“Learner revisitation of the same MOOC: formative feedback and its impact” at the Virtual FLAN Meeting: 24.08.21

Although the goal of this research was to investigate enrolment data, learner activity data and themes identified from comments made by revisiting learners between 2015 and 2020 to identify the factors that contribute to learners revisiting a MOOC, this presentation will focus on the contribution that formative feedback made to learner revisiting.

Our course could be your life(style): Tales of MOOC revisiting learners 2015-2020

Abstract Many studies have identified crucial factors that impact learner engagement in online courses, particularly free to join courses like MOOCs and have explored aspects of openness, freeness, production values, retention strategies and the impact of MOOCs on digital teaching and learning, but little has been said about learners who continue to revisit the same …

Ripley (at the end of the day, it was a bad call)

Two years after my previous personality profiling, I’ve completed another as part of a workplace activity – the CliftonStrengths assessment. The five most dominant CliftonStrengths revealed by my responses are: Developer: I recognise and cultivate the potential in others. You spot the signs of each small improvement and derive satisfaction from evidence of progress.Includer: I …

My campfire set at DS106RADIO Summer Camp

It was so great to literally and figuratively reconnect with DS106RADIO via the DS106RADIO Summer Camp 2024. I dusted-off LadioCast and after some correspondence with Reclaim HQ to get an update on the server settings and ready myself for camp, I was back online and broadcasting my Summer Camp DJ set the mighty https://listen.ds106rad.io/ which …

Daily whiteboard

What’s the outcome from not including an education designer, someone who deeply understands the educator and student experience, as part of the design process. And, why is core functionality conflated or confused with feature requests – they’re not the same because core functionality should be embedded and considered since day one of the project. And …