Data Collection Approaches to Enable Evaluation of a Massive Open Online Course About Data Science for Continuing Education in Health Care: Case Study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:This study presents learner perceptions of a pilot massive open online course (MOOC). OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to explore data collection approaches to help inform future MOOC evaluations on the use of semistructured interviews and the Kirkpatrick evaluation model. METHODS:A total of 191 learners joined 2 course runs of a limited trial of the MOOC. Moreover, 7 learners volunteered to be interviewed for the study. The study design drew on semistructured interviews of 2 learners transcribed and analyzed using Braun and Clark's method for thematic coding. This limited participant set was used to identify how the Kirkpatrick evaluation model could be used to evaluate further implementations of the course at scale. RESULTS:The study identified several themes that cou

SUBMITTER: Alturkistani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6465971 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature