Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"MOOCs"”.
-
Transfer learning for predictive models in MOOCs
Predictive models are crucial in enabling the personalization of student experiences in Massive Open Online Courses. For successful real-time interventions, these models must be transferable - that is, they must perform well on a new course from a different discipline, a different context, or even …
-
MOOC video: a video segment search engine for MOOCs
For my thesis, under the guidance of Professor Chengxiang Zhai, I have worked on building a search system for MOOC, which will give video results to users for the queries that they make. Whenever the user makes a search from the client, video results will be fetched from the server and displayed to …
-
Understanding the doer effect for computational subjects with MOOCs
… is not well-understood. Also, given that MOOCs cater to a variety of students, predicting student experience levels can benefit instructors. To address these problems, we used data from massive open online courses (MOOCs) to understand how different student activities are correlated with …
-
Improving learning experience in MOOCs with educational content linking
… Course) in 2011, there have been over 4,000 MOOCs on various subjects on the Web, serving over 35 million learners. MOOCs have shown the ability to transcend time and space, democratize knowledge dissemination, and bring the best education in the world to every learner. However, the disparate …
-
Student Engagement in Aviation Moocs: Identifying Subgroups and Their Differences
… in aviation-related Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) through cluster analysis. MOOCs, regarded for their low- or no-cost educational content, often attract thousands of students who are free to engage with the provided content to the extent of their choosing. As online training for pilots, …
-
The muffled accomplishments: South Asian digital learners’ invisible footsteps in MOOCS
… the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Learning through MOOCs has gained momentum over the last few years as prestigious universities and their esteemed faculty members offer more and more courses online. Millions have enrolled in MOOCs and they come not only from developed …
-
MOOCs and access to higher education by South African underprivileged learners
… socio-economic conditions. Higher education MOOCs have been revolutionary in providing quality higher education courses to the masses across the world with low barriers to entry and low cost. MOOCs could provide an alternative for underprivileged South Africans to access higher education. The …
-
The influence of grades on learning behavior of students in MOOCs
… impact of grades on the behavior of students in MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). MOOCs often use grades to give students feedback on their understanding of course material and to determine whether a student passes the course. To better understand how student behavior is influenced by grade …
-
Analyzing Student’s Problem-solving Approaches in MOOCs using Natural Language Processing
… while using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as a learning platform. It employs an online survey to gather data, NLP techniques, and existing educational theories to investigate this in the lens of both computer science and education. The thesis considers survey responses from students …
-
Self-Directed Learning of Experienced Adult Online Learners Enrolled in FutureLearn MOOCs
… to follow a FutureLearn course. Literature from MOOCs, mobile and informal learning provides scientific support, in addition to literature clarifying the rationale for choosing self-directed learning compared to similar learning concepts (self-regulated, self-determined and self-managed …
-
Examining the Impact of social media engagement on students’ motivation in MOOCs
… development of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) has attracted significant attention. Despite the publicity, one of the major problems is the high dropout of MOOC learners. Many MOOCs attract thousands of learners; thus, it is inevitable that they will have diverse motivations for studying. …
-
Cursos online abertos e MOOCs : modelos e estratégias com base em dois casos
… on-line, nomeadamente os denominados MOOCs – Cursos Online Abertos e Massivos, abordando as principais características, as vantagens e desvantagens deste tipo de ensino, e os modelos mais recentes Questiona-se o tempo, o espaço, a qualidade do ensino, dos materiais e dos suportes, a …
-
Towards customized learning: modeling the content structure of MOOCs by leveraging lecture sequences
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2023-12-01
-
Addressing Injustices through MOOCs: A study among peri-urban, marginalised, South African youth
… to what extent Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), produced both internationally and locally, support (or could support) the needs, preferences, and aspirations of marginalised South African youth and address the material, cultural-epistemic, political, and geopolitical injustices they face. …
-
Multimedia learning: principles of learning and instructional improvement in Massive, Open, Online Courses (MOOCS)
… To fulfill the promise and potential for MOOCs, the enormity of the scale must complement, rather than limit high quality learning outcomes. There has been extensive research (Richard Mayer, et al.) on enhanced learning using multimedia (words and pictures) presentations in clinical …
-
A data mining approach to ontology learning for automatic content-related question-answering in MOOCs.
The advent of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allows massive volume of registrants to enrol in these MOOCs. This research aims to offer MOOCs registrants with automatic content related feedback to fulfil their cognitive needs. A framework is proposed which consists of three modules which are …
-
Using learning analytics to evaluate design changes in MOOCs : a case study on assessing course pacing
Experimentation on course design in MOOCs can determine causal factors that promote learning and can identify aspects of the course where revision is needed. The presence of heterogeneous samples of learners, the difficulty of defining success metrics, and the lack of shared cross-course data are …
Page 1 of 4