by Andy Tattersall, ScHARR Library
The course had over 41,000 students enroll, although evidence seemed to show that about 20% were active participants; ‘active’ meaning that they had communicated using one of the various social platforms associated with the course. The majority had some form of higher education background and were based in the U.S or Western Europe. Communication by the course hosts and students was predominantly via Social Media, in particular Twitter, Google+ and Facebook. More formal communication by course leaders and students occurred within the Coursera discussion forums for the EDC MOOC. After five weeks, students were expected to submit a digital artefact that captured an idea or concept from the course materials. The artefact could be anything from text to video, from images to audio, including tools such as YouTube and Prezi as dominant mediums of delivery. Each submission was peer-reviewed by three students, although each student had the option to review more than three artefacts.
http://scharrlibrary.blogspot.com/2013/03/whats-it-like-to-be-mooc-student.html
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