Malaysia MOOCs: students’ pattern of interaction

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) provides an interactive avenue for unlimited number of participants to interact and collaborate on joint projects. Realising the potential of MOOCs in accommodating more and diverse learners, four MOOCs were introduced by the Malaysian Ministry of Education in 201...

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Main Authors: Mat Daud, Nuraihan, Abdul Latiff@Bapoo, Lili Suriani, Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/45945/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/45945/2/icel_conf.pdf
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author Mat Daud, Nuraihan
Abdul Latiff@Bapoo, Lili Suriani
Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah
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Abdul Latiff@Bapoo, Lili Suriani
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description Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) provides an interactive avenue for unlimited number of participants to interact and collaborate on joint projects. Realising the potential of MOOCs in accommodating more and diverse learners, four MOOCs were introduced by the Malaysian Ministry of Education in 2014. These courses allowed students from all the Malaysian public educational institutions to benefit from the shared content. They were expected to discuss issues related to their field of studies and share their experiences. Postings sent were analysed to study their patterns of interaction particularly the number of postings, threads and patterns of turn-taking. The contents of the messages were also analysed to determine if they reflect effective learning. The study found that there was not much evidence of collaborative learning and co-construction of knowledge. There was a high percentage of greetings and sharing of ‘words of wisdom’ compared to discussions on issues related to the lessons. It was also observed that they wrote longer in the reflection page than in the discussion forum.
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spelling iium-459452016-01-29T18:17:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45945/ Malaysia MOOCs: students’ pattern of interaction Mat Daud, Nuraihan Abdul Latiff@Bapoo, Lili Suriani Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah L Education (General) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) provides an interactive avenue for unlimited number of participants to interact and collaborate on joint projects. Realising the potential of MOOCs in accommodating more and diverse learners, four MOOCs were introduced by the Malaysian Ministry of Education in 2014. These courses allowed students from all the Malaysian public educational institutions to benefit from the shared content. They were expected to discuss issues related to their field of studies and share their experiences. Postings sent were analysed to study their patterns of interaction particularly the number of postings, threads and patterns of turn-taking. The contents of the messages were also analysed to determine if they reflect effective learning. The study found that there was not much evidence of collaborative learning and co-construction of knowledge. There was a high percentage of greetings and sharing of ‘words of wisdom’ compared to discussions on issues related to the lessons. It was also observed that they wrote longer in the reflection page than in the discussion forum. 2015 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45945/2/icel_conf.pdf Mat Daud, Nuraihan and Abdul Latiff@Bapoo, Lili Suriani and Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah (2015) Malaysia MOOCs: students’ pattern of interaction. In: International Conference on e-Learning (ICeL 2016), 26-28 May 2015, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle L Education (General)
Mat Daud, Nuraihan
Abdul Latiff@Bapoo, Lili Suriani
Mat Daud, Nor Shidrah
Malaysia MOOCs: students’ pattern of interaction
title Malaysia MOOCs: students’ pattern of interaction
title_full Malaysia MOOCs: students’ pattern of interaction
title_fullStr Malaysia MOOCs: students’ pattern of interaction
title_full_unstemmed Malaysia MOOCs: students’ pattern of interaction
title_short Malaysia MOOCs: students’ pattern of interaction
title_sort malaysia moocs: students’ pattern of interaction
topic L Education (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/45945/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/45945/2/icel_conf.pdf