TY - JOUR
T1 - Pedagogic Orientations of MOOC Platforms
T2 - Influence on Course Delivery
AU - Ming Wong, Billy Tak
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
PY - 2015/12
Y1 - 2015/12
N2 - This paper reports on an exploratorystudy of the influence of the pedagogic orientations of MOOC platforms on their courses. Four MOOC platforms — namely Coursera, edX, FutureLearn and OpenLearning — which illustrate their pedagogy on their websites were selected for this research.The pedagogic features of 32 courses on these platforms were examined.The results show course differences in terms of theirduration, learning activities, assessment, socialinteraction and instructors'participation. For example, while the courses on Coursera and edX used videos more extensively in general, FutureLearn and OpenLearning had more active socialinteraction. The findings confirm that the pedagogic features highlightedin each platform were realized in their courses. The implications lie in the flexibility of course developers in delivering MOOCs on the platforms, and the choices of platforms for MOOC learners.
AB - This paper reports on an exploratorystudy of the influence of the pedagogic orientations of MOOC platforms on their courses. Four MOOC platforms — namely Coursera, edX, FutureLearn and OpenLearning — which illustrate their pedagogy on their websites were selected for this research.The pedagogic features of 32 courses on these platforms were examined.The results show course differences in terms of theirduration, learning activities, assessment, socialinteraction and instructors'participation. For example, while the courses on Coursera and edX used videos more extensively in general, FutureLearn and OpenLearning had more active socialinteraction. The findings confirm that the pedagogic features highlightedin each platform were realized in their courses. The implications lie in the flexibility of course developers in delivering MOOCs on the platforms, and the choices of platforms for MOOC learners.
KW - Coursera
KW - FutureLearn
KW - MOOC platform
KW - OpenLearning
KW - edX
KW - massive open online courses
KW - pedagogy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132075451&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/AAOUJ-10-02-2015-B005
DO - 10.1108/AAOUJ-10-02-2015-B005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132075451
SN - 1858-3431
VL - 10
SP - 49
EP - 66
JO - Asian Association of Open Universities Journal
JF - Asian Association of Open Universities Journal
IS - 2
ER -