Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): a viable option for teaching Technical English?

Technical English has been taught as an online course parallel to the ordinary course at the Faculty of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences of the National University of San Luis since 2008. Although this was a more comfortable option for several groups of students, in recent years a decline in th...

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Autores principales: Domínguez, María, Rivarola, Marcela, Aguirre Céliz, Cecilia
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Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Faculdad de Ciencias Sociales, Centro de Estudios Avanzados. Maestría en Procesos Educativos Mediados por Tecnología 2017
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MOOC
virtualidad
Inglés Técnico
virtuality
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/vesc/article/view/18963
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Virtualidad, Educación y Ciencia de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
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spelling I10-R378-article-189632021-09-21T18:32:05Z Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): a viable option for teaching Technical English? Curso Online Masivo y Abierto (MOOC): ¿una opción viable para el dictado de Inglés Técnico? Domínguez, María Rivarola, Marcela Aguirre Céliz, Cecilia MOOC virtualidad Inglés Técnico MOOC virtuality Inglés Técnico Technical English has been taught as an online course parallel to the ordinary course at the Faculty of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences of the National University of San Luis since 2008. Although this was a more comfortable option for several groups of students, in recent years a decline in the number of students taking the course was observed. On the other hand and in addition to this, there was a necessity for continuous innovation in our teaching methodologies in virtual scenarios. It was within this context that in 2016 the online course was transformed by the adoption of some characteristics of MOOC courses. Taking into account the number of students that enrolled and took the course in 2016, we concluded that its implementation was successful since most of them finished and passed. In this work, we present a retrospective and comparative perspective of the online course in both modalities, and we also reflect on the impact on teaching. Inglés Técnico se ha dictado en la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Agropecuarias de la Universidad Nacional de San Luis con modalidad virtual desde 2008, como otra opción de cursado además de la presencial. A pesar de la comodidad que esta modalidad representó para varias cohortes, se observó en los últimos años un declive en la cantidad de estudiantes cursantes. Por otro lado, se sumó a lo anterior nuestro deseo de continuar innovando en metodologías de enseñanza a través de la virtualidad. Así, durante 2016 se realizaron cambios para que el curso adoptara algunas características de los MOOC. En relación con el número de estudiantes que se inscribieron y realizaron la asignatura bajo la nueva modalidad, se concluyó que la implementación fue exitosa ya que la mayoría terminó de cursar e incluso promocionó la asignatura. En este trabajo se presenta una mirada retrospectiva y comparativa del dictado de la asignatura con ambas modalidades y se reflexiona con respecto al impacto en la enseñanza. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Faculdad de Ciencias Sociales, Centro de Estudios Avanzados. Maestría en Procesos Educativos Mediados por Tecnología 2017-12-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/vesc/article/view/18963 10.60020/1853-6530.v8.n15.18963 Virtuality, Education and Science; Vol. 8 No. 15; 134-146 Virtualidad, Educación y Ciencia; Vol. 8 Núm. 15; 134-146 1853-6530 10.60020/1853-6530.v8.n15 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/vesc/article/view/18963/18893 Derechos de autor 2017 María Domínguez, Marcela Rivarola, Cecilia Aguirre Céliz
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topic MOOC
virtualidad
Inglés Técnico
MOOC
virtuality
Inglés Técnico
spellingShingle MOOC
virtualidad
Inglés Técnico
MOOC
virtuality
Inglés Técnico
Domínguez, María
Rivarola, Marcela
Aguirre Céliz, Cecilia
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): a viable option for teaching Technical English?
topic_facet MOOC
virtualidad
Inglés Técnico
MOOC
virtuality
Inglés Técnico
author Domínguez, María
Rivarola, Marcela
Aguirre Céliz, Cecilia
author_facet Domínguez, María
Rivarola, Marcela
Aguirre Céliz, Cecilia
author_sort Domínguez, María
title Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): a viable option for teaching Technical English?
title_short Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): a viable option for teaching Technical English?
title_full Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): a viable option for teaching Technical English?
title_fullStr Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): a viable option for teaching Technical English?
title_full_unstemmed Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): a viable option for teaching Technical English?
title_sort massive open online course (mooc): a viable option for teaching technical english?
description Technical English has been taught as an online course parallel to the ordinary course at the Faculty of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences of the National University of San Luis since 2008. Although this was a more comfortable option for several groups of students, in recent years a decline in the number of students taking the course was observed. On the other hand and in addition to this, there was a necessity for continuous innovation in our teaching methodologies in virtual scenarios. It was within this context that in 2016 the online course was transformed by the adoption of some characteristics of MOOC courses. Taking into account the number of students that enrolled and took the course in 2016, we concluded that its implementation was successful since most of them finished and passed. In this work, we present a retrospective and comparative perspective of the online course in both modalities, and we also reflect on the impact on teaching.
publisher Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Faculdad de Ciencias Sociales, Centro de Estudios Avanzados. Maestría en Procesos Educativos Mediados por Tecnología
publishDate 2017
url https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/vesc/article/view/18963
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