MOOCs; User Engagement; ESL; EFL; Distance Learning
Abstract :
[en] This work aims at comparing and contrasting engagement patterns in an LMOOC whose purpose is to teach English at lower and upper intermediate (B1/B2) levels. The data presented in this paper, which describe engagement with videos, quiz completion and forum participation, were retrieved both automatically (through the OpenEDX feature known as “Analytics”) and manually (for forum participation), and relate to two editions run in May and November 2019. Overall, results point to the fact that in addition to decreasing over time, engagement was closely connected with how much effort the completion of an activity required. In other words, passive activities like watching videos had higher engagement rates than forum discussion. In addition, our findings confirmed what other researchers had indicated, i.e., the sharp difference between the number of registered users and those who actually completed the course
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
Echitchi, Raymond ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues modernes : linguistique, littérature et traduction
Chacón Beltrán Rubén
Language :
English
Title :
User engagement patterns in LMOOCs or how to foster distance language learning through MOOCs
Publication date :
2022
Main work title :
Research and Innovation in Foreign Language Teaching: A Global Perspective
Main work alternative title :
[en] Investigación e Innovación en Lengua Extranjera: Una Perspectiva Global
