The instructional design of MOOC discussion forums

Rivera Villa, Dennis;Frenay, Mariane
(2020) International IBS Workshop 2020 on LCL: Learner Centered Learning — Location: Online (Laubusch/Lauta, Germany) (10.November.2020)

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(en) Forums in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offer learners the opportunity to engage in significant cognitive interactions aimed at the social construction of knowledge. These cognitive interactions, however, have to be purposefully designed by MOOC instructors to facilitate learners' cognitive processes. This study examines the instructional design of the discussion forums of 4 edX MOOCs created by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). It uses two learning taxonomies to identify the cognitive processes facilitated in the forums. Semi-structured interviews with the MOOC instructors verify the findings from the instructional design analysis. The goal of this study is to portray the different cognitive processes that MOOC instructors seek to facilitate in dsussion forums. Thus, it contributes to a better understanding of how the instructional design of MOOC discussion forums can facilitate cognitive interactions aimed at the creation of knowledge.
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Rivera Villa, D., & Frenay, M. (2020). The instructional design of MOOC discussion forums. International IBS Workshop 2020 on LCL: Learner Centered Learning, Online (Laubusch/Lauta, Germany). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/29124