"Your Words Matter!" Relevance of Individual Participation in xMOOCs

Autor/inn/en	Riehemann, Jens; Hellmann, Jens H.; Jucks, Regina
Titel	"Your Words Matter!" Relevance of Individual Participation in xMOOCs
Quelle	In: Active Learning in Higher Education, 22 (2021) 1, S.23-36 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1469-7874
DOI	10.1177/1469787418779154
Schlagwörter	Large Group Instruction; Online Courses; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Student Participation; Learner Engagement; Educational Environment; Teaching Methods; Seminars; Computer Mediated Communication; Student Attitudes; Class Size; College Students; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Seminar; Computerkonferenz; Schülerverhalten; Klassengröße; Collegestudent; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	Massive open online courses are increasingly popular. One characteristic of most massive open online courses is that they are offering educational contents to masses of different individual learners. At the same time, a particular challenge for the individual learner could be the massiveness of such courses, that is, that one is part of a large crowd of other learners. Being one of many other individuals can have negative consequences on learning activities because an individual might experience a sense of virtual crowding. The experiment described in this article investigated how course type (xMOOC vs virtual seminar) and relevance of individual participation (low vs high) impact online learners' engagement. Results showed that participants in an xMOOC condition referred to themselves and their peers to a greater extent when their participation was introduced as being highly relevant. Implications for the design of xMOOCs are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01