2017
DOI: 10.1007/s40670-017-0380-x
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Student Interaction in Small Private Online Courses

Abstract: Introduction Social interaction is key in educational success. In online education, the creation of social interaction may be a challenge. This observational study evaluated to what extent social interactions occur during small private online courses (SPOCs). Methods Discussion forums of four courses of the UMC Utrecht's international Master's Program Epidemiology were assessed and posts were categorized as either content specific, functional/technical, or social. Results SPOCs at University Medical Center Utr… Show more

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“…They found about 1500 interaction posts across the four courses, in 575 discussions; 43% of all discussion posts were social; 90% of social posts were initiated by students; and 94% was aimed at students. With the large demand online education, they concluded SPOC proved to be a sustainable concept, with an environment suitable for students to learn, in agreement with the need for social interaction in higher education [19]. The same results were observed in others previous studies [20][21][22] as well in our SPOC.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…They found about 1500 interaction posts across the four courses, in 575 discussions; 43% of all discussion posts were social; 90% of social posts were initiated by students; and 94% was aimed at students. With the large demand online education, they concluded SPOC proved to be a sustainable concept, with an environment suitable for students to learn, in agreement with the need for social interaction in higher education [19]. The same results were observed in others previous studies [20][21][22] as well in our SPOC.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…It is not only a solitary training with the participant alone in front of his computer but also a social and collaborative work. In fact, recently, Uijl et al [19] evaluated through an observational study on four courses of the UMC (Utrecht's international Master's Program Epidemiology), including 71 students, what extended social interactions occurred during SPOC. They found about 1500 interaction posts across the four courses, in 575 discussions; 43% of all discussion posts were social; 90% of social posts were initiated by students; and 94% was aimed at students.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Meanwhile, trait activation theory (Tett and Burnett, 2003) points out that environmental factors are important for the expression of specific trait. As SPOCs empower students with various opportunities in terms of choosing when, where and what to learn and interact (Uijl et al, 2017), learners in these environments are free to exhibit their proactivity. Thus, proactive personality may play an important role in SPOCs learning.…”
Section: Related Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…SPOCs are online courses that only offer a limited number of places and therefore necessitate some form of formal enrolment (Filius et al, 2018). SPOCs are characterized by students' intense intention to complete and considerably meaningful interaction (Uijl et al , 2017). However, not all students favour and match this new form of learning mode, as students are different in psychological and social attributes (Liu et al, 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Uijl et al [11] refer to social cognitive theory to show that social interaction between both learners and teachers and learners among themselves is key to educational success. It is important for learners to be accepted by their peers.…”
Section: Trust Confidence and Comfortmentioning
confidence: 99%