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

A STEM MOOC for School Children What Does Learning Analytics Tell us?

Khalil, Mohammad and Ebner, Martin ICL-2015, Florence, Italy

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MOOCs ??

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Will STEM MOOCs replace classes ?

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MOOCs for

School Children?

•  An over looked top ic

•  What data te l ls us?

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MOOCs for

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 Profile Students Performance

Dropout rate

Certified pupils did more quiz trials when they don’t access videos

Consider the MOOC as playing a game?

Activity Profile Students 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  Ø Mohammad.Khalil@tugraz.at  

“A   STEM  MOOC   for   School   Children   –  What   does   Learning   Analy<cs   Tell   us?”,   By  Mohammad   Khalil   &   Mar<n   Ebner,   Graz   University   of   Technology,   ICL-­‐2015,  Florence  

Mar2n  Ebner  Ø Mar2n.Ebner@tugraz.at