Content Creation and Pedagogic Strategies for Skill Development MOOC
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چکیده
Skill development is being promoted throughout the country, as a channel to create employable resource. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) can provide a platform to enable such skill development programs at scale. The IITBombayX course, Basic 3D animation using Blender (SKANI101x), was the first of its kind offering of a Skill Development MOOC (sdMOOC) for the Indian learners. Over its two offerings, 6457 participants registered, 2465 (38%) were active and 1132 (19%) were certified. However while producing and conducting the course we realized the lack of content creation and pedagogic strategies for such sdMOOCs. Analysis of our pilot offering of SKANI101x, highlighted its effectiveness for both, first-time and experienced online learners. In the second offering we modified pedagogic strategies to foster student-instructor interactions that resulted in higher engagement and completion rate. This paper discusses the rationale of the strategic decisions taken for SKANI101x during both its offerings. Further, we report an evaluation study of participants’ performance, engagement during the course, consumption patterns of the content, and perceptions regarding the components of the sdMOOC. This provides an evidence for the effectiveness of the content creation and pedagogic strategies implemented.
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