Journal of Technology and Information Education 2020, 12(1):5-18 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2020.007

DIVERSIFICATION OF STUDENTS BY SUCCESS PREDICTORS IN INFORMATION SCIENCE ORIENTED SPOC COURSES

Michal MRÁZEK, Jaromír BASLER
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Česká republika

The present paper describes the results of a research study performed in the context of implementation of SPOC courses in Basics of programming and Information technology and information science as part of university training of future teachers of technical and informatics subjects. The aim of the research was to determine which groups of students could be identified by success predictors in the SPOC course. The design of the research was based on quantitative data collection and assessment methods. The survey was performed by means of a questionnaire designed by the authors and involving 44 respondents. The data obtained were analysed using multidimensional statistical data, especially the cluster analysis methods. The results suggested that the respondents could be classified by 11 predictors into two distinctive groups.

Keywords: teacher training, e-learning, small private online courses, success predictors

Received: September 17, 2019; Revised: March 22, 2020; Accepted: April 15, 2020; Prepublished online: May 4, 2020; Published: June 1, 2020  Show citation

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MRÁZEK, M., & BASLER, J. (2020). DIVERSIFICATION OF STUDENTS BY SUCCESS PREDICTORS IN INFORMATION SCIENCE ORIENTED SPOC COURSES. Journal of Technology and Information Education, 12(1), 5-18. doi: 10.5507/jtie.2020.007
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