• DocumentCode
    33646
  • 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
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    July-Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    260
  • Lastpage
    266
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Learning Technologies, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1939-1382
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TLT.2014.2311807
  • Filename
    6766737
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=33646