The Efficacy of MOOC to Support Students in Pedagogical Research
The article deals with methods and methodology of pedagogical research in the didactics of informatics in the environment of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) based on the principles of connectivism, which offers open, non-formal, and community education. The MOOC was created as a support for th...
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| author | Miroslav Kadlečík Michal Munk Daša Munková |
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| description | The article deals with methods and methodology of pedagogical research in the didactics of informatics in the environment of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) based on the principles of connectivism, which offers open, non-formal, and community education. The MOOC was created as a support for the implementation of pedagogical research (primarily for final theses), specifically for solving a causal research problem, which is the most challenging research issue in pedagogical research. We found that the created MOOC is didactically effective for all study degrees. We also identified the parts of the course (which correspond to the stages of processing the experiment) causing the participants the biggest problems. The surprising finding was that the data understanding (data exploration phase) causes the problem the most. Its importance was underestimated when designing the MOOC. Although this phase is the least computationally demanding, it is very important since it is subsequently related to the correct determination of the null statistical hypotheses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e3520e27b57a42dfbd0466cfd9a45acd2023-11-21T07:27:03ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-12-0111132810.3390/app11010328The Efficacy of MOOC to Support Students in Pedagogical ResearchMiroslav Kadlečík0Michal Munk1Daša Munková2Department of Informatics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra, SlovakiaDepartment of Informatics, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra, SlovakiaDepartment of Translation Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra, SlovakiaThe article deals with methods and methodology of pedagogical research in the didactics of informatics in the environment of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) based on the principles of connectivism, which offers open, non-formal, and community education. The MOOC was created as a support for the implementation of pedagogical research (primarily for final theses), specifically for solving a causal research problem, which is the most challenging research issue in pedagogical research. We found that the created MOOC is didactically effective for all study degrees. We also identified the parts of the course (which correspond to the stages of processing the experiment) causing the participants the biggest problems. The surprising finding was that the data understanding (data exploration phase) causes the problem the most. Its importance was underestimated when designing the MOOC. Although this phase is the least computationally demanding, it is very important since it is subsequently related to the correct determination of the null statistical hypotheses.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/1/328massive open online coursescausal research problemexperimentphases of experiment processing |
| spellingShingle | Miroslav Kadlečík Michal Munk Daša Munková The Efficacy of MOOC to Support Students in Pedagogical Research Applied Sciences massive open online courses causal research problem experiment phases of experiment processing |
| title | The Efficacy of MOOC to Support Students in Pedagogical Research |
| title_full | The Efficacy of MOOC to Support Students in Pedagogical Research |
| title_fullStr | The Efficacy of MOOC to Support Students in Pedagogical Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Efficacy of MOOC to Support Students in Pedagogical Research |
| title_short | The Efficacy of MOOC to Support Students in Pedagogical Research |
| title_sort | efficacy of mooc to support students in pedagogical research |
| topic | massive open online courses causal research problem experiment phases of experiment processing |
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