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The Boot Camp Module in MOOCs: experiences in 2 european initiatives
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Abstract(s)
The Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) imply, for the educational institutions and the
target public, i.e. the participants, the formulation of new goals and addressing unique
challenges. In this sense, this paper intends to reach out for the meaning and importance, as a
differentiator in the participants’ perspective, of a familiarization module (Boot Camp
Module) within a MOOC. This module intends to be an introduction to the MOOC,
promoting the interaction between participants and providing information about structure
and objectives of the course, as well as features of the supportive social and learning platform.
Integrated in two European projects, “EMMA-European Multiple MOOC Aggregator” and
“ECO-Elearning, Communication and Open-Data (ECO)”, the MOOCs from the Portuguese
Open University has familiarization module, a Boot Camp. The primary goal of the case study
consists in the measurement of the importance of the familiarization module and the role of
the facilitators’ team, in the learning experience of MOOC participants, during this period of
time. The messages posts in different spaces (The Wire, Blogs, Forum) were collected and
analysed, resulting in an clear indication as for the importance of this module for the early
setting of sense of group and a learning community. Further research should be conducted on
the impact of a preliminary familiarization module on the success in context of MOOCs.
Description
This communication is related to the experiences of 2 european projects: project ECO Learning and EMMA. It is also supported by the project iMOOC and master in eLearning Pedagogy, Universidade Aberta (MPeL).
Keywords
MOOC EMMA ECO learning Boot Camp
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Morais, D., Leal, M.J., Spilker, M.J., Morgado, L. (2015). The Boot Camp Module in MOOCs: Experiences in 2 European Initiatives, Expanding Learning Scenarios - European Distance and E-Learning Network 2015 Annual Conference. pp. 1-7, Barcelona, 9-12 June.