How Much Does Student Engagement With Videos and Forums in a MOOC Affect Their Achievement?

• In Event: 44.062 - Learners' Engagement and Interactions in Online Learning

Abstract

Engagement in MOOCs is based on students who self-organize their participation according to their goals and interests. Visual materials such as videos and students’ use of discussion forums are basic ways of engaging students in MOOCs. Using logit regression models we present the degree to which student engagement with MOOC videos and forum posts can predict course completion. We also explore the extent to which students’ intention to receive the course certification and their participation behaviors can predict their achievement. Findings indicated the pedagogical hypothesis, which shows that students’ engagement in forums and with videos affects their course completion rate, and recommendations are made for MOOC’s designers and facilitators regarding the importance of students’ engagement with MOOCs.

Authors

• Fernanda Cesar Bonafini, Pennsylvania State University

• Chungil Chae, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park

• Eunsung Park, The Pennsylvania State University

• Rebecca Yvonne Bayeck, The Pennsylvania State University

• Kathryn Jablokow, The Pennsylvania State University - Great Valley