Chapter: 'Does Taking a MOOC as a Complement for Remedial Courses Have an Effect on My Learning Outcomes? A Pilot Study on Calculus' from book: Adaptive and Adaptable Learning: 11th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2016, Lyon, France, September 13-16, 2016, Proceedings

• Main Author: Josefina Hernández-Correa (auth)
• Other Authors: Claudio Gelmi (auth), Isabel Hilliger (auth), María Fernanda Rodriguez (auth), Mar Pérez-Sanagustín (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2016
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: adoption; pilot study; higher education; learning outcomes; remedial courses; MOOCs
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This paper presents the results of a pilot study about students' adoption and learning outcomes of 4 MOOCs proposed as a complementary resource for traditional remedial courses on calculus. While the MOOCs were not mandatory, traditional remedial courses were required for those freshmen failing...