Title :
Delving into Participants’ Profiles and Use of Social Tools in MOOCs
Author :
Alario-Hoyos, Carlos ; Perez-Sanagustin, Mar ; Delgado-Kloos, Carlos ; Parada G, Hugo A. ; Munoz-Organero, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Telematic Eng., Univ. Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents an in-depth empirical analysis of a nine-week MOOC. This analysis provides novel results regarding participants´ profiles and use of built-in and external social tools. The results served to detect seven participants´ patterns and conclude that the forum was the social tool preferred to contribute to the MOOC.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational courses; social networking (online); MOOC; collaborative learning; computer science education; distance learning; information science education; massive open online courses; participants profile; social tools; Communities; Educational institutions; Facebook; Observers; Twitter; Videos; Collaborative learning; computer and information science education; distance learning;
Journal_Title :
Learning Technologies, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TLT.2014.2311807
