Spanish Adult Students’ Intention- Behaviour Toward MOOCs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  1. Maria Ángeles Escobar Alvarez 1
  2. Julie Ciancio 2
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

  2. 2 Westcliff University
Revista:
Íkala

ISSN: 0123-3432

Año de publicación: 2021

Volumen: 26

Número: 3

Páginas: 531-551

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.17533/UDEA.IKALA.V26N3A04 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Resumen

Many Spanish students need to learn English beyond the age of 25 to be able to find a job or be further promoted. Unfortunately, those who attempt to pass a university entry-qualifications test often lack the required academic level. To help them achieve this goal, they are usually provided with learning materials and supportive digital resources. During the covid-19 pandemic, the need for online resources increased. This is why the National Distance Education University offered a massive open online course (mooc) on elementary English. The main goal of this contrastive qualitative study was twofold: First, it attempted to explore adult students’ intention-behaviour while taking the course. Secondly it delved into students’ satisfaction with this type of courses during two different years: 2017 and 2020 when the pandemic had a clear impact on distance education. For this purpose, the study used a comprehensive post-questionnaire given at the end of both courses. The data revealed a few significant differences regarding students’ satisfaction, intentions, perceptions, and interests in contexts where face-to-face-learning was not an option. These findings suggest that mooc should be considered as an alternative way to build specific content in situations of crisis.

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