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Turning out a social community into an e-Learning platform for MOOC: the case of AbiertaUGR

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Serafina Molina,

Roberto Bergaz,

David Bravo-Lupiáñez,

Antonio RamosAuthors Info & Claims

TEEM '13: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Technological Ecosystem for Enhancing Multiculturality

Pages 489 - 493

https://doi.org/10.1145/2536536.2536611

Published: 14 November 2013 Publication History

Abstract

This paper considers the interest of traditional high educational institution to bounce into the world of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). This learning approach is defined over the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) in a basis of a high number of users that interact with the learning materials (mostly multimedia resources). This approach implies some challenges to the software platform that lies behind the learning experience. In this work we are going to evaluate the Open Source Social Networking Engine, ELGG, and how it has strongly evolved to AbiertaUGR.

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PayÀ Rico ADuart Montoliu JMengual Andrés S(2016)Histoedu, redes sociales e historia de la educación: el pasado pedagógico desde el presente educativoEducation in the Knowledge Society (EKS)10.14201/eks2016172557217:2(55-72)Online publication date: 19-Jul-2016
https://doi.org/10.14201/eks20161725572
Montes RGea MBergaz RRojas B(2014)Generating Lifelong-Learning Communities and Branding with Massive Open Online CoursesInformation Resources Management Journal10.4018/irmj.201404010327:2(27-46)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.4018/irmj.2014040103
Sarasa-Cabezuelo ASierra-Rodríguez JGarcía-Peñalvo F(2014)Development of a MOOC management systemProceedings of the Second International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality10.1145/2669711.2669894(155-162)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2669711.2669894

Index Terms

Turning out a social community into an e-Learning platform for MOOC: the case of AbiertaUGR
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
  2. Enterprise computing
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Software libraries and repositories

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TEEM '13: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Technological Ecosystem for Enhancing Multiculturality

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DOI:10.1145/2536536

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PayÀ Rico ADuart Montoliu JMengual Andrés S(2016)Histoedu, redes sociales e historia de la educación: el pasado pedagógico desde el presente educativoEducation in the Knowledge Society (EKS)10.14201/eks2016172557217:2(55-72)Online publication date: 19-Jul-2016
https://doi.org/10.14201/eks20161725572
Montes RGea MBergaz RRojas B(2014)Generating Lifelong-Learning Communities and Branding with Massive Open Online CoursesInformation Resources Management Journal10.4018/irmj.201404010327:2(27-46)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.4018/irmj.2014040103
Sarasa-Cabezuelo ASierra-Rodríguez JGarcía-Peñalvo F(2014)Development of a MOOC management systemProceedings of the Second International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality10.1145/2669711.2669894(155-162)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2669711.2669894

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