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A place to store my research paper 'Our course could be your life(style): Tales of MOOC revisiting learners 2015-2020'. The paper was produced as part of my masters unit of study, Masters of Professional Practice (Digital Learning) at the School of Education, Deakin University, October 2020.

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<p>For researchers who want to develop a better understanding of the experiences and motivations of learners in a MOOC, comments made by learners in the MOOC provide a rich and authentic data source that can provide invaluable insights because they can potentially reveal the underlying reasons for learner activity. For this study, quiz responses, step activity and enrolment information as well as learner comments were used to uncover revisiting learners - these data sets are made readily available to partners of FutureLearn. By using available data sets from FutureLearn rather than independently surveying learners, it is possible to link freshly caught 'wild comments' made by learners to their level of engagement, activity and number of times they revisited the MOOC. Using available data sets also means that the comments are taken from the 'wild' or made within the naturally occurring context of their learning and course revisiting experience and not in response to an additional survey. The use of freshly caught comments isn't without its problems, mainly the lack of clarity and directness generally afforded by survey questions. These comments require analysis, thematic coding, interpretation and distillation of themes have potential to lack precision. Using a survey, revisiting learners could be invited to respond to questions asking them specifically about their revisiting, their reasons for doing so, and explore the behavioural and affective outcomes of their revisiting, and more. Although the use of a survey may result in more direct responses, this approach is challenged by being optional and not strictly related to the course experience, which may reduce the number and consistency of interested respondents (particularly revisiting learners) over time. It's worth noting that the FutureLearn platform does permit partners to invite learners to participate in research, but given the constraints of <a href="https://gdpr-info.eu/">General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)</a> and its impact on direct communication with learners, the potential for an invitation to reach a large number of learners (from current and past course runs) is extremely limited. </p>

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<p>Understanding the factors that contribute to learner revisiting is of interest to all organisations that offer online learning experiences (particularly those that are experiential or open-ended with no logical conclusion) because it may provide insights on how to best design, develop and deliver of the experience.

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<p>For the age group, <strong>22%</strong> were aged above <strong>65</strong> years of age, <strong>22%</strong> aged between <strong>56</strong> and <strong>65</strong>, 18% aged <strong>46</strong> and <strong>55</strong>, and <strong>15%</strong> aged <strong>36</strong> and <strong>45</strong>, as shown in <strong>Figure 3</strong>.</p>

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<p>This data has been collected by FutureLearn and used by Monash University as a partner institution to monitor and improve learning and teaching within the MOOC over a number of iterations of the course. While the data-sets used for this research are provided in a de-identified form, it would be possible for students, teachers and moderators in the specific iteration of the MOOC to go back into the MOOC, search for a specific comment, and identify the public profile of the student who made that comment. <b>For this reason, no comments will be quoted in the research paper or any subsequent publications to ensure no student is able to be identified from the outcomes of this research.</b> Learners have consented to this use of the data as part of the Terms and Conditions (Privacy Policy/Research ethics) of their enrolment with FutureLearn. This includes their consent to their data being used for research purposes, and an acknowledgement by the learners that their comments will not be quoted directly in any publications without their permission. Data sets of learner enrolment, step activity and learner comments in comma separated values (CSV) file format were sourced from course runs between 2015 and 2020 of Monash University’s ‘Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance’ (MIND) and ‘Maintaining a Mindful Life’ (MINDLIFE) free to join courses on FutureLearn. Data from MINDLIFE was investigated and no further additional information as found, so this study focuses on MIND. </p>

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<p>Although there was a large volume of data with a large number of revisiting learners made available from FutureLearn, one limitation to this study was the use of the single data source. While this approach allowed linkages between comments, activity and revisiting by learners it lacks the clarity and directness afforded by direct surveying of learners. This study was also limited by the open-ended skills-based nature of the MOOC that's predicated on a lifelong practice, so it may not be representative of other MOOCs - this may reduce the applicability of the findings. </p>

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