Leveraging videos and forums for small-class learning experience in a MOOC environment

Chi Un Lei; Yip Chun Au Yeung; Tyrone T.O. Kwok; Ray Lau; Andersen Ang

doi:10.1109/TALE.2016.7851831

Leveraging videos and forums for small-class learning experience in a MOOC environment

Chi Un Lei, Yip Chun Au Yeung, Tyrone T.O. Kwok, Ray Lau, Andersen Ang

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

The learning process on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is learner-driven, where face-to-face interactions are limited. Because of this, instructional videos and forum discussions in MOOCs become critical points of contact. However, in on-campus teaching, some courses (such as philosophy) are often taught in a small-class tutorial setting. How should these courses be designed for similar personalized, small-class learning experience, in a MOOC environment? In this study, we dissected course videos and course forums of a MOOC (HKU03x: Humanity and Nature in Chinese Thought). We discuss how a course team might approach video production and forum management for small-class learning experience in a MOOC environment. In particular, two tactics of the course development are described: i) using a structured series of short instructional videos in classroom settings with animations to present abstract philosophical concepts, and ii) providing learners with experiences of solving a relation problem based on philosophers' rhetoric through open-ended discussions with instructor's sustained engagement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016
Pages	409-411
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509055982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851831
Publication status	Published - 10 Feb 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016 - Bangkok, Thailand Duration: 7 Dec 2016 → 9 Dec 2016

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Name	Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016

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Conference	2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016
Country/Territory	Thailand
City	Bangkok
Period	7/12/16 → 9/12/16

Keywords

Massive open online courses
animations
forum
instructional videos
philosophy

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Lei, C. U., Yeung, Y. C. A., Kwok, T. T. O., Lau, R., & Ang, A. (2017). Leveraging videos and forums for small-class learning experience in a MOOC environment. In Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016 (pp. 409-411). Article 7851831 (Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016). https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851831

Lei, Chi Un ; Yeung, Yip Chun Au ; Kwok, Tyrone T.O. et al. / Leveraging videos and forums for small-class learning experience in a MOOC environment. Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016. 2017. pp. 409-411 (Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016).

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Lei, CU, Yeung, YCA, Kwok, TTO, Lau, R & Ang, A 2017, Leveraging videos and forums for small-class learning experience in a MOOC environment. in Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016., 7851831, Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016, pp. 409-411, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016, Bangkok, Thailand, 7/12/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2016.7851831

Leveraging videos and forums for small-class learning experience in a MOOC environment. / Lei, Chi Un; Yeung, Yip Chun Au; Kwok, Tyrone T.O. et al.
Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016. 2017. p. 409-411 7851831 (Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016).

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Lei CU, Yeung YCA, Kwok TTO, Lau R, Ang A. Leveraging videos and forums for small-class learning experience in a MOOC environment. In Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016. 2017. p. 409-411. 7851831. (Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2016). doi: 10.1109/TALE.2016.7851831

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