Delving into Participants' Profiles and Use of Social Tools in MOOCs

Autor/inn/en	Alario-Hoyos, Carlos; Pérez-Sanagustin, Mar; Delgado-Kloos, Carlos; Parada G., Hugo A.; Muñoz-Organero, Mario
Titel	Delving into Participants' Profiles and Use of Social Tools in MOOCs
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 7 (2014) 3, S.260-266 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1939-1382
DOI	10.1109/TLT.2014.2311807
Schlagwörter	Profiles; Online Courses; Computer Science Education; Distance Education; Cooperative Learning; Social Media; Technology Uses in Education; Electronic Learning; Participant Characteristics; Computer Mediated Communication; College Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Online course; Online-Kurs; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Kooperatives Lernen; Soziale Medien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Computerkonferenz
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. (As Provided).
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