a stem mooc for school children - what does learning analytics tell us?
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A STEM MOOC for School ChildrenWhat Does Learning Analytics Tell us?
Khalil, Mohammad and Ebner, MartinICL-2015, Florence, Italy
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MOOCs ??
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Will STEM MOOCs replace classes ?
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MOOCsfor
School Children?
• An over looked top ic
• What data te l ls us?
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MOOCsfor
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 ProfileStudents Performance
Dropout rate
Certified pupils did morequiz trials when they don’taccess videos
Consider the MOOCas playing a game?
Activity ProfileStudents 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 [email protected]
“A STEM MOOC for School Children – What does Learning Analytics Tell us?”, By Mohammad Khalil & Martin Ebner, Graz University of Technology, ICL-2015, Florence
Martin Ebner [email protected]