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Methods For Teachers' Guiding Learners To Interact In MOOC Forum Analysis

Posted on:2019-04-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H S ShiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2417330563953742Subject:Education Technology
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“For large-scale MOOC learners,that how to promote social interaction,especially the interaction among students,is very important(Zheng Yanlin,2015).” In order to get a comprehensive MOOC forum interactive guidance method,this study is carried out from three aspects.Firstly,literature analysis method is used to analyze the function of the MOOC Forum for teachers and learners,and it also provides theoretical support for the following researches.The methods obtained are: improve learners' social presence;help learners establish good interpersonal relationships;enhance the forums' model function and observing learning;help learners in self-regulation;teacher plays proper roles and have effective assessment reflection.Secondly,text analysis is used to analyze the learners' evaluation towards the forum.From the perspective of learners' attitude towards forums: learners believe that the forum's main task is to answer questions;the position of assistants cannot be ignored;teachers have very much in the forum High influence;lack of teacher participation can lead to negative emotions in learners.The guiding methods thus obtained are: teachers should pay attention to their powerful influence and use it properly;teaching assistants should help teachers manage the forum and play the good role of leader;enhance the participation of the teaching team;active forum question-answer atmosphere.The purpose of this phase of research is to explore the guidance method,and one of the conclusions is that the teacher's forum influence is high,which will provide direction for the next research.Thirdly,data analysis method is used to analyze the influence of whether the teacher replies,replies time interval,the proportion of replies on the learner browsing and replies,as well as the reasons for the invalid effect,so as to get guidance method for teachers: according to time and effort and teaching goals to determine the proportion of replies;combined with the subject property,actively and skillfully participate in;express positive emotional attitudes,establish an affinity image;highlight teachers' participation in the forum,and encourage students to participate meaningfully through optimization rules.Finally,in order to clarify the relationships among the above methods and obtain more suitable methods for teachers' practical teaching,the author sorted out and summarized the methods according to the specific functions of MOOC forum.
Keywords/Search Tags:MOOC forum, Forum interaction, Guiding methods
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