+MOOCKnowledge: Establishing a large-
scale data collection about participants of European Open Online Courses
Marco Kalz, Jaap Walhout, Karel Kreijns, Ge Niellissen, Jonatan Castaño-Muñoz, Edmundo Tovar, Anna Espasa,
Teresa Guasch, Rosa Cabedo, Nikolaos Floratos
+Motivation
n Existing data sets: n Most US centric n Not cross-provider
n European approach to OOE: n Diversity (Culture and language) n Rich educational approaches n Policy building based on evidence
+Motivation
n Liyanagunawardena, Adams, & Williams (2013) The learner perspective of MOOCs is underrepresented
n Fischer (2014) “both the hype and the underestimation [of MOOCs] are more based on assumption and beliefs than theoretical groundings and qualitative and quantitative data”
+Research Focus
n Population details n Socio-economic details n Lifelong learning profile n ICT skills
n Motivation
n Intention – Behaviour Gap
n Impact on study success/job success
+Theoretical background
n Theory of Reasoned Action (Fishbein and Ajzen, 2010)
n Self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000)
n Implementation intentions (Gollwitzer & Oettingen, 2013)
+Research Model
+Data collection process
n Standardized questionnaire per MOOC
n Pre-, Post- and Follow-up-questionnaire
n Data sharing of own data with provider, overall analysis by consortium & IPTS
+Exemplary results
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+Exemplary results
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+Exemplary results
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+Exemplary results
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+Exemplary results
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+Future
n Primary target group: Providers of the Openuped initiative, but: n Open for all providers
n Requirements: n Agreement between provider and
MOOCKnowledge consortium n Translation
+Future
n Benchmarking activities for providers
n An open data-set
n More providers! -> Join us
n Combination with local learning analytics data
+Want to join?
n Visit our website at IPTS: http://bit.ly/moocknowlegde
n Contact the consortium via [email protected]
n Talk to us today
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