TY - GEN
T1 - Ask the instructors
T2 - 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016
AU - Zheng, Saijing
AU - Wisniewski, Pamela
AU - Rosson, Mary Beth
AU - Carroll, John M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 ACM.
PY - 2016/2/27
Y1 - 2016/2/27
N2 - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have experienced rapid growth and attracted significant attention within academia. However, despite widespread acceptance of MOOCs as a unique opportunity to transform educational practices, many questions remain regarding their sustainability, given the high dropout rates and challenges related to collaborative learning support [12]. Recent research has attempted to address these concerns by analyzing students' MOOC experiences and how MOOCs may fall short in meeting students' learning needs [41]. However, very little research has approached the problem from an instructor perspective. We report an interview study of 14 MOOC instructors in which we used grounded theory to uncover the complex processes, motivations, and challenges associated with teaching a MOOC. A key finding is that we should provide support through the whole instruction process. By enhancing support for instructors and their MOOC collaborators, we may improve outcomes for all MOOC stakeholders, including students.
AB - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have experienced rapid growth and attracted significant attention within academia. However, despite widespread acceptance of MOOCs as a unique opportunity to transform educational practices, many questions remain regarding their sustainability, given the high dropout rates and challenges related to collaborative learning support [12]. Recent research has attempted to address these concerns by analyzing students' MOOC experiences and how MOOCs may fall short in meeting students' learning needs [41]. However, very little research has approached the problem from an instructor perspective. We report an interview study of 14 MOOC instructors in which we used grounded theory to uncover the complex processes, motivations, and challenges associated with teaching a MOOC. A key finding is that we should provide support through the whole instruction process. By enhancing support for instructors and their MOOC collaborators, we may improve outcomes for all MOOC stakeholders, including students.
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U2 - 10.1145/2818048.2820082
DO - 10.1145/2818048.2820082
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84963621616
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW
SP - 206
EP - 221
BT - Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2016
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 27 February 2016 through 2 March 2016
ER -