JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 23(2): 167-186, doi: 10.3217/jucs-023-02-0167
Design, Implementation and Evaluation of SPOCs at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino‡, Eva Méndez Rodríguez‡, José A. Ruipérez-Valiente§‡ Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain§ Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, Spain
Corresponding author: Pedro Muñoz-Merino ( pedmume@it.uc3m.es ) © Pedro Muñoz-Merino, Eva Rodríguez, José Ruipérez-Valiente. This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License. Citation:
Muñoz-Merino PJ, Rodríguez EM, Ruipérez-Valiente JA (2017) Design, Implementation and Evaluation of SPOCs at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 23(2): 167-186. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-023-02-0167 |  |
Abstract
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid has been offering several face-to-face remedial courses for new students to review or learn concepts and practical skills that they should know before starting their degree program. During 2012 and 2013, our University adopted MOOC-like technologies to support some of these courses so that a blended learning methodology could be applied in a particular educational context, i.e. by using SPOCs (Small Private Online Courses). This paper gathers a list of issues, challenges and solutions when implementing these SPOCs. Based on these challenges and issues, a design process is proposed for the implementation of SPOCs. In addition, an evaluation is presented of the different use of the offered courses based on indicators such as the number of videos accessed, number of exercises accessed, number of videos completed, number of exercises correctly solved or time spent on the platform.
Keywords
MOOCs, SPOCs, learning platforms, learning experiences, remedial education, evaluation