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Fostering the Use of Online Learning Resources: Results of Using a Mobile Collaboration Tool Based on Gamification in a Blended Course
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Ramírez-Donoso, Luis; Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar; Neyem, Andrés; Alario-Hoyos, Carlos; Hilliger, Isabel; Rojos, Felipe – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Over the past years, higher education institutions have been exploring different mechanisms to adapt their learning and teaching practices to increase students' engagement. One of the proposals has been to reuse Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) as Small Online Private Courses (SPOCs), or as complementary resources in traditional courses through…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Gamification
A Learning Analytics Methodology for Understanding Social Interactions in MOOCs
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Moreno-Marcos, Pedro Manuel; Alario-Hoyos, Carlos; Munoz-Merino, Pedro J.; Estevez-Ayres, Iria; Kloos, Carlos Delgado – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2019
One of the characteristics of massive open online courses (MOOCs) is that the overall number of social interactions tend to be higher than in traditional courses, hindering the analysis of social learning. Learners typically ask or answer questions using the forum. This makes messages a rich source of information, which can be used to infer…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Understanding Learners' Motivation and Learning Strategies in MOOCs
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Alario-Hoyos, Carlos; Estévez-Ayres, Iria; Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar; Delgado Kloos, Carlos; Fernández-Panadero, Carmen – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have changed the way in which OER (Open Educational Resources) are bundled by teachers and consumed by learners. MOOCs represent an evolution towards the production and offering of structured quality OER. Many institutions that were initially reluctant to providing OER have, however, joined the MOOC wave.…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education