xMOOCs
- 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,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.…
Verfasserangaben: | Heini UtunenORCiD, Melissa AttiasORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-624788 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-62478 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | EMOOCs 2023 : Post-Covid Prospects for Massive Open Online Courses - Boost or Backlash? |
Untertitel (Englisch): | modality for mass reach during the pandemic for the World Health Organization |
Verlag: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Verlagsort: | Potsdam |
Herausgeber*in(nen): | Christoph Meinel, Stefanie Schweiger, Thomas Staubitz, Robert Conrad, Carlos Alario Hoyos, Martin Ebner, Susanna Sancassani, Agnieszka Żur, Christian Friedl, Sherif Halawa, Dilrukshi Gamage, Jeffrey Scott, May Kristine Jonson Carlon, Yves Deville, Michael Gaebel, Carlos Delgado Kloos, Karen von Schmieden |
Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 14.11.2023 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 02.02.2024 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Digitale Bildung; Kursdesign; MOOC; Micro Degree; Online-Lehre; Onlinekurs; Onlinekurs-Produktion digital education; e-learning; micro degree; micro-credential; online course creation; online course design; online teaching |
Seitenanzahl: | 11 |
Erste Seite: | 279 |
Letzte Seite: | 289 |
RVK - Regensburger Verbundklassifikation: | ST 670 |
Organisationseinheiten: | Digital Engineering Fakultät / Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering GmbH |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke |
Peer Review: | Referiert |
Publikationsweg: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Open Access / Gold Open-Access | |
Sammlung(en): | Universität Potsdam / Sammelwerke (nicht fortlaufend) / EMOOCs 2023 / Beiträge |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |