Facilitating Student Interaction and Collaboration in a MOOC Environment

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Author(s): Stein Brunvand (University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 14
Source title: User-Centered Design Strategies for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ricardo Mendoza-Gonzalez (Instituto Tecnologico de Aguascalientes, Mexico)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9743-0.ch001

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Web-Based Teaching & Learning

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Collaborative learning facilitates the clarification of ideas, provides access to peer-feedback and promotes the sharing of diverse and alternate perspectives (Stacey, 2007). Guardia, Maina and Sangra (2013) identified collaborative learning as a key design principle for MOOCs and the interactions facilitated through this kind of learning are often considered to be as valuable as the direct instruction provided by the teacher (Stewart, 2013). This chapter explores a variety of technologies and pedagogical approaches that can be employed in a MOOC environment to promote collaboration and student interaction. Benefits and drawbacks of these strategies are considered in order to help guide decisions about the instructional design of MOOCs.

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