Witthaus, Gabi;
(2018)
Findings from a Case Study on Refugees Using MOOCs to (Re)enter Higher Education.
Open Praxis
, 10
(4)
p. 343.
10.5944/openpraxis.10.4.910.
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Abstract
This paper presents a case study evaluating the online learning experience of ten refugees on MOOCs. Qualitative data were collected from the learners, generating a set of 43 statements depicting the learners’ experience of learning, which were analysed using an augmented Community of Inquiry (CoI) theoretical framework. The key findings show that learners particularly desired teaching presence in terms of facilitation and feedback on their progress; they viewed online social presence as being important but generally not well managed in MOOCs; and they expressed cognitive presence mainly in terms of the selection and use of information sources. Learning presence (the additional element of the “augmented” CoI framework) was described primarily in terms of the importance of goal-setting and planning. The implications for organisations supporting refugees and other learners in disadvantaged circumstances on MOOCs are discussed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Findings from a Case Study on Refugees Using MOOCs to (Re)enter Higher Education |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.5944/openpraxis.10.4.910 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.10.4.910 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2018. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | MOOCs, refugees, Community of Inquiry, developmental evaluation, Kiron |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10174842 |
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