Attrition and achievement gaps in online learning

L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 57-66

  Kizilcec, René F ^a   Halawa, Sherif ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; Goal striving; Growth mindset; Individual differences; Massive open online course; MOOC; Online education; Persistence; Self regulation; Social belonging; Volition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

DROPOUT; GOAL STRIVING; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE; MOOC; ON-LINE EDUCATION; PERSISTENCE; SELF REGULATION; SOCIAL BELONGING; VOLITION;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84928032674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2724660.2724680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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