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MOOCs and the Integration of Social Media and Curation Tools in e-Learning

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Learning Technology for Education in Cloud (LTEC 2015)

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MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have gained popularity for e-learning purposes. Effectiveness depends on platform interface design and management, which should create student cohesiveness and optimize collaboration. A MOOC prototype was developed and e-learning applications were pilot-tested for one semester with a total of 160 students from graduate courses in a French business school. Students used a mobile supported e-learning environment and reported their experiences through the writing of a synthesis, the building of a CMS (Content Management System) and the elaboration of a content curation system.

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    For an extensive review of curation platforms, compared according to their particular functions, please visit: http://socialcompare.com/fr/comparison/curation-platforms-amplify-knowledge-plaza-storify.

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  1. KMCMS, LEMNA, IAE-IEMN – Nantes University, 33 rue Laurence Savart, 75020, Paris, France

    Jean-Eric Pelet

  2. Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

    Marlene A. Pratt

  3. ESSCA School of Management, LUNAM Université, Angers, France

    Stéphane Fauvy

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  2. Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile

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  3. University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

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Pelet, JE., Pratt, M.A., Fauvy, S. (2015). MOOCs and the Integration of Social Media and Curation Tools in e-Learning. In: Uden, L., Liberona, D., Welzer, T. (eds) Learning Technology for Education in Cloud. LTEC 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 533. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22629-3_4

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