Engaging Learners in MOOC
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The document discusses various strategies and models to engage learners in MOOCs, revealing key factors influencing student retention such as course engagement and management of learning resources. It emphasizes the importance of community building, bite-size learning, and the use of gamification as effective methods to enhance student participation and motivation. The text outlines approaches for educators to assess and strengthen engagement, aiming to empower learners and improve their overall learning experience.
Engaging Learners in MOOC
- 1. Engaging Learners in MOOC ABD KARIM ALIAS UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 2. Agenda The meaning of learners engagement1 Model & strategies for engaging learners2 Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
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- 5. 5 Please post questions & comments here: http://bit.ly/maklum
- 7. Too difficult course Hidden costs (access to learning resources) Not engaging course (e.g.. boring, not attractively presented) Time (e.g. bad time management, course too long) Lost rhythm (eg. left behind due to work commitment) 51.4% 17.5% 16.7% 15.6% 15.4% TOP 5 REASONS FOR HIGH MOOC ATTRITION RATE Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 8. MOOC Learners: Who They Are, What Motivates Them? • Age: 8 to 95 • Came from > than 190 countries • Varying level of education • Varying motivation Based on edX learners (> 2 million)
- 10. 10 Abd Karim Alias@2015 TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM MODEL
- 11. Abd Karim Alias@2014 Virtual Sage on the Stage? Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 12. 12 People learn best when they are The basic premise… Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 13. 13 Strengthening Student Engagement: What Do Students Want? (and what really motivates them)? Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 14. How do you know the students are engaged? Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 15. They are attracted to their work They take visible delight in accomplishing their work They persist in their work despite challenges and obstacles How do you know the students are engaged? Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 17. Can we build something that can effectively support social presence and community? Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 18. 18 Empower learners to assemble their own personal learning ecologiesto support their individual learning pathways. Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 19. “It’s not about making learning happen but it’s about letting it happen”. ~Sugana Mitra in TED Talk, “Build a School in the Cloud”. Abd Karim Alias@2015
- 20. Behavioral engagement Affective engagement Cognitive engagement
- 21. MOOCs – The 4C Model of Learning Behavior FMD-1502-3DA-4N COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE Contribute Connect Create Consume Diagram template credit to: Duarte.com
- 22. Gilly Salmon’s Five Stage Model 01 02 03 04 05 Access & motivation Securing access to & familiarity with platforms and tools Online socialization Building sense of social presence & community Information exchange Peer sharing of learning resources Knowledge construction Facilitating process – scaffolding students’ learning Development Supporting Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 23. model of students engagement SSuccess OOriginality Re Relationship C Curiosity SCORe Adapted from Strong et al. (1995). Strengthening Student Engagement. Educational Leadership, 53(1), 8-12. Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 24. FOUR important questions that teachers must ask themselves in order to score the level of engagement in their classrooms. Under what conditions are students most likely to feel that they can be successful? When are students most likely to become curious? How can we help students satisfy their natural drive toward self-expression? How can we motivate students to learn by using their natural desire to create and foster good peer relationships? SCORe S C O Re the need for mastery the need for understanding the need for self- expression the need for involvement with others
- 25. PROMOTING ENGAGEMENT IN ONLINE COURSE People Need People: Interaction Matters Build a sense of community 1 f-2-f days at start of course Several live online sessions (1 - 2 hours) Peer feedback Dynamic VLE Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY Boring, Boring, Boring: Long Lectures Don't Cut It—Bite-size content
- 26. PROMOTING ENGAGEMENT IN ONLINE COURSE Gamification strategies/ Challenges Online collaborative project Use real-life example or real- time issues Encourage deeper thinking through Socratic Questioning ReflectionStorytelling Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY Spark discussion
- 27. 27 Get invited speaker in your classroom using Skype, Google + (Hangout), or web conference (e.g., Webex) Webex Abd Karim Alias@2015
- 28. Abd Karim Alias@2014 content How to Deliver More for Less
- 29. 29 Most learners won’t watch video longer than ? minutes! 4
- 31. VIDEO — DO THESE FOR ENGAGEMENT Shorter videos are much more engaging. Engagement drops sharply after 6 minutes Videos produced with a more personal feel could be more engaging than high- fidelity studio recordings Videos where instructors speak fairly fast and with high enthusiasm are more engaging) Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY Khan-style tablet drawing tutorials are more engaging than PowerPoint slides
- 32. Abd Karim Alias@2014 Bite-size learning (microlearning) “The process of learning through short, digestible and well-planned units” ~Grovo
- 33. Abd Karim Alias@2014 Bite-size learning (microlearning) Learn anything in small chunk—that’s the basic premise of bite-size learning. It makes sense to breakdown content into a small, manageable segments.
- 38. How to create your micro-content? Start Done! Determine your learning objective Abd Karim Alias@2015 Choose a “rapid-creation format” Assemble an outline of content & priotise “must learn” items Break up content into small, granular lessons Make it engaging using visuals, video clips, etc. Make it fun & effective, e.g., gamification. Test & optimize – break up lessons with learning assessments that reinforce learning
- 39. 3 Essential ASPECTS of DESIGNING LEARNING ACTIVITY ENGAGE INTERACT ACTION Design appropriate learning activities that would engage students at various levels of cognitive domain of Bloom Taxonomy. Design appropriate learning activities that would encourage students to interact with their peers. Design appropriate learning activities that would allow the students to DO and CREATE tangible output. Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 40. 40 Use EclipseCrossword (free) to Test Facts Abd Karim Alias@2015
- 41. 41 Use Game to Test Facts Abd Karim Alias@2015
- 42. Can MOOCs Learn From MMOGs?
- 43. Online multiplayer games enable the formation of lasting relationships. They encourage interaction and collaboration between players, which may be through a certain condition for making progress in a game, or a game may be based on competition between players.
- 44. Online multiplayer games enable the formation of lasting relationships. They encourage interaction and collaboration between players, which may be through a certain condition for making progress in a game, or a game may be based on competition between players.
- 45. MOOC / MMOG hybrid?
- 46. SUMMARY Engagement – Keeping learners’ interest throughout.1 Leverage on behavioral, affective & cognitive engagement 2 Abd Karim Alias-2016; CC-BY
- 47. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING ABD KARIM ALIAS (akarim@usm.my)