MOOCs and the claim of education for all: A disillusion by empirical data

Rohs, Matthias; Ganz, Mario

doi:10.19173/irrodl.v16i6.2033

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“…With regards to the social benefits, providing free education seems not to be a top motivation in HEIs for investing in MOOCs (Davis, Dickens, León Urrutia, Sánchez Vera, & White, 2014;León-Urrutia, White, & White, 2016), although their potential to benefit developing countries has been discussed (Liyanagunawardena, Parslow, & Williams, 2014;Agarwal, 2013). There are sceptical views in that respect (Rohs & Ganz, 2015). This theme was recurrent in participants' responses, when asked what opportunities producing MOOCs can offer.…”

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MOOCs and their Influence on Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives from the Insiders

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Dickens

2018

J. New Approaches Educ. Res.

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Since Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) became a global phenomenon in 2012, there has been constant evolution in the way Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) make sense of them. HEIs embracing MOOCs have dedicated a variety of human resource to this venture. Only in a minority of cases, staff have been appointed exclusively to this role. In all other cases, MOOC related tasks have been allocated to professionals who were already performing other educational tasks. This article contains a study that captures the experiences of these professionals in a Spanish university and a British university, as relates to their involvement in MOOCs. Interviews and group sessions were conducted to ascertain the influence of MOOCs in their practice, and in their opinions about the role of MOOCs in their institutions. The results seem to suggest that participants have positive attitudes towards incorporating MOOCs at the university, although they demand a serious bet for this educational approach from the strategic decision makers in the institutions.

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Section: Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 98%

MOOCs and their Influence on Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives from the Insiders

Urrutia

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Dickens

2018

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“…Debemos reconocer también que ese fuerte impulso inicial como tecnología disruptiva lo ha ido perdiendo y ya no suele aparecer en los últimos informes Horizon como una tecnología de impacto con horizonte cercano en el terreno educativo (Johnson, Adams, Cummins, Estrada, Freeman y Hall, 2016) y además ya comienzan a aparecer artículos sobre la desilusión que han creado, por las altas y grandes expectativas despertadas (Rohs y Ganz, 2015) y respecto a la necesidad de reflexionar sobre la calidad en estas acciones formativas (Aguaded y Medina, 2015; revista española de pedagogía año LXXV, nº 266, enero-abril 2017, 7-27…”

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Aportaciones desde la investigación para la utilización educativa de los MOOC

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“…Consequently, they no longer generally appear in the latest Horizon Reports as an impact technology in the near future in the field of education (Johnson, Adams, Cummins, Estrada, Freeman, and Hall, 2016) and articles are also now starting to appear concerning the disillusionment they have created, owing to the significant expectations they have awoken (Rohs and Ganz, 2015) and concerning the need to reflect on quality in these educational ac-spanish journal of pedagogy year LXXV, n. 266, january-april 2017, 7-27 tivities (Aguaded and Medina, 2015;Mengual and Roig, 2015;Ramírez-Fernández, 2015).…”

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Abstract:In recent years, online teaching and training with MOOCs has become increasingly important. This is demonstrated by the number of publications about them. Here we present a meta-analysis of the research that has been performed, focusing on the educational opportunities provided by MOOCs. This study was conducted using Social Sciences peer review open journal publications from the last five years (2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016). These indexed publications can be found in the following databases: JCR, Scimago Journal-SCOPUS, and Sello Fecyt. The main result obtained was quantitative data gathered from questionnaires referring to the most worked area of materials and content design. As an initial conclusion, it identifies a need to broaden the scope of study to include more general educational journals.Keywords: Online teaching and training, MOOC, Meta-analysis, Open journal publication. Resumen:La formación online a través de los MOOC ha cobrado una gran relevancia en los últimos años, como demuestran las publicaciones que se han realizado en torno a ellos. En las líneas siguientes presentamos un meta-análisis de las investigaciones realizadas respecto a las posibilidades educativas de los mismos. Este se ha realizado en torno a las revistas publicadas en el área de Ciencias Sociales vinculadas al área de tecnología educativa y que, además, se publican de manera abierta y que se encuentran indezadas en JCR, Scimago Journal-SCOPUS y Sello Fecyt en los últimos cinco años (2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016). El principal resultado alcanzado es el que se refiere al diseño de materiales y contenidos, siendo el método más empleado de investigación el de corte cuantitativo, empleando mayoritariamente el cuestionario para la recogida de los datos. Como conclusión inicial se puede indicar la necesidad de ampliar el horizonte de estudio a revistas educativas de corte generalista.Descriptores: Enseñanza y formación online, MOOC, meta-análisis, revistas en abierto.

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MOOCs and the claim of education for all: A disillusion by empirical data

Abstract: MOOCs have shaped the discussion on learning with digital media for the last few years. One

Cited by 101 publications

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MOOCs and their Influence on Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives from the Insiders

MOOCs and their Influence on Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives from the Insiders

Aportaciones desde la investigación para la utilización educativa de los MOOC

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