Abstracts
Abstract
This study examines how college students rate Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in terms of User Interface Design and Universal Instructional Design. The research participants were 115 undergraduate students from a public midwestern university in the United States. Each participant evaluated three randomly chosen MOOCs, all of which were developed on the Coursera platform, using rubrics for User Interface Design and Universal Instructional Design. The results indicated that students had an overall positive impression of each MOOC’s course design. This study concludes that overall course design strategies are not associated with the massive dropout rates currently documented in MOOC learning environments. The authors suggest the use of appropriate instructional design principles be further explored.
Keywords:
- MOOC,
- online courses,
- universal instructional design,
- user interface design,
- web-based courses
Résumé
La présente étude examine comment les étudiants à l’université évaluent les cours en ligne ouverts et massifs (MOOC) en ce qui a trait au design de l’interface utilisateur et à la conception universelle de l’apprentissage. Cent quinze étudiants de premier cycle d’une université publique du Midwest des États-Unis ont participé à la recherche. À l’aide de rubriques portant sur le design de l’interface utilisateur et la conception universelle de l’apprentissage, chaque participant a évalué trois MOOC choisis aléatoirement parmi un ensemble de cours développés sur la plateforme Coursera. Les résultats indiquent que les étudiants ont une impression générale positive de chacun des designs de MOOC. L’étude conclut qu’en général les stratégies de design de cours ne sont pas associées aux taux élevés de décrochage recensés actuellement dans la littérature sur les environnements d’apprentissage des MOOC. Les auteurs proposent que l’usage de principes de design d’enseignement-apprentissage appropriés soit davantage exploré.
Mots-clés :
- MOOC,
- cours en ligne,
- conception universelle de l’apprentissage,
- design de l’interface utilisateur,
- cours sur le Web
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