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The Human Element: A MOOC on the Community of Inquiry Sloan-C Emerging Technologies Conference Whitney Kilgore Samantha Duque April 9th
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The Human Element: A MOOC on the Community of InquirySloan-C Emerging Technologies Conference
Whitney KilgoreSamantha Duque
April 9th
The Human Element:An Essential Online Course
Component
ToolsBlogs (Blogger, Wordpress)
YouTube
VoiceThread
Many more…
“A critical community of learners, from an educational perspective, is composed of teachers and students transacting with the specific purposes
of facilitating, constructing, and validating understanding , and of developing capabilities that will lead to further learning.”
-Garrison and Anderson
Understanding the Community of Inquiry
Roles
Role of Facilitator
Wayfinding
Amplifying
Curating
Aggregating
Filtering
Modeling
Staying Present
Role of Learner
Autonomous
Self Organize
Connect with Peers
Peer Support
Creation
Sharing
Build Personal Network
#HumanMOOCStructure
The Human Element:Essential Online Course Component
Participation
Discussion Posts
Active Participants # of submissions Files
1945 697 344256
Learner Demographics
RQ: What are the learner demographics of the individuals that enrolled in the MOOC and why did they enroll?
Educational Background
4 year degree2%
Some graduate school7%
Master Degree
55%
Doctorate Degree
36%
Age21-29
2%
30-3918%
40-4930%
50-5933%
60 -older18%
MOOC Experience
0-159%
2-325%
4-511%
6-85%
How many MOOCs have you partic-ipated in?
Online Teaching Experience
Yes 74%
No26%
Do you currently teach online classes?
Instructor Presence RQ: What kind of teaching methods and tools assist in increasing instructor presence?
Announcements
Sense of Communityneutral
9%
agree59%
strongly agree31%
Instructor actions reinforced the devel-opment of a sense of community among
course participants.
Using Video Instructor Introductions to enhance instructor presence
Helpfulstrongly disagree
2%neutral
18%
agree51%
strongly agree30%
The instructor was helpful in guiding the class towards understanding course topics
in a way that helped me clarify my thinking.
Cognitive PresenceRQ: How did the community of inquiry inform the activities and interactions in the MOOC?
Curiosity Piqued
disagree2% neutral
9%
agree51%
strongly agree39%
Course activities piqued my curiosity.
Motivation
neutral9%
agree53%
strongly agree38%
I felt motivated to explore content re-lated questions.
Discussionsdisagree
7% neutral9%
agree50%
strongly agree34%
Online discussions were valuable in helping me appreciate different perspectives.
Knowledge Applicability
neutral7%
agree49%
strongly agree44%
I can apply the knowledge created in this course to my work or other non-
class related activites.
Social Presence RQ: How can social media be used to increase social presence in an online classroom?
Online Tools
neutral11%
agree55%
strongly agree34%
Online or web-based communication is an excellent tool for social interaction.
Comfort with Toolsdisagree
9% neutral9%
agree49%
strongly agree33%
I felt comfortable conversing through the online tools.
BLOGS, VOICETHREAD, TWITTER
Webinar withMichelle Pacansky-Brock
Creator of “Explain
Everything”Dr. Reshan Richards
#HumanMOOC
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