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ABSTRACT Background This research employs the concept of digital maturity (DM) to characterise levels of digital use in education and to represent them on a dashboard. This dashboard should enable assessment of teachers' digital practices and tracking of their technology adoption over time, particularly when new continuing professional development ...
Christine Michel +3 more
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Exploring the Usage of MOOCs in Higher Education Institutions [PDF]
This article analyses the current usage of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in HEIs. First, a literature review is performed to identify and classify the recent developments in the area and to characterize the most used platforms and courses ...
Teixeira, Leonor +2 more
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Variations in Pedagogical Design of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Across Disciplines
Given that few studies have formally examined pedagogical design considerations of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), this study explored variations in the pedagogical design of six MOOCs offered at the University of Toronto, while considering ...
Hedieh Najafi +3 more
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Accessibility of Massive Open Online Courses on Mathematics for Students with Disabilities
The paper studies issues of accessibility of massive open online courses (MOOCs) for persons with disabilities. By browsing the catalogues of five leading MOOC-platforms with Russian-language content, 56 MOOCs on undergraduate mathematical disciplines ...
Yekaterina Kosova, Milera Izetova
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Exploring Performance Engagement in Online Postgraduate Learning: Utilisation of Digital Activities
ABSTRACT Background to the Study As fully online postgraduate programmes expand, questions remain regarding whether sufficient student engagement is achieved and how such sufficiency can be measured. This study examined the types and levels of engagement within a fully online postgraduate module and explored how engagement can be operationalised using ...
M. Van Wyk +2 more
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MOOCs @ Edinburgh 2013: Report #1 [PDF]
A report summarising the experience of the University of Edinburgh of offering our first 6 massive open online courses (MOOCs) in partnership with ...
MOOCs@Edinburgh Group
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Participation of Latin America in MOOCs: Exploring Trends Across Providers
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have become popular in various regions of the world through the years. Since 2008, this phenomenon has received plenty of attention from higher education and universities across countries began to produce these courses.
Jenner, M. +9 more
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Challenges about MOOCs in Teacher Training: Differences between On-Site and Open University Students [PDF]
MOOCs seem to be a good way to deliver training to a large number of teachers and to facilitate their professional development in those areas whose skills are scarce, requires an update or needs further deepening.
García-Barrera, Alba +2 more
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Approaches Reflected in Academic Writing MOOCs
Since it was first introduced in 2008, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been attracting a lot of interest. Since then, MOOCs have emerged as powerful platforms for teaching and learning academic writing.
Subeom Kwak
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Abstract The number of soil science university programs has decreased in many countries around the world. There is an ongoing need for more effective ways to attract students to the discipline, train soil specialists, and support instructors to challenge the future format of soil science education.
Yoshitaka Uchida +10 more
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