MASUMI HORI1, SEISHI ONO2, KAZUTSUNA YAMAJI3, SHINZO KOBAYASHI4

1. Tezukayama University, 2. NPO CCC-TIES, 3. National Institute of Informatics,4. SmileNC & co., Japan

Peer-to-peer Learning on Large Scale Online Courses : Focusing on

Lurkers

6th International Conference on e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies

Today’s Outline

1. Background and Motivation

2. Lurkers: Learners on LSOCs

3. CHiLOs APPROACH

4. Implementation of CHiLOs

5. Conclusion

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Background and Motivation

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The Virtual Learning Environment on Large Scale Online Courses

VLE on LSOCs

LSOCs: Large Scale Online Courses

Learning Contents

Contents Platform

UserAuthentication

Learning

Application

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LSOCs Have Large Scale and Diversity Learners

Coursera-student-map *

* http://www.dunsurfin.com/my-mooc-life-so-far-part-2/coursera-student-map/

Unemployed, elderly,

physically challenged,

and NEET (Not in Employment,

Education or Training)

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Challenge of VLE on the MOOCs as LSOC

High dropout rate

Difficulty of user authentication

A Lack of face-to-face teaching

Difficulty of stable system operation

A Lack of consideration on ULE

Creative Higher Education Learning Objects

CHiLOs

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Lurkers: Learners on LSOCs

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Characteristic of Learners on LSOCs

Low completion rate

Common challenge of

MOOCs

Presence of lurkers

In most online communities,

90% of users are lurkers who

never contribute

http://mfeldstein.com/emerging-student-patterns-in-moocs-a-revised-graphical-view/Nielsen,J ：Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to Contribute,

Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox,October, 2006,

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Trait of Lurkers

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tyA real experiment with involving 30,000 learners in 2008

Most learners prefer one or

two minute short lectures

Learners’ Viewing Time for Lecture Videos

Viewing Time(minutes) 9

CHiLOs APPROACH

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CHiLO Books

CHiLO Lectures

CHiLO Communities

CHiLO Badges

Micronized VLE, CHiLOs Creative Higher Education Learning Objects

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LMS LMS LMS

Micro lectures such as one-minute nano lectures

Micro LMSs using e-books

User authentications and issues of certificate

using Academic Identify Federation

Personalized learning using ubiquitous

environment

AIF

Learning

Contents

Contents

Platform

UserAuthentication

Learning

Application

1min

Key-word

Key-word

Key-word

Key-word

1min 1min 1min

1min

CHiLO Lectures

One Volume

Key-word

Key-word

Key-word

Key-word

Packaging

one-minute nano lectures as e-books1min 1min 1min

Course

1stWeek

Topic

2ndWeek

Topic ...

...

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LMS using e-Book

Issue of Certificate

with AIF

CHiLO Books and CHiLO Badges

LMS

Quiz

Assignment

LMS

Quiz

Assignment

LMS

Quiz

Assignment

AIF

CHiLO Books

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AIF : Academic Identity Federations

（SIR in Spain or GakuNin in Japan）

CHiLO badges

CHiLO Communities

Learning connoisseur

Learning connoisseur

Personalization

Learning connoisseur

Learning connoisseur

Learning connoisseur

Users can be a connoisseur as well as a learner

Information from the connoisseurs

is automatically incorporated

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Implementation of CHiLOs

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The Block Diagram of CHiLOs’ Implement

CHiLOBooks

CHiLOCommunities

CHiLOBadges

iPad/iPhone/Android

iBooks / EPUB

API Control Server

SNSLMS

Individual

SNS

Sakai

Quiz module

Open Badge

Canvas

Quiz module

Open Badge

Moodle

Quiz module

Open Badge

Facebook

AIF(GakuNin)

Open ID

CHiLOLectures

one-minute nano lectures

Device

Distribute

Learning Contents

Contents Platform

User Authentication

Learning Application

http://chilos.jp

Underdevelopment

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test on Moodle

One minute nano lecture

Script

Slide

An example of CHiLO Book

CHiLO Books

CHiLO badgesCHiLO Communities

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Conclusion

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The benefits and disadvantages

The CHiLOs should be a micronized VLE.

The benefits

» The CHiLO Lectures :

Enhancement of learning effects.

» The CHiLO Books :

Scalability for distributed systems on LSOCs.

» The CHiLO Communities:

Supportive peer-to-peer VLE.

Disadvantages

» Management of the big data.

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CHiLOs’ Portal http://chilos.jp/

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