasises the role of meaningful interactions as a vehicle for learning. Meaningful interactions engage learners cognitively and socially with others to construct knowledge. Such interactions, however, require an environment specially designed to facilitate and guide learners' cognitive and social processes towards the…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Instructional Design, Discussion Groups, Social Influences
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Inger Dagrun Langseth; Dan Yngve Jacobsen; Halvdan Haugsbakken – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
While technological change in organizations is fast and eminent to most people, the adoption of Massive Open Online Courses, micro-credentials, and flexible and scalable online courses, appear to be comparatively slow in Higher Education in the Nordic countries. To explore this phenomenon, we completed 10 qualitative interviews at ten different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, MOOCs, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education
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Langseth, Inger; Jacobsen, Dan Yngve; Haugsbakken, Halvdan – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2023
This study used New Institutional Theory to explore how entrepreneurial activities in support units contribute to digital transformation in higher education in Norway. We describe how entrepreneurs initiated and operationalized support for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), micro-credentials and fully online courses in pockets of innovation…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Capacity Building
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Mohammad Khalil; Paraskevi Topali; Alejandro Ortega-Arranz; Erkan Er; Gökhan Akçapinar; Gleb Belokrys – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
The use of videos in teaching has gained impetus in recent years, especially after the increased attention towards remote learning. Understanding students' video-related behaviour through learning (and video) analytics can offer instructors significant potential to intervene and enhance course designs. Previous studies explored students' video…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, MOOCs, Distance Education, Online Courses
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Jyothish Asokkumar; Kannan Sekar; Angela Susan Mathew; Ronny Thomas – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) can be considered an important tool for professionals to reskill and upskill as well as a cost-efficient way to stay relevant. However, evidence-based research is still needed to identify why specific categories of people, especially professionals, take paid MOOCs. The paper aims to analyze the factors that…
Descriptors: MOOCs, Information Technology, Professional Personnel, Evidence Based Practice
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Shuai Zhang; Kausalai Kay Wijekumar – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
The current research examines Grade 2 student responsiveness to teacher implementation of text structure lessons after an online professional development event. We trained 39 teachers on text structure knowledge and implementation fidelity using massively open online virtual learning platforms. The teachers were later given access to text…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Reading Comprehension, Outcomes of Education, Text Structure