Social presence in massive open online courses

The capacity to foster interpersonal interactions in massive open online courses (MOOCs) has frequently been contested, particularly when learner interactions are limited to MOOC forums. The establishment of social presence-a perceived sense of somebody being present and "real"-is among the strategies to tackle the challenges of online...

A Pedagogical Design Framework to Engage At Risk Youth

The large number of young people without formal qualifications constitutes a considerable concern in Europe in terms of individual, social and economic consequences. The influx of young migrants into Europe makes this issue even more significant. To avoid social exclusion, youth unemployment, and ensure economic progress, the EU and national...

Gender and Diversity in Engineering MOOCs, a first Appraisal

Social Media to Foster Self-Organized Participatory Learning for Disengaged Learners

The reAct project described in this paper is an innovative learning approach developed and used to remotivate the disengaged from education and learning to connect to lifelong learning practices. These youngsters constitute a considerable social problem in Europe and the aim of the project is to find ways to recover the intrinsic motivation to...