ERIC Number: ED574795
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 15
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The MOOC-CLIL Project: Using MOOCs to Increase Language, and Social and Online Learning Skills for 5th Grade K-12 Students
de Waard, Inge; Demeulenaere, Kathy
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This study comprises the outcomes and methods of a one year project using Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) embedded in K-12 classes. The Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) of 42 students enrolled in three 5th grade classes were monitored. The students took the MOOCCLIL class for one year (2015-2016) at the Guldensporencollege (GUSCO), a Belgian secondary school in Kortrijk. In this weekly, two-hour class, the 16-17 year old students were increasingly guided towards autonomously choosing and learning from MOOCs in a nonnative language. At the last phase of the project, the students were asked to autonomously choose and engage in a MOOC. The study used a three step approach to increase autonomous, online learning. Students could choose from French and English MOOCs, while their mother tongue is Flemish (Belgian Dutch). The project consisted of a practical teaching/learning approach rolled out by the teachers, and a research approach enabling a step-by-step evaluation of self-regulated learning. Findings include an increase of practical language use, confidence in planning autonomous learning, and increased social learning skills. [For the complete volume, "Beyond the Language Classroom: Researching MOOCs and Other Innovations," see ED574781.]
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Language Skills, Social Development, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Teaching Methods, Lifelong Learning, Peer Teaching, Critical Thinking, Independent Study, Questionnaires, Focus Groups, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), French
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire
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