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Beyond the MOOC platform: Gaining Insights about Learners from the Social Web
1. Beyond the MOOC platform:
Gaining Insights about Learners
from the Social Web
Guanliang Chen, Dan Davis, Jun Lin,
Claudia Hauff, Geert-Jan Houben
Web Information Systems, TU Delft
8. Whatresearch questions?
1
On what Social Web platforms can a significant fraction of
MOOC learners be identified?
Are learners who demonstrate specific sets of traits
on the Social Web drawn to certain types of MOOCs? 2
9. Whatresearch questions?
1
On what Social Web platforms can a significant fraction of
MOOC learners be identified?
Are learners who demonstrate specific sets of traits
on the Social Web drawn to certain types of MOOCs? 2
To what extent do Social Web platforms enable us to
observe (specific) user attributes
that are highly relevant to the online learning experience?
3
11. Learner Identification
across Social Web platforms
edX learners
Email Login name Full name+ +
1. Explicit Matching
Profile images & links
Identification via
emails
12. Learner Identification
across Social Web platforms
edX learners
Email Login name Full name+ +
1. Explicit Matching
Profile images & links
Identification via
emails
2. Direct Matching
Identification via profile
links from Step 1
13. Learner Identification
across Social Web platforms
edX learners
Email Login name Full name+ +
1. Explicit Matching
Profile images & links
Identification via
emails
2. Direct Matching
Identification via profile
links from Step 1
3. Fuzzy Matching
Search learners by their
login & full names
Compare:
1. profile link
2. profile image
3. login & full names
14. Learner Identification
across Social Web platforms
edX learners
Email Login name Full name+ +
1. Explicit Matching
Profile images & links
Identification via
emails
2. Direct Matching
Identification via profile
links from Step 1
3. Fuzzy Matching
Search learners by their
login & full names
Compare:
1. profile link
2. profile image
3. login & full namesMATCH !
17. Matching Results
for 18 DelftX MOOCs
Lowest Highest Overall
Gravatar 4,37% 23,49% 7,81%
Twitter 4,99% 17,58% 7,78%
Linkedin 3,90% 11,05% 5,89%
StackExchange 1,23% 21,91% 4,58%
GitHub 3,43% 41,93% 10,92%
On average, 5% of learners can be identified on globally
popular Social Web platforms.
23. Take-home
Messages
On average, 5% of learners from 18 DelftX MOOCs
can be identified on 5 globally popular Social Web platforms. 1
Learners with specific traits prefer different types of MOOCs.2
24. Take-home
Messages
On average, 5% of learners from 18 DelftX MOOCs
can be identified on 5 globally popular Social Web platforms. 1
Learners with specific traits prefer different types of MOOCs.2
Learners’ post-course behaviour can be investigated
by using their external Social Web traces.3