The document summarizes findings from a MOOC course evaluation. It identifies three main issues: outdated/lengthy readings, long videos, and lack of goals for some activities. For readings, the best solution is to update materials to recent articles. For videos, the best solution is to make videos optional and provide information in other formats like text. For goals, the best solution is to include specific goals for learners to work towards for each activity.

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MOOC REPORT
GDIT 711
Emtinan Alqurashi
Elif Gokbel
Vanessa Steiner
April 2015

2. MOOC
MOOC: Design and Development of Educational Technology, MIT
Rationale: “This course explores educational technologies, outlines the theories
that influenced their development, and examines their use.”

3. MOOC Findings
The three main issues found in the MOOC are:
1. Reading materials (either outdated, too long, or sometimes irrelevant).
2. Videos (either too long or too many).
3. Goal-oriented (There are no specific goals to achieve in each week).

4. Part 1: Reading materials
Concerns:
- Out-dated materials
- Length of readings
- Relevance of readings

5. Part 1: Reading materials
Solution 1 : Suggest the learners find their own articles which are relevant to the
weekly topic and share them with the MOOC
Participant#10: “The relevant reading materials can be provided in a separate place so people could
go and look at, it would be less overwhelming”
Participant#8: “Having each learner to find articles, it may be too many.”
Participant#7: “The level of participants’ previous knowledge might differ. Then, how can we trust their
judgment?”

6. Part 1: Reading materials
Solution 2: Simply update
the reading materials to
articles which have been
written within the last five
years.

7. Part 1: Reading materials
Solution 3: Reducing the number of the reading
materials and providing a follow-up activity after reading
to help students analyze concepts for a deeper
understanding
Participant#2: “I like the idea of reducing the number of materials
and providing a follow up activity. In my learning, it helps me better to
have a deeper understanding that when you do an activity, it helps you
reiterate what you have learned. So I did like that idea”.

8. Part 1: Reading materials
Final Findings:
From the findings, we
should consider solution
#2 as best solution with a
small revision:
“Updating the readings
(except theory-based,
seminal works,etc.)”

9. Part 2: Videos
Issues:
- Number of Videos
- Rigid consistency of the videos

10. Part 2: Videos
Solution 1: In place of a video, have a hands-on activity
so the learner can be an active participant of the class.

11. Part 2: Videos
Solution 2: In place of some of the videos: have
the learners search for their own video.

12. Part 2: Videos
Solution 3: Make the videos optional while providing the
same information in another format such as word,
powerpoint, etc.

13. Part 2: Videos
Final Findings:
From the findings, we should consider
solution#3 as best solution:
“Make the videos optional while providing
the same information in another format such
as word, powerpoint, etc.”

14. Part 3: Goal-Oriented
Issues:
- No specific goal to follow for certain activities
- The MOOC is very specific in some activities but in other sections it has no
goals - inconsistent

15. Part 3: Goal-Oriented
Solution #1: For the activities,
include goals the learner should be
working towards or a small task they
can complete on their own.
Participants’ Reflections: The
majority of participants agreed with
this solution (seen by green check
marks) 7 out of 8 participants agreed
with this solution

16. Part 3: Goal-Oriented
Solution #2: Mix up the instructions and/or
tasks for different areas in the course allowing
students more freedom in certain parts while
more structured in others, varying the timing.
Participants’ Reflections: The feedback was
favored against this solution, participants
stating that they preferred the consistency of
the course.

17. Part 3: Goal-Oriented
Solution #3: Insert a checklist along
with the Activities, readings, and/or
videos to keep the learner on task
and help highlight the main points.
Participants’ Reflections: 7 out of 8
participants agreed with this solution

18. Part 3: Goal-Oriented
Final Findings:
From the findings, we
should consider using
SOLUTION #1
to solve our issues in
our MOOC

19. Thank you!