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What do students think about
MOOC?
A study case: West University
of Timisoara, Romania
12th eLearning and Software for Education Conference eLSE 2016, 21-22 April 2016 Bucharest
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Gabriela GROSSECK
@ggrosseck(Twitter, Slideshare, Instagram, etc.)
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/uvteinspira/Credit Photos – WUT students
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Online QuestionnaireNovember 2015
More than 800 respondents / 630 valid
86,6% F / 13,4% M
AGE: 80,7% under 21; 10,9% between 21-24;5% between 25-30; 3,4% above 30
94,1% heard about online courses
95,1% F 87,5% M
6,3% M7,8% F
follow an online course
learning foreign languages
curiosity / necessity of training (1!!!!!!!)
CourseraedX
DuoLingo
English≈
Romanian
50%: finalized courses
(1 – certificate)
Satisfacion: 8,22
22% -> MOOC
the culture of a „serious”
participation
2,5: don’t know other students / persons
2,34: mother tongue
2,27: weak offer
YES:
81,6%
options: professional training / personal development
ADVANTAGES
1 = To a Small Extent5 = To a Great Extent
4,38: skills prof. dev.
4,31: skills personal dev.
4,02: daily abilities
3,01: short period
3,14: formal educational level
3,24: diversity
DISADVANTAGES
3,24: formal recognition
3,01: employee’s recognition
2,73: language
„POSITIVE” DISADVANTAGES
1,93: mistrust
2,04: lack of interactions
2,34: trainers’ guidance
X a CULTURE of„continuous training”
„SERIOUS” ACTIVITIES
traditional courses
Xf2f interactionscontinuous guidance
X disadvantagesO avantages
CONCLUSIONS??
FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
~ „roundness” of professional
luggage
- „valuable” add-ons -> credits / certifications
TIMEfor studies
X engagement culture
online activities without a formal „remuneration/
remittance”
potential grow of online participation
A wallwhich
connects people
„the one next to you”
MOOC??
YESsssssssss
This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation,CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-2040:
NOVAMOOC – Development and innovative implementation of MOOCs in Higher Education
The NOVAMOOC team
Gabriela GROSSECKLaura MALIȚAVlad CHIRIACRamona BRANLaurențiu ȚÎRU
Carmen HOLOTESCUMihai ViLCEA
Alex TOPÂRCEANUDorin NEAGOE
