How to improve completion rates in a MOOC ? EMOOC 2016 – 22/24 February 2016
How to improve completion rates in a MOOC ?
EMOOC 2016 – 22/24 February 2016
CONTENT
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Lucie DHORNE
• Context – IFP School
• MOOC Objectives - Characteristics - Results
• How to improve completion rates in a MOOC?
• Perspectives and outcomes
INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS
CONTEXT
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IFP SCHOOL – APPLIED SCHOOL
Applied graduate programs
Students and young professionals
Energy and transport sectors
350 students, 50% from outside France, 50 nationalities
Skills based approach
Instructional design
2 MOOCs
MOOC OBJECTIVES
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INNOVATION
Skills development
Integration inside our masters
National and international
RECRUITMENT
INSTITUTIONAL VISIBILITY
Attract students/engineers from all over the world
CONTENT
• 28 videos / 11 forums
MOOC CHARACTERISTICS
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY – NOV. 2014
EVALUATION
• 3 serious games
• 3 quizzes
• 1 peer-to-peer
RESULTS
• 3099 enrolled participants
• Average age: 25 years
• • 31% completion rate
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MOOC CHARACTERISTICS Serious
Game
Refinery
simulator
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY – NOV. 2014
• Realistic
environnment
• Solve problems they
would face in the real
industry
• Develop skills linked
to the industry
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CONTENT
• 31 videos / 10 forums
MOOC CHARACTERISTICS
OIL & GAS – MARCH 2015
RESULTS
• 21840 enrolled participants
• Average age: 27 years
EVALUATION
• 15 mini-games
• 1 quiz
• Interactive video
• 28% completion rate
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MOOC CHARACTERISTICS
OIL & GAS – MARCH 2015
Mini
games
• Improved quiz with
colorfull interface
• Focus pedagogical
approach into a job
approach
• Discover how the
whole oil and gas
industry works
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ATYPICAL RESULTS
Source of the initial graphic : http://www.katyjordan.com/MOOCproject
Average MOOC completion rates = 15%
MOOC Sustainable Mobility - 31%
MOOC Oil & Gas - 28%
HOW TO IMPROVE COMPLETION RATES ?
TARGET AUDIENCE
Language of the MOOC
Duration
Assignment design
Format of the videos
4 Weeks
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HOW TO IMPROVE COMPLETION RATES ?
ASSIGNMENTS DESIGN
Develop an environment where students can experiment
and practice the skills learnt from lessons
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53%
“Learning by doing!”
43%
96% used the serious games and found the activities
interesting
HOW TO IMPROVE COMPLETION RATES ?
ASSIGNMENTS DESIGN
Serious games as motivation tools
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Which activities and
topics in the MOOC
were the most
enjoyable or fruitful ?
(open answer)
HOW TO IMPROVE COMPLETION RATES ?
VIDEO FORMAT
MIT produced a study that showed that the shorter videos
produced an higher involvment
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• Analysis of our 59 videos
• Duration time 4-17min
• Viewing Rate (VR)
Average viewing time
Total length of a video
PERSPECTIVES
HOW TO PROGRESS FROM HERE ?
MENTORING STUDENTS
• In our two first MOOCs 80% of the participants were
doing a MOOC for the first time
Four mentor profiles
Mentoring during W0
Planning
assistance
What is a
MOOC?
#hashtag
& the rest of the MOOC
CONTENT
• 31 videos / 9 forums
OUTCOMES
SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY – NOV. 2015
EVALUATION
• 4 serious games
• 3 quizzes
• 1 peer-to-peer
RESULTS
• 5205 enrolled participants
• Median age: 26 years
• 32% completion rate
+67%
+1%
SEE YOU ON THE 14th MARCH
THANK’S FOR YOU ATTENTION
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