Search results for author:"Elaine Beirne"
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LMOOCs, Classifying Design: Survey Findings from LMOOC Providers
Elaine Beirne; Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl; Gearóid Ó Cleircín
EUROCALL 2017 Conference (2017)
Many of the major Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms support learning approaches which can be roughly categorised as transmission-based and asynchronous (Morris & Lambe, 2014), with limited forms of interactive elements. Language...
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Best of Ireland: A curious case of persistent learners: insight into serial MOOC participation
Conchúr Mac Lochlainn; Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl; Elaine Beirne; Mark Brown
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 1197–1202
Why do learners join MOOCs? This is a straightforward question which underpins many MOOC studies. It also leads to two related but distinct questions: firstly, who are MOOC learners? Secondly, what are their goals and motivations in undertaking a...
Topics: Learner-centered, and self-directed learning, Flexible learning, Online language learning