Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Πληροφορική στην ΕκπαίδευσηLibrary of the School of Education
Author:
Zampelis Konstantinos
Supervisors info:
Γεώργιος Κουτρομάνος, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, ΠΤΔΕ, ΕΚΠΑ
Αγγελική Βουδούρη, Καθηγήτρια, ΠΤΔΕ, ΕΚΠΑ
Νικόλαος Ζαράνης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής ΠΤΠΕ, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης
Original Title:
Εκπαιδευτικός σχεδιασμός Μαζικών Ανοικτών Διαδικτυακών Μαθημάτων (MOOC)
Translated title:
Educational design of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)
Summary:
This study presents the design, development, implementation and evaluation of a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) entitled “Programming in the Environment of Scratch”. The basic goal of the course was the introduction of the participants to the basic programming skills in the Scratch language. First, the necessary terms and concepts for the understanding of the theoretical context in which a MOOC belongs were studied. The literature review of recent studies pinpointed the factors that exist between users and MOOCs and decide their degree of satisfaction from them. After studying the characteristics of the most popular platforms worldwide, Udemy’s platform was chosen as the most appropriate for the development of the course, while after a literature review of the characteristics of the most well-known and scientifically supported design models, the ADDIE model was chosen for the MOOC’s design based on its principles. The design and development of the course was based on the principles of the theory of constructivism and included effective strategies that are experimentally validated. The course was tested on a sample of 52 teachers of a preliminary and secondary education and was evaluated by them via an online questionnaire. The analysis of the results showed the overall satisfaction of the participants from their participation and offered useful insights on the characteristics that the creation of effective MOOCs should exhibit. Limitations and suggestions for future research are included at the end of the study.
Main subject category:
Technology - Computer science
Keywords:
MOOC, Educational design, ADDIE model, Programming, Scratch, Udemy platform
Number of references:
166
