A review of small private online courses in higher vocational colleges

Ning wei Sun; Simon K.S. Cheung

doi:10.1007/978-981-33-4594-2_23

A review of small private online courses in higher vocational colleges

Ning wei Sun, Simon K.S. Cheung

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Abstract

Small private online courses or SPOC are localized instances of massive open online courses that are intentionally designed for on-campus learning purposes. Through a review of three SPOC in a higher vocational college in Guangzhou, this paper studies the effectiveness of SPOC in terms of learning participation and teacher-student interaction. The current practices are analyzed. It is revealed that, while the teachers actively promote the learning interaction through the SPOC, the student initiatives to share knowledge may be ignored. Therefore, the teachers should devise a teaching strategy that can help stimulate the students’ learning motivation, balancing their learning needs and interests. It is also revealed that learning participation and teacher-student interaction would be improved if the students’ learning differences can be timely catered. Therefore, homogeneous grouping of students by their learning needs and abilities are recommended. These provide a useful reference for the implementation of SPOC in higher vocational colleges.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Technology in Education. Innovations for Online Teaching and Learning - 5th International Conference, ICTE 2020, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Lap-Kei Lee, Leong Hou U, Fu Lee Wang, Simon K. Cheung, Oliver Au, Kam Cheong Li
Pages	271-280
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4594-2_23
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	5th International Conference on Technology in Education, ICTE 2020 - Macao, China Duration: 19 Aug 2020 → 22 Aug 2020

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	1302
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on Technology in Education, ICTE 2020
Country/Territory	China
City	Macao
Period	19/08/20 → 22/08/20

Keywords

Learning participation
MOOC
SPOC
Teaching strategy
Teaching-student interaction
Vocational education

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Sun, N. W., & Cheung, S. K. S. (2020). A review of small private online courses in higher vocational colleges. In L.-K. Lee, L. H. U, F. L. Wang, S. K. Cheung, O. Au, & K. C. Li (Eds.), Technology in Education. Innovations for Online Teaching and Learning - 5th International Conference, ICTE 2020, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 271-280). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1302). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4594-2_23

Sun, Ning wei ; Cheung, Simon K.S. / A review of small private online courses in higher vocational colleges. Technology in Education. Innovations for Online Teaching and Learning - 5th International Conference, ICTE 2020, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Lap-Kei Lee ; Leong Hou U ; Fu Lee Wang ; Simon K. Cheung ; Oliver Au ; Kam Cheong Li. 2020. pp. 271-280 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Sun, NW & Cheung, SKS 2020, A review of small private online courses in higher vocational colleges. in L-K Lee, LH U, FL Wang, SK Cheung, O Au & KC Li (eds), Technology in Education. Innovations for Online Teaching and Learning - 5th International Conference, ICTE 2020, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1302, pp. 271-280, 5th International Conference on Technology in Education, ICTE 2020, Macao, China, 19/08/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4594-2_23

A review of small private online courses in higher vocational colleges. / Sun, Ning wei; Cheung, Simon K.S.
Technology in Education. Innovations for Online Teaching and Learning - 5th International Conference, ICTE 2020, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Lap-Kei Lee; Leong Hou U; Fu Lee Wang; Simon K. Cheung; Oliver Au; Kam Cheong Li. 2020. p. 271-280 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1302).

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Sun NW, Cheung SKS. A review of small private online courses in higher vocational colleges. In Lee LK, U LH, Wang FL, Cheung SK, Au O, Li KC, editors, Technology in Education. Innovations for Online Teaching and Learning - 5th International Conference, ICTE 2020, Revised Selected Papers. 2020. p. 271-280. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-981-33-4594-2_23

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