Supporting Peer Interactions in a MOOC: Utilizing Social Networking Tools to Personalize Learning

Autor/inn/en	Ostashewski, Nathaniel; Dron, Jon; Howell, Jennifer
Titel	Supporting Peer Interactions in a MOOC: Utilizing Social Networking Tools to Personalize Learning
Quelle	In: Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 29 (2018) 2, S.209-230 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1093-023X
Schlagwörter	Online Courses; Large Group Instruction; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Computer Software; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Learning Activities; Learning Theories; Social Media; Surveys; Video Technology; Documentation; Interaction; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Lernaktivität; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Soziale Medien; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Dokumentation; Interaktion; Australien
Abstract	This paper reports on the utilization of an online community networking platform designed to deliver a MOOC. A customized Elgg social software platform, implemented as the Curtin Learning Commons, was developed with social networking tools organized to support personalized learning. The MOOC, titled Participating in the Digital Age (PDA), engaged students in activities that used a variety of social media tools to access the educational content and experiences. The goals of the MOOC were to provide conceptual understandings and opportunities to participate in tasks exemplifying the topic. The study presents evidence that using these kinds of community software platforms to deliver a MOOC can provide higher education learners with personalized active learning opportunities. Further research on providing scaffolded support to enable learners to capitalize on additional aspects of networked learning such platforms would advance this use. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01