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Evaluation of a MOOC pilot: impacts on pedagogical and technical design and dementia education research

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This paper presents the evaluation of the pilot of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) called Understanding Dementia. The business case identified potential benefits of: ability to deliver high quality expert knowledge about dementia on an international scale; a dataset for dementia research of international perspectives on dementia care; enhanced reputation of the University and providing a pathway to traditional course for non-traditional students. The development team used a design-based research approach guided by the evaluation-research framework for e-learning and the concept of an ‘e-learning life cycle’ in (Phillips et al. 2012). The paper describes the evaluation-research design and results for the pilot phase. It shows how data analysis from the pilot informed the pedagogical and technical aspects of the learning design for the first full release and the value of a planned, evaluation research approach informing design from pilot to maturity.

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Publication title

Proceedings of Ascilite 2013

Editors

H Carter, M Gosper & J Hedberg

Pagination

456-460

ISBN

978-1-74138-403-1

Department/School

College Office - College of Health and Medicine

Publisher

Macquarie University Ascilite Australasian

Place of publication

Sydney

Event title

30th Ascilite Conference

Event Venue

Macquarie University, Sydney

Date of Event (Start Date)

2013-12-01

Date of Event (End Date)

2013-12-04

Rights statement

Copyright 2013 The Author

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  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Teaching and instruction technologies

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