Learning in an introductory physics MOOC: All cohorts learn equally, including an on-campus class

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 263-283

  Colvin, Kimberly F ^a   Champaign, John ^a   Liu, Alwina ^a   Zhou, Qian ^b   Fredericks, Colin ^c   Pritchard, David E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

edX; Item response theory; Learning gain; MOOC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907058408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v15i4.1902     Document Type: Article

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