Undergraduate Students’ Experiences of the Use of MOOCs for Learning at a Cambodian University
Currently, some universities in Cambodia are exploring the usage of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), which can support education by allowing cost-free independent learning for university students. For effective implementation, it is fundamental to understand the current Cambodian ecosystem, how...
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| description | Currently, some universities in Cambodia are exploring the usage of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), which can support education by allowing cost-free independent learning for university students. For effective implementation, it is fundamental to understand the current Cambodian ecosystem, how universities implement MOOCs for teaching, and how students use them for learning. Due to a current gap in the literature on this matter, this research work aims to investigate students’ awareness of MOOCs, usage, and difficulties encountered with their adoption for learning. This research work is a case study of a university in Cambodia, and it adopts a mixed-mode approach involving a quantitative questionnaire, followed by qualitative semi-structured interviews. Currently, many students are not aware of MOOCs, and regarding those using them, they report a low level of organized effort, which points out to the fact that students are in general not very organized and systematic in the way they approach learning using MOOCs. Furthermore, a major issue still lies in the way these courses are implemented in the curriculum and the learning activities, underlined by the type of ICTs affordances currently exploited by the usage of MOOCs for learning. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-797eb2fc64274d3085a9f47929550e7a2023-11-22T03:36:38ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022021-07-0111733610.3390/educsci11070336Undergraduate Students’ Experiences of the Use of MOOCs for Learning at a Cambodian UniversityRiccardo Corrado0Erica Pretorius1Gert van der Westhuizen2Department of Information and Communications Technology, American University of Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh 12106, CambodiaFaculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South AfricaFaculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South AfricaCurrently, some universities in Cambodia are exploring the usage of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), which can support education by allowing cost-free independent learning for university students. For effective implementation, it is fundamental to understand the current Cambodian ecosystem, how universities implement MOOCs for teaching, and how students use them for learning. Due to a current gap in the literature on this matter, this research work aims to investigate students’ awareness of MOOCs, usage, and difficulties encountered with their adoption for learning. This research work is a case study of a university in Cambodia, and it adopts a mixed-mode approach involving a quantitative questionnaire, followed by qualitative semi-structured interviews. Currently, many students are not aware of MOOCs, and regarding those using them, they report a low level of organized effort, which points out to the fact that students are in general not very organized and systematic in the way they approach learning using MOOCs. Furthermore, a major issue still lies in the way these courses are implemented in the curriculum and the learning activities, underlined by the type of ICTs affordances currently exploited by the usage of MOOCs for learning.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/7/336Cambodiahigher educationMOOCsawarenessICTs affordancesapproach to learning |
| spellingShingle | Riccardo Corrado Erica Pretorius Gert van der Westhuizen Undergraduate Students’ Experiences of the Use of MOOCs for Learning at a Cambodian University Education Sciences Cambodia higher education MOOCs awareness ICTs affordances approach to learning |
| title | Undergraduate Students’ Experiences of the Use of MOOCs for Learning at a Cambodian University |
| title_full | Undergraduate Students’ Experiences of the Use of MOOCs for Learning at a Cambodian University |
| title_fullStr | Undergraduate Students’ Experiences of the Use of MOOCs for Learning at a Cambodian University |
| title_full_unstemmed | Undergraduate Students’ Experiences of the Use of MOOCs for Learning at a Cambodian University |
| title_short | Undergraduate Students’ Experiences of the Use of MOOCs for Learning at a Cambodian University |
| title_sort | undergraduate students experiences of the use of moocs for learning at a cambodian university |
| topic | Cambodia higher education MOOCs awareness ICTs affordances approach to learning |
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