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The implementation of Small Private Online Courses (SPOC) as a new approach to education

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Summary This article presents a study of the participants of a Small Private Online Course (SPOC) entitled “The Didactic Programming: Elements and Process of Elaboration” at the University of Málaga (Spain). Since the concept was first introduced in 2013, SPOCs have been progressively implemented in higher education. They were conceived to succeed where Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) failed, namely in the high drop-out rate. Using a descriptive method, a questionnaire was designed to collect data on the individual characteristics of the University students participating in the SPOC, the degree of satisfaction they expressed at the end of the training process and their opinion regarding class-based courses. The completion rate was 78.7%, and 70.6% of them had previously undertaken online training activities. All the sections of the course (objectives, contents, evaluation, etc.) were favourably evaluated by more than 85% of the participants, as well as their preference for online training.

Source: International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education

DOI: 10.1186/s41239-020-00206-1

Authors: Julio Ruiz-Palmero, José-María Fernández-Lacorte, Enrique Sánchez-Rivas, Ernesto Colomo-Magaña

Institution: Universidad de Málaga

Language: English

Topic: Online and Blended Learning

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Universidad de Málaga