Teaching political science with a MOOC: analyzing the supply side and the demand side
(2015) ECPR General Conference — Location: Montréal (2015.August.26AD)
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- (en) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) have been considered by some observers as a powerful media opportunity to improve learning. The Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) was the first Belgian university to deliver a political science MOOC, in French, entitled “Discovering political science”. This MOOC brings about new challenges for both supply and demand sides. The objective of this paper is threefold: 1- from the faculty members’ perspective to present the deep transformations in conceiving a political science introductory course for first year students. 2- to what extent introducing MOOC in the classroom affects students’ learning outcomes. 3- Finally, we also show how a MOOC can create opportunities to offer a wider variety of learning assignments, taking advantage of new media possibilities, of online peer-assessment and, in the classroom, by fostering active learning and work groups with instant feedback.
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Baudewyns, P., Hamonic, E., Legrand, V., Reuchamps, M., & Schiffino-Leclercq, N. (2015). Teaching political science with a MOOC: analyzing the supply side and the demand side. ECPR General Conference, Montréal. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/190371