A STEM MOOC for School Children What Does Learning Analytics Tell us?
Khalil, Mohammad and Ebner, Martin ICL-2015, Florence, Italy
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MOOCs ??
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Will STEM MOOCs replace classes ?
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MOOCs for
School Children?
• An over looked top ic
• What data te l ls us?
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MOOCs for
School Children?
Mechanics in everyday life
Mechanics in Everyday Life MOOC
Contents: § 10-Weeks course
§ 46 learn ing v ideos
§ Forums Discussions
§ 10 Quizzes wi th 5 t r ia ls each
Tracking Traces
through
Learning Analytics
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What Can Learning Analytics do?
• Students improve their performance
• Predict the student’s grades
• Enhance retention percentages
• Point difficulties in courses models
Participants Background
• 27 School Pupils
• 242 other participants
• 18.5% certif ication rate of pupils
• 6.8% certf. rate of all participants
Activity Profile Students Performance
Dropout rate
Certified pupils did more quiz trials when they don’t access videos
Consider the MOOC as playing a game?
Activity Profile Students Performance
Advanced trials achieved higher
scores than previous trials.
Guided learning
was gained through each trial
Conclusions
• Implement a MOOC within a didactical approach in the classroom
• Expand in-the-class teacher roles in STEM MOOC
• Design shorter MOOCs to increase completion rates1
Ref: Lackner, E., Ebner, M., Khalil, M. “MOOCs as granular systems: design patterns to foster participant activity”. eLearning Papers. 2015.”
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THANK YOU
Mohammad Khal i l Ø [email protected]
“A STEM MOOC for School Children – What does Learning Analy<cs Tell us?”, By Mohammad Khalil & Mar<n Ebner, Graz University of Technology, ICL-‐2015, Florence
Mar2n Ebner Ø [email protected]