Improving learning in MOOCs with cognitive science

CEUR Workshop Proceedings

Volumn 1009, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-54

  Williams, Joseph Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive science; Educational software; Explanation; Interleaving; Learning; Mixing; MOOCs; Online learning; Problem based learning,; Retrieval practice; Selfexplanation; Spacing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DISTANCE EDUCATION; EDUCATION; MIXING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

COGNITIVE SCIENCE; EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE; EXPLANATION; INTERLEAVING; LEARNING; MOOCS; ONLINE LEARNING; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; RETRIEVAL PRACTICE; SELF EXPLANATIONS; SPACING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84924935988     PISSN: 16130073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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