12th International Conference else: elearning and Software for Education, 21-22 April Bucharest, elseconference.eu

1. What do
students
think
about
MOOC?
A study case:
West University
of Timisoara,
Romania
12th eLearning and Software for Education Conference eLSE 2016, 21-22 April 2016 Bucharest
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2. Gabriela GROSSECK
gabriela.grosseck@e-uvt.ro
@ggrosseck
(Twitter, Slideshare, Instagram, etc.)

3. https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/uvteinspira/
Credit Photos – WUT students
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4. Online Questionnaire
November 2015

5. More than 800 respondents / 630 valid

6. 86,6% F / 13,4% M

7. AGE: 80,7% under 21; 10,9% between 21-24;
5% between 25-30; 3,4% above 30

8. 94,1% heard about
online courses
95,1% F
87,5% M

9. 6,3% M
7,8% F
follow an online
course
learning foreign
languages

10. curiosity / necessity of training (1!!!!!!!)

11. Coursera
edX
DuoLingo

12. English
≈
Romanian

13. 50%: finalized
courses
(1 – certificate)

14. Satisfacion: 8,22

15. 22% -> MOOC

16. the culture of a
„serious”
participation

17. 2,5: don’t know
other students /
persons
2,34: mother tongue
2,27: weak offer

19. YES:
81,6%

20. options: professional training / personal development

21. ADVANTAGES
1 = To a Small Extent
5 = To a Great Extent

22. 4,38: skills prof. dev.
4,31: skills personal dev.
4,02: daily abilities
3,01: short period
3,14: formal educational level
3,24: diversity

24. DISADVANTAGES
3,24: formal recognition
3,01: employee’s recognition
2,73: language

25. „POSITIVE”
DISADVANTAGES
1,93: mistrust
2,04: lack of interactions
2,34: trainers’ guidance

27. X a CULTURE of
„continuous
training”

28. „SERIOUS”
ACTIVITIES
traditional
courses

29. X
f2f interactions
continuous
guidance

30. X disadvantages
O avantages

31. CONCLUSIONS??

32. FIRST YEAR STUDENTS

33. ~ „roundness”
of professional
luggage

34. - „valuable” add-ons -> credits / certifications

35. TIME
for studies

36. X engagement
culture
online activities
without a formal
„remuneration/
remittance”

37. potential grow of
online participation
A wall
which
connects people

38. „the one next to
you”

39. MOOC??
YESsssssssss

40. This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation,
CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-2040:
NOVAMOOC – Development and innovative implementation of MOOCs in Higher Education
The NOVAMOOC team
Gabriela GROSSECK
Laura MALIȚA
Vlad CHIRIAC
Ramona BRAN
Laurențiu ȚÎRU
Carmen HOLOTESCU
Mihai ViLCEA
Alex TOPÂRCEANU
Dorin NEAGOE