emmocs2015 - do mooc students come back for more?recurring students in the gdp mooc
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Do MOOC students come back for more?Recurring students in the GdP MOOC
François Bouchet (UPMC/LIP6 – [email protected])
Rémi Bachelet(Ecole Centrale de Lille – [email protected])
April 17th, 2015
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Are recurring students the future of MOOC enrollees?
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Recurring students?
Experienced studentsRecurring students = register the same MOOC several times
Research questions
RQ1: Existence and frequency? How to identify them?
RQ2: Specific behavior leading to research bias?
Implication in research questionnaires?
RQ3: Success - better or worse? Impact on their performance
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Context: GdP MOOC
Topic: project management
First French MOOC issuing ECTS credits
2 sessions / year since Spring 2013
New content added every session
2 individual tracks : basic and advanced6Recurring students in the GdP MOOC – F. Bouchet & R. Bachelet
Data: 4 sessions
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Partially in this study
RQ1: How to identify ReturningStudents(RS)? How many are they?
2 sources: ▫ research questionnaire▫ Platform (Canvas) student ID
GdP3: ▫ source : ID => 8.4% RS from GdP2▫ source : quest => 6.3% RS from GdP2 (40.5 % participation rate)
▫ 13.4% RS from GdP1&2 (source : quest.)
GdP4:▫ 13.6% RS (source : ID)
• 23% from GdP2• 90% from GdP3
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RQ1: Validating the data?
2 sources: ▫ Optional research questionnaire▫ Canvas ID
GdP3: ▫ 8.4% RS from GdP2 (ID)▫ 6.3% RS from GdP2 (quest.)▫ 13.4% RS from GdP1&2 (quest.)
GdP4:▫ 13.6% RS
• 23% from GdP2• 90% from GdP3
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ID: reliable
Questionnaire:Possible mistakes
ID only:Serial recurringstudentsfrom GdP1?
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2 categories of recurring students
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Students
Recurring (RS) 10%
New (NS)90%
Successful(RSS) 1/3
Unsuccessful(RUS) 2/3
RQ2: taking part in researchquestionnaires? (1/2)
Propensity to answer:
▫ RS = NS in GdP3
▫ RS < NS in GdP4
▫ RUS > RSS in GdP3&4
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RS answer less overall, unsuccessful RS answer more than successful ones
RQ2: taking part in researchquestionnaires? (2/2)
Time spent answering: No significant diff for NS, RS, RSS
▫ Significant : RUS < NS
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Unsuccessful recurring students go faster through the questionnaires
RQ3: better grades? (1/2)
Number of points obtained:
▫ Basic track:
• RS < NS
• RSS < RUS
▫ Advanced track:
• RS < NS
• RSS > RUS
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Previously successful ones better on advanced track, less good on basic track
RQ3: better completion? (2/2)
Session completed (true | false):
▫ RS < NS
▫ RUS > RSS in GdP3
▫ RUS = RSS in GdP4
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RS complete less than NSPreviously unsuccessful complete more or as much
Results summary Recurring students (RS) exist (10%) and here to stay (↗ %)
RS answer to research questionnaires less and faster
RS complete less the sessions, different reasons:▫ Previously successful (1/3) :
Go faster through basic contentDon’t want to complete again
▫ Previously unsuccessful (2/3) : Motivated but struggling
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RS 10%NS 90%
RSS 1/3RUS 2/3
Further study/conclusions Recurring students (RS) exist (10%) and here to stay (↗ %)
to be confirmed in new sessions (additional content)
RS answer to optional questionnaires less and faster retrieve previous answers and offer to update them?
RS complete less the sessions, different reasons:▫ Previously successful (1/3) :
Go faster through basic contentDon’t want to complete againshould be able to focus only on new content“Carry over” of grades?
▫ Previously unsuccessful (2/3) : Motivated but struggling provide additional support from the beginning
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Thank You !
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