Open AccessDistance Learning for Social Distancing through LMOOCs: From Local to Massive and Back
Author(s) -
Ana Sevilla-Pavón,
Kyria Rebea Finardi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
study in english language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-9740
pISSN - 2329-311X
DOI - 10.22158/selt.v10n1p48
Subject(s) - social distance , repurposing , adaptation (eye) , variety (cybernetics) , distance education , process (computing) , distancing , computer science , massive open online course , quality (philosophy) , sociology , mathematics education , internet privacy , covid-19 , world wide web , psychology , engineering , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , medicine , philosophy , disease , epistemology , pathology , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty) , operating system , waste management
This chapter discusses the first step of the adaptation of a Language Massive Open Online Course (LMOOC) offered on EdX4 to be used in higher education contexts as a result of social distancing measures imposed by the COVID19 outbreak and the sudden pivot to online learning. The LMOOC contents recently underwent a process of redesign and conversion from small-scale to massive and now the opposite move is necessary: the LMOOC is to go local by becoming embedded in English classes in higher education contexts. Participants’ feedback was analyzed and compared with the criteria from a MOOC analysis matrix in terms of content variety, quality of contents and instructors, linguistic level and adequacy, level of usefulness, and user-friendliness. The paper contributes to material/course design and teacher education insomuch as the process of repurposing this English LMOOC affords insights for course/material design, addressing the pressing need for online materials which many (often underfunded) public universities are currently experiencing.