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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Open courses"”.
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Differences in online course usage and IP geolocation bias by local economic profile
Although Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have the promise to make rigorous higher education accessible to everyone, prior research has shown that registrants tend to come from backgrounds of higher socioeconomic status. In this work, I study geographically granular economic patterns in …
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Explaining Concepts through Labs that Present Real-World Scenarios in an Introductory Computer Science MOOC
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) such as those hosted on edX have the ability to reach thousands of students all over the world. Typically, they consist of a combination of lectures, graded assignments, and tests and are generally less interactive than the typical in person course. We believe …
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Encontros Didáticos em trompa para fanfarras e bandas marciais da Bahia: resultados alcançados a partir de um “neocoletivo virtual”
… conclusions. The final product is a result of open courses actions performed between October 2020 and June 2021 through PROEXT/UFBA in order to develop learning and teaching methodologies for French horn, instrument used currently in the ensembles. During two semesters the action sought to …
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Applying Machine Learning Methods to Analyse Cognitive Presence in MOOC Discussions
… in discussion transcripts of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). Efficient real-time support is essential for teaching and learning in large-scale online courses. However, numerous MOOC learners lack tailored and prompt feedback from a limited number of educators. Educators strive to monitor …
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Non-native text analysis with Syntactic Diff, a general comparative text mining framework
… education in the form of MOOCs (massive online open courses) is also primarily in English— even teaching English. This creates enormous amounts of text written by non- native speakers, which in turn generates a need for grammar correction and analysis. Even aside from MOOCs, the number of …
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Exploring communication patterns in Massive Open Online Courses
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) use free or low-fee short courses to increase access to education both in the United States and internationally. Since the University of Illinois partnered with the MOOC provider Coursera in 2013 it has seen over 1.55 million enrollments in over 125 open courses, …
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Examining the Impact of social media engagement on students’ motivation in MOOCs
The rapid 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 …
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The Journey to Teaching Online: A Case Study of Faculty Preparation and Experiences in Online Teaching
… of online programs and the MOOCs (massive online open courses) is impacting the structural integrity of postsecondary institutions and changing the competitive landscape of higher learning at an unprecedented pace. When Allen and Seaman (2013) asked the question of whether faculty acceptance of …
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Deep learning applied to the assessment of online student programming exercises
Massive online open courses (MOOCs) teaching coding are increasing in number and popularity. They commonly include homework assignments in which the students must write code that is evaluated by functional tests. Functional testing may to some extent be automated however provision of more …
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"""Stories from our people"": immigrants, brokers, and literacy as affinity"
… when universities try to acclimatize to digital, open courses and mass migration, my dissertation suggests that literacy brokers’ work of affinity serves both as a motivational support and a driving engine in accomplishing literate actions. To this end, literacy as affinity can offer a sustainable …
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Αξιοποίηση των κοινωνικών δικτύων στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία : νέες εκπαιδευτικές εφαρμογές
Αντικείμενο της παρούσας διατριβής αποτελεί η χρήση των Τεχνολογιών Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών (ΤΠΕ) στην εξ αποστάσεως εκπαίδευση και, ειδικά, η χρήση της πλατφόρμας MOODLE στην τριτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, σκοπός της ήταν να χαρτογραφήσει και να μελετήσει την κατάσταση που …