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Making a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) about Astrobiology: Why? For Whom? How? [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are becoming the textbooks of the 21st century. I describe what a MOOC is, and try to answer the questions: Why make a MOOC? Who are MOOCs for? and How to make a MOOC?
Lineweaver Charles H.
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Learning in MOOCs: The [Un]democratisation of Learning [PDF]
, 2017 Massive open online courses have been signaled as a disruptive and democratizing force in online, distance education. This position paper critiques these claims, examining the tensions between viewing MOOCs as products and students as customers, and the ...
Hood, Nina, Littlejohn, Allison
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Knowledge and Influence of MOOC Courses on Initial Teacher Training
, 2015 The impact of MOOC courses in the processes of distance learning has been extremely important from the very beginning. They offer an innovative model of massive teaching, which exploits in a paradigmatic manner the potential and relevance that ICT's ...
Gomez-Galan, Jose, Perez-Parras, Jessica
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Student Perspectives on the Efficacy of Hybrid Simulation Laboratory Teaching‐Practicing Modules
European Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction This study examined dental students' perspectives on a hybrid simulation‐laboratory (sim‐lab) course for ultrasonic supragingival scaling. Materials and Methods An interactive online system facilitated the course for second‐year dental students from 23 colleges.
Jing Li +9 more
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Research of MOOC Platform Based “Internet +”
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2016 This paper is devoted to examining the construction of MOOC platform based “Internet +”. It firstly introduced the “Internet+” model, the “Internet + education” influence and the significance of education.
Wang Guang Xing, Chen Yan
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Quality in MOOCs: Surveying the Terrain [PDF]
, 2016 The purpose of this review is to identify quality measures and to highlight some of the tensions surrounding notions of quality, as well as the need for new ways of thinking about and approaching quality in MOOCs. It draws on the literature on both MOOCs
Hood, Nina, Littlejohn, Allison
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Functional Baby Talk: Analysis of Code Fragments from Novice Haskell Programmers [PDF]
, 2018 What kinds of mistakes are made by novice Haskell developers, as they learn about functional programming? Is it possible to analyze these errors in order to improve the pedagogy of Haskell?
Archibald, Blair, Singer, Jeremy
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With the internationalisation of higher education, English medium instruction (EMI) has become increasingly common in non‐English‐speaking contexts. However, research highlights a range of challenges in EMI implementation, including insufficient collaboration between content and language teachers, limited professional development opportunities
Jingwen Zhou, Nadia Lamprecht
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Reciprocal Recommender System for Learners in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) [PDF]
, 2017 Massive open online courses (MOOC) describe platforms where users with completely different backgrounds subscribe to various courses on offer. MOOC forums and discussion boards offer learners a medium to communicate with each other and maximize their ...
F Bousbahi +7 more
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Attainment Pairing Effects on Cognitive Conflict in Technology‐enhanced EFL Cooperative Tasks
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how attainment pairing (high‐high versus high‐low versus low‐low attainment) impacts English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learner engagement during technology‐enhanced cooperative writing tasks. Seventy‐eight Chinese university learners formed 39 dyads (13 pairs per group) via Tencent Meeting.
Ying Liu, Allen Thurston
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