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- Dalipi, Fisnik, et al.
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An Analysis of Learner Experience with MOOCs in Mobile and Desktop Learning Environment
- 2017
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Ingår i: Learning and Collaboration Technologies. LCT 2016. - Orlando, USA : Springer. - 9783319394824 - 9783319394831 ; , s. 393-402
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are now the most recent topic within the field of e-learning. They have the potential to influence the higher education environments significantly worldwide by creating a completely new and large market of educational resources by overpassing the traditional universities market share due to their physical limitations. However, due to the many differences between mobile devices and desktop environments, the introduction of mobile technology in MOOC environment is challenging. Hence, the main objective of this paper is to study and compare the learner’s experience in different learning environments by using mobile devices and PCs while performing given tasks related to MOOCs. To achieve this goal, we conduct a subjective experiment with various MOOCs related tasks to be performed in mobile and desktop learning environment. The results of the findings show that the difficulties learners have experienced in the mobile environment are more expressed. Moreover, their satisfactory level is much higher in the desktop environment.
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- Dalipi, Fisnik, et al.
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Towards Understanding the MOOC Trend : Pedagogical Challenges and Business Opportunities
- 2016
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Ingår i: Learning and Collaboration Technologies. LCT 2016.. - Toronto : Springer. - 9783319394824 - 9783319394831 ; , s. 281-291
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Undoubtedly, MOOCs have the potential to introduce a new wave of technological innovation in learning. In spite of the great interest among the educators and the general public MOOCs have generated, there are some challenges that MOOCs might face when it comes to examining and determining the best pedagogical approaches that MOOCs should be based on. Moreover, MOOCs are facing also challenges towards building a consistent business model. The main objective of this paper is to shed more light on the MOOCs phenomenon, by analyzing and discussing some benefits and drawbacks of MOOCs from the pedagogical and business perspectives. Therefore, in this paper we provide an in-depth analysis of MOOCs challenges and opportunities towards determining pedagogical innovations. We also analyze current trends of MOOCs expansion to create new educational markets by overpassing the bricks-and-mortar educational institutions. To do so, we conduct a SWOT analysis on MOOCs. Finally, we provide possible directions and insights for future research to better understand how MOOCs can be improved to lead to greater innovations in the higher education landscape to answer the needs of a knowledge-based economy.
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- Imran, Ali Shariq, et al.
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Pedagogical document classification and organization using domain ontology
- 2016
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Ingår i: Learning and Collaboration Technologies. - Cham : Springer. - 9783319394824 - 9783319394831 ; , s. 499-509
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- One of the challenges faced by today’s web is the abundance of unstructured and unorganized information available on the Internet in form of educational documents, lecture notes, presentation slides, and multimedia recordings. Accessing and retrieving the massive amount of such resources are not an easy task, especially educational resources of pedagogical nature. Much of the pedagogical content available on Internet comes from blogs, wikis, posts with little or no metadata, that suffer from the same dilemma. The content is out there but way out of the reach of the intended audience. For content to be readily available, it has to be properly organized into different categories and structured into an appropriate format using metadata. This paper addresses this issue by proposing an automated approach using ontology-based document classification. The paper presents a case study and describes how our proposed ontology model can be used to classify educational documents into predefined categories.
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- Imran, Ali Shariq, et al.
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An Analysis of Social Collaboration and Networking Tools in eLearning
- 2016
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Ingår i: Learning and Collaboration Technologies. LCT 2016. - Cham : Springer. - 9783319394824 ; , s. 332-343
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many online learning websites and learning management systems (LMS) provide social collaboration and networking tools to aid learning and to interact with peers for knowledge sharing. The benefit of collaborating with each other is certainly undeniable, such tools, however, can be a distraction from the actual tasks for learners. The paper presents a study on social media tools supported by various eLearning systems to understand the impact on students learning activities. A survey questionnaire is designed for this purpose. The data is collected from students who have had experience using different massive open online course (MOOC) eLearning platforms and LMS from various universities. The results of the survey indicate that more than 95Â % of the participants use at least one of the social tools in their daily life activities, and almost 84Â % of them have used these tools in connection with the eLearning systems. It is also interesting to note that 92Â % of the participants intend to use social tools for study purposes. The results indicate that there is a need to integrate more of these social media tools into eLearning systems.
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