The document discusses improving completion rates for MOOCs, particularly at IFP School, highlighting the characteristics and results of two MOOCs: Sustainable Mobility and Oil & Gas. It emphasizes innovative teaching methods, such as serious games and shorter video formats, which led to better engagement and completion rates of 31% and 28%, respectively, compared to the average rate of 15%. The document suggests targeting audience, assignment design, and mentoring as key strategies for enhancing student motivation and involvement.

1. How to improve completion rates in a MOOC ?
EMOOC 2016 – 22/24 February 2016

2. CONTENT
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Lucie DHORNE
• Context – IFP School
• MOOC Objectives - Characteristics - Results
• How to improve completion rates in a MOOC?
• Perspectives and outcomes

3. INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS
CONTEXT
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IFP SCHOOL – APPLIED SCHOOL
 Applied graduate programs
 Students and young professionals
 Energy and transport sectors
 350 students, 50% from outside France, 50 nationalities
 Skills based approach
 Instructional design
2 MOOCs

4. MOOC OBJECTIVES
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INNOVATION
 Skills development
 Integration inside our masters
 National and international
RECRUITMENT
INSTITUTIONAL VISIBILITY
 Attract students/engineers from all over the world

5. CONTENT
• 28 videos / 11 forums
MOOC CHARACTERISTICS
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY – NOV. 2014
EVALUATION
• 3 serious games
• 3 quizzes
• 1 peer-to-peer
RESULTS
• 3099 enrolled participants
• Average age: 25 years
•• 31% completion rate
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6. MOOC CHARACTERISTICS Serious
Game
Refinery
simulator
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY – NOV. 2014
• Realistic
environnment
• Solve problems they
would face in the real
industry
• Develop skills linked
to the industry
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7. CONTENT
• 31 videos / 10 forums
MOOC CHARACTERISTICS
OIL & GAS – MARCH 2015
RESULTS
• 21840 enrolled participants
• Average age: 27 years
EVALUATION
• 15 mini-games
• 1 quiz
• Interactive video
• 28% completion rate
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8. MOOC CHARACTERISTICS
OIL & GAS – MARCH 2015
Mini
games
• Improved quiz with
colorfull interface
• Focus pedagogical
approach into a job
approach
• Discover how the
whole oil and gas
industry works
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9. ATYPICAL RESULTS
Source of the initial graphic : http://www.katyjordan.com/MOOCproject
Average MOOC completion rates = 15%
MOOC Sustainable Mobility - 31%
MOOC Oil & Gas - 28%

10. HOW TO IMPROVE COMPLETION RATES ?
TARGET AUDIENCE
 Language of the MOOC
 Duration
 Assignment design
 Format of the videos
4 Weeks
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11. HOW TO IMPROVE COMPLETION RATES ?
ASSIGNMENTS DESIGN
 Develop an environment where students can experiment
and practice the skills learnt from lessons
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53%
“Learning by doing!”
43%
96% used the serious games and found the activities
interesting

12. HOW TO IMPROVE COMPLETION RATES ?
ASSIGNMENTS DESIGN
 Serious games as motivation tools
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Which activities and
topics in the MOOC
were the most
enjoyable or fruitful ?
(open answer)

13. HOW TO IMPROVE COMPLETION RATES ?
VIDEO FORMAT
 MIT produced a study that showed that the shorter videos
produced an higher involvment
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• Analysis of our 59 videos
• Duration time 4-17min
• Viewing Rate (VR)
Average viewing time
Total length of a video

14. PERSPECTIVES
HOW TO PROGRESS FROM HERE ?
 MENTORING STUDENTS
• In our two first MOOCs 80% of the participants were
doing a MOOC for the first time
Four mentor profiles Mentoring during W0
Planning
assistance
What is a
MOOC?
#hashtag
& the rest of the MOOC

15. CONTENT
• 31 videos / 9 forums
OUTCOMES
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY – NOV. 2015
EVALUATION
• 4 serious games
• 3 quizzes
• 1 peer-to-peer
RESULTS
• 5205 enrolled participants
• Median age: 26 years
• 32% completion rate
+67%
+1%

16. lucie.dhorne@ifpen.fr
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