Using a MOOC in an undergraduate face-to-face course
Published:
Dec 21, 2017
Keywords:
MOOCs undergraduate course qualitative research interviews Internet technologies LAMP stack
Abstract
This paper describes the use of a free external MOOC as a supplement to the face-to-face syllabus in an undergraduate course about Internet technologies, based on the so-called LAMP stack. Since this was their first contact with MOOCs, student reactions and MOOC acceptance are investigated by qualitative research (interviews). Although there was some scepticism among the students in the beginning, finally they liked this new way of learning. Six out of eight students managed to finish the MOOC and presented a certificate, while the other two nearly finished. The students assessed the course and the instructor positively while they were able to easily perceive the meterial. In case some of them had questions, they would replay the video or search for the answer in Google; it seems that the students did not use the Questions and Answers forum of the MOOC. By the interview time (May 2017), six out of eight students declared that they will attend more MOOCs related to their courses in the future, while three of them had already enrolled, out of which, one had already finished four courses and the other, one course.
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