TY  - JOUR
A1  - Utunen, Heini
A1  - Attias, Melissa
A2  - Meinel, Christoph
A2  - Schweiger, Stefanie
A2  - Staubitz, Thomas
A2  - Conrad, Robert
A2  - Alario Hoyos, Carlos
A2  - Ebner, Martin
A2  - Sancassani, Susanna
A2  - Żur, Agnieszka
A2  - Friedl, Christian
A2  - Halawa, Sherif
A2  - Gamage, Dilrukshi
A2  - Scott, Jeffrey
A2  - Kristine Jonson Carlon, May
A2  - Deville, Yves
A2  - Gaebel, Michael
A2  - Delgado Kloos, Carlos
A2  - von Schmieden, Karen
T1  - xMOOCs
T2  - EMOOCs 2023 : Post-Covid Prospects for Massive Open Online Courses - Boost or Backlash?
N2  - The World Health Organization designed OpenWHO.org to provide an inclusive and accessible online environment to equip learners across the globe with critical up-to-date information and to be able to effectively protect themselves in health emergencies. The platform thus focuses on the eXtended Massive Open Online Course (xMOOC) modality – contentfocused and expert-driven, one-to-many modelled, and self-paced for scalable learning. In this paper, we describe how OpenWHO utilized xMOOCs to reach mass audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic; the paper specifically examines the accessibility, language inclusivity and adaptability of hosted xMOOCs. As of February 2023, OpenWHO had 7.5 million enrolments across 200 xMOOCs on health emergency, epidemic, pandemic and other public health topics available across 65 languages, including 46 courses targeted for the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results suggest that the xMOOC modality allowed OpenWHO to expand learning during the pandemic to previously underrepresented groups, including women, participants ages 70 and older, and learners younger than age 20. The OpenWHO use case shows that xMOOCs should be considered when there is a need for massive knowledge transfer in health emergency situations, yet the approach should be context-specific according to the type of health emergency, targeted population and region. Our evidence also supports previous calls to put intervention elements that contribute to removing barriers to access at the core of learning and health information dissemination. Equity must be the fundamental principle and organizing criteria for public health work.
KW  - Digitale Bildung
KW  - Kursdesign
KW  - MOOC
KW  - Micro Degree
KW  - Online-Lehre
KW  - Onlinekurs
KW  - Onlinekurs-Produktion
KW  - digital education
KW  - e-learning
KW  - micro degree
KW  - micro-credential
KW  - online course creation
KW  - online course design
KW  - online teaching
Y1  - 2023
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62478
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-624788
SP  - 279
EP  - 289
PB  - Universitätsverlag Potsdam
CY  - Potsdam
ER  -