a stem mooc for school children - what does learning analytics tell us?

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 Mohammad.Khalil@tugraz.at

“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 Martin.Ebner@tugraz.at