Challenges and Recommendations Facing Faculty and Institutions in Delivering Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Year 2021, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 86 - 98, 29.12.2021

Muharrem Aydın , Hasan Karal

https://doi.org/10.51960/jitte.1033523

Abstract

MOOC applications, one of the applications adopted and popular in the age, are not well known in our country. Nevertheless, there is a new educational approach in the world and it is very important to determine the difficulties in MOOC applications with various advantages in terms of eliminating these difficulties. This study examines the difficulties and recommendations faced by faculty and staff teaching at the AtademiX platform in the course of presenting MOOC. In this study, it was aimed to determine the difficulties and suggestions faced by the faculty members and the institution during the MOOC submission process. It was used to describe the case study from qualitative research methods to achieve this goal. The study was carried out in two separate groups. Groups were determined by sampling method. The first working group of the research constitutes 6 faculty members from the administrators and employees who are in charge of the administration and execution of the first MOOC platform of Turkey, AtademiX, and the second group 9 faculty members who teach through the AtademiX platform. Semi-structured interview form was prepared for evaluating the outputs of MOOC applications in terms of faculty members and institutions and data were collected. The collected data were analyzed by content analysis method. Institutions and faculty members have encountered various difficulties while presenting MOOC practice and have made various recommendations for future applications. Challenges faced by the institution can be summarized as difficulties they face due to in-house and faculty members. Difficulties faced by faculty members in the process; Individual difficulties, difficulties arising from participants, and difficulties resulting from interaction.

Keywords

MOOC, Massively Open Online Course, Challenges and Solutions

Kitlesel Açık Çevrimiçi Ders (MOOC) Sunmada Öğretim Üyeleri ve Kurumların Karşılaştığı Güçlükler ve Önerileri

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, MOOC sunma sürecinde öğretim üyeleri ve kurumun karşılaştığı güçlükler ve tavsiyelerinin incelenmesidir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda araştırmanın birinci boyutunda MOOC sunma sürecinde öğretim üyelerinin karşılaştıkları güçlükler incelenmiştir. Araştırmanın ikinci boyutunda ise kurum çalışanlarının perspektifinden hareketle kurumsal olarak karşılaşılan güçlükler incelenmiştir. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden iç içe durum çalışma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırma iki ayrı grupla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Gruplar amaçlı örnekleme yöntemiyle belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın birinci çalışma grubunu Türkiye’nin ilk MOOC platformu olan AtademiX platformunun yönetilmesi ve yürütülmesinde görev alan kurum çalışanlardan 6 kişi, İkinci grubunu ise AtademiX platformu üzerinden ders veren 9 öğretim üyesi oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma sürecinde alan yazın ve uzman görüşleri temel alınarak yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu hazırlanmıştır. Kurum çalışanları ve Öğretim üyelerine görüşme formu uygulanmıştır. Görüşmelerden alınan verileri analiz etmek için içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre öğretim üyeleri bireysel yönden, katılımcılar yönünden ve etkileşimden kaynaklanan güçlüklerle karşılaşmıştır. Benzer şekilde kurum çalışanları kurum içi ve öğretim üyelerinden kaynaklanan güçlüklerle karşılaşmıştır.

Keywords

MOOC, Kitlesel Açık Çevrimiçi Ders, Güçlükler ve Çözüm Önerileri

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