LEARNER INTERACTIONS AND BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS IN ENTERPRISE MOOCS

Abstract

This short paper investigates learner behavior in Enterprise MOOCs with the help of interaction patterns. By means of lag sequential analysis, data from 13 openSAP MOOCs from the topic areas business, design, and technology with a total number of N =72,668 active learners have been analyzed. Starting from consistent high-level behavioral patterns, a deeper analysis on the interaction level revealed variations between the course topic areas: Behavioral patterns in technology courses differ from business and design courses. Drawing upon these results, implications for future research are mapped out. with the announcements, discussions, progress, and textual instructions after visiting announcements in the courses from all three topic areas. Learners interacted with assignments and textual discussion prompts areas after visiting announcements in the Business and Technology courses. In addition to these, learners interacted with final-exams and surveys after visiting announcements in the Business courses. Looking at the assignment category, results show that learners interact with assignments, progress, textual discussion prompts, and textual instructions after visiting assignments in all three topic areas. Learners interacted with textual downloads after visiting assignments in the Business and Design courses. Learners visited textual hands-ons after visiting assignments in the Design and Technology courses.