What Tweets Tell us About MOOC Participation
Abstract
In this research paper, the authors analyze the collected Twitter data output during MobiMOOC 2011. This six-week data stream includes all tweets that contain the MOOC's hashtag (#mobiMOOC) and it has been analyzed using qualitative methodology. The analysis sought to examine the emotive vocabulary used, to determine if there was content-sharing via tweets, and to analyze the folksonomic trends of the tweets. In Addition sought a deeper understanding of what, and how, MOOC participants share what they share on the MOOC’s Twitter channel. The aim of this study is to provide a little more insight into MOOC learner behaviors on Twitter so that future MOOC designers and facilitators can better engage with their learners.
Keywords
Twitter; MOOC; cMOOC; Participation; engagement;
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PDFCopyright (c) 2017 Apostolos Koutropoulos, Sean C. Abajian, Inge deWaard, Rebecca J. Hogue, Nilgun O. Keskin, C. Osvaldo Rodriguez
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) – eISSN: 1863-0383