{"id":53954,"date":"2020-09-10T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T08:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=53954"},"modified":"2020-09-10T02:32:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T09:32:13","slug":"two-avenues-for-reinventing-moocs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/two-avenues-for-reinventing-moocs\/","title":{"rendered":"Two avenues for reinventing MOOCs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When they first appeared in the 2010s, MOOCs raised a lot of hopes. From there to constituting a revolution in teaching, there is a step that has not been taken as<\/a>\u00a0already\u00a0noted<\/a>\u00a0in 2018 in these columns Mathieu Cisel, teacher at CY University.<\/p>\n

But containment has brought these tools back to light, reminding us of how beneficial it can be to master them.\u00a0As proof, the\u00a0number of searches<\/a>\u00a0on Google using the keyword MOOC doubled between mid-March and mid-June 2020 – before returning to the same level as in 2014.<\/p>\n

This prompts us to think about new avenues for renewing MOOCs, in order to make better use of their potential.\u00a0In this context, why not take inspiration from the popularity of tutorials and the progress of 3D printing?<\/p>\n

On-demand training<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Why are we talking about mixed success with MOOCs?\u00a0The main argument is the lack of attention paid by the student to online courses.\u00a0To quantify this attention, we define a retention rate, which corresponds to the ratio between the number of registrants and the number of students completing the training.\u00a0For MOOCs,\u00a0this rate<\/a>\u00a0is on average between 5% and 10%, knowing that students generally claim not to have found in the MOOCs followed the knowledge they were looking for.<\/p>\n

MOOCs have been developed by higher education institutions for the general public, but their development is marked by the usual functioning of these institutions, imposing their synchronous logic – student support corresponds to defined time periods.\u00a0Thus, on-demand training,\u00a0outside the constraints<\/a>\u00a0of time and place – and which was presented as one of the\u00a0major\u00a0advantages<\/a>\u00a0of MOOCs – is lost.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the development of these MOOCs has motivated a rise in higher education skills in terms of video content production and the creation of new interactive online tools.\u00a0An effort accentuated recently by confinement, which has prompted the use of distance learning tools.<\/p>\n

But it is clear that the investment necessary for their handling and their use is not negligible and this comes into conflict with the habits of teachers.\u00a0So, how to restore the image of the MOOC?<\/p>\n

Get inspired by tutorials<\/strong><\/h4>\n

La jeune g\u00e9n\u00e9ration est unie par un r\u00e9flexe commun\u00a0: face \u00e0 un probl\u00e8me technique, les \u00e9tudiants ont tendance \u00e0 se diriger vers les contenus vid\u00e9o, et les moteurs de recherche leur permettent d\u2019acc\u00e9der facilement \u00e0 des tutoriels sur YouTube. On ne peut pas leur donner tort, sachant qu\u2019il en existe aujourd\u2019hui pour tous les probl\u00e8mes auxquels vous pourriez penser. Et, dans beaucoup de cas, ces tutos jouissent d\u2019une production d\u2019une qualit\u00e9 excellente et sont anim\u00e9s par de jeunes vid\u00e9astes qui savent parfaitement rendre leurs contenus attractifs.<\/p>\n

This attractiveness<\/a>\u00a0is not only of aesthetic interest: in addition to being able to more easily retain attention, it creates an emotional anchoring which allows better retention of knowledge.\u00a0Another advantage of tutorials: they cover very specific subjects, are therefore very short and do not involve going through hours of video and text to arrive at the solution of the problem.<\/p>\n

How to integrate what tutorials do best to make MOOCs more efficient?\u00a0The constitution of libraries of video and interactive content is one way.\u00a0It should allow the easy integration of this content into the training courses of the students, like the modules developed on\u00a0fabadd-academie.fr<\/a>\u00a0by five schools, which can then draw from it the content necessary for their training plans.<\/p>\n