Title :
Applying Lessons Learnt from Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Author :
Voulgari, Iro ; Sampson, Demetrios G.
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol. Inst., Centre for Res. & Technol. Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
In this paper we discuss lessons learnt from research on the educational use of MMOGs with respect to the meaningful pedagogical design of MOOCs. More specifically, we focus on four main areas, namely, motivation, grouping, structure, and assessment, which appear to present certain challenges for the design of MOOCs.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; computer games; educational courses; MMOG; MOOC; assessment; grouping; massive open online courses; massively multiplayer online games; motivation; structure; Blogs; Communities; Digital systems; Education; Entertainment industry; Games; Optimization; MMOGs; MOOCs; assessment; instructional design; motivation;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2014.14
