The Effects of a Teacher-Curated LMOOC on EFL Students: A Case Study Cover

The Effects of a Teacher-Curated LMOOC on EFL Students: A Case Study

Journal of Interactive Media in Education

Volume 2024 (2024): Issue 1

By: Napat Jitpaisarnwattana

Open Access

|Sep 2024

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Background information of the students.

PARTICIPANTS	AGE	F	%	GENDER	F	%	ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY	F	%
	18	110	61.45	Male	10	5.60	A1	40	22.35
	19	65	36.32	Female	169	94.40	A2	105	58.65
	20	4	2.23				B1	25	13.97
							B2	9	5.03

Table 2

The curated LMOOC.

WEEK	NAME OF LMOOC	CHOSEN LESSONS
1	English Communication Skills	Unit 3: Let’s go shopping https://lms.thaimooc.org/courses/course-v1:ICCS+ICCS003+2021/course/
2	Ready English	Unit 3: Food and restaurants https://lms.thaimooc.org/courses/course-v1:UP+UP002+2017/course/
3	Explorative English	Unit 1: Planning your trip https://lms.thaimooc.org/courses/course-v1:UP+UP001+2017/course/
4	English for Communication	Unit 2: Describing characteristics https://lms.thaimooc.org/courses/course-v1:CMU+CMU018+2017/course/
5	English Communication Skills	Unit 8: Looking for jobs https://lms.thaimooc.org/courses/course-v1:ICCS+ICCS003+2021/course/

Table 3

Results from the paired-sample t-test for the overall midterm and final scores.

TESTS	N	M	SD	T	Df	Sig. (p)
Midterm	179	35.04	10.37	10.49	178	.000
Final	179	39.87	11.14

[i] Note: N = number of subjects, M = mean of scores, SD = Standard deviation, t = t scores, Df = degree of freedom, Sig. = Significant.

Table 4

Results from the paired-sample t-test for the grammar scores.

TESTS	N	M	SD	T	Df	Sig. (p)
Midterm	179	17.47	5.92	10.33	178	.000
Final	179	21.10	7.29

[i] Note: N = number of subjects, M = mean of scores, SD = Standard deviation, t = t scores, Df = degree of freedom, Sig. = Significant.

Table 5

Results from the paired-sample t-test for the vocabulary scores.

TESTS	N	M	SD	T	Df	Sig. (p)
Midterm	179	8.97	2.54	3.95	178	.000
Final	179	9.87	2.74

[i] Note: N = number of subjects, M = mean of scores, SD = Standard deviation, t = t scores, Df = degree of freedom, Sig. = Significant.

Table 6

Results from the paired-sample t-test for the reading scores.

TESTS	N	M	SD	T	Df	Sig. (p)
Midterm	179	8.61	3.72	1.14	178	.255
Final	179	8.91	2.96

[i] Note: N = number of subjects, M = mean of scores, SD = Standard deviation, t = t scores, Df = degree of freedom, Sig. = Significant.

Table 7

Results from the paired-sample t-test for the overall scores of those who failed the midterm.

TESTS	N	M	SD	T	Df	Sig. (p)
Midterm	101	27.56	4.71	7.54	100	.000
Final	101	32.66	6.87

[i] Note: N = number of subjects, M = mean of scores, SD = Standard deviation, t = t scores, Df = degree of freedom, Sig. = Significant.

Table 8

Results from the paired-sample t-test for the overall scores of those who passed the midterm.

TESTS	N	M	SD	T	Df	Sig. (p)
Midterm	78	44.73	7.15	7.54	77	.000
Final	78	49.21	8.32

[i] Note: N = number of subjects, M = mean of scores, SD = Standard deviation, t = t scores, Df = degree of freedom, Sig. = Significant.

Table 9

Students’ attitudes about the curated LMOOC and English language learning.

		SD	D	N	A	SA	MEAN	STD
Q1	F	0	0	23	57	43
Q1	Percentage	0.0	0.0	18.7	46.3	35.0	4.16	.717
Q2	F	0	2	24	59	38
Q2	Percentage	0.0	1.6	19.5	48.0	30.9	4.08	.753
Q3	F	0	1	20	50	52
Q3	Percentage	0.0	0.8	16.3	42.2	40.7	4.23	.745
Q4	F	0	0	17	54	52
Q4	Percentage	0.0	0.0	13.8	43.9	42.3	4.28	.696

[i] Notes: F = frequency, SD = strongly disagree, D = disagree, N = neither agree nor disagree, A = agree, SA = strongly agree, STD = standard deviation.

Q1: Studying in MOOCs helped improve my English.

Q2: Studying in MOOCs helped me become more confident in learning English.

Q3: I have better knowledge of English after studying in MOOCs.

Q4: MOOCs were a good tool to learn English.

Table 10

Students’ attitudes about the curated LMOOC and usefulness for their learning in the course.

		SD	D	N	A	SA	MEAN	STD
Q5	F	0	1	24	52	46
Q5	Percentage	0.0	0.8	19.5	42.3	37.4	4.16	.762
Q6	F	1	2	19	54	47
Q6	Percentage	0.8	1.6	15.4	43.9	38.2	4.17	.807
Q7	F	0	1	20	58	44
Q7	Percentage	0.0	0.8	16.3	47.2	35.8	4.18	.725
Q8	F	0	0	19	56	48
Q8	Percentage	0.0	0.0	15.5	45.5	39.0	4.24	.702

[i] Notes: F = frequency, SD = strongly disagree, D = disagree, N = neither agree nor disagree, A = agree, SA = strongly agree, STD = standard deviation.

Q5: MOOCs helped me prepare for my final exam.

Q6: Studying in MOOCs helped me catch up with the content I missed in the class.

Q7: Studying in MOOCs helped me understand the course content better.

Q8: Studying in MOOCs helped me understand the content I learned better.

Table 11

Students’ attitudes about the curated LMOOC and learning experience.

		SD	D	N	A	SA	MEAN	STD
Q9	F	0	3	29	48	43
Q9	Percentage	0.0	2.4	23.6	39.0	35.0	4.07	.827
Q10	F	0	0	15	56	52
Q10	Percentage	0.0	0.0	12.2	45.5	42.3	4.30	.677
Q11	F	1	2	39	52	29
Q11	Percentage	0.8	1.6	31.7	42.3	23.6	3.86	.823
Q12	F	0	3	26	42	52
Q12	Percentage	0.0	2.4	21.1	34.1	42.3	4.16	.843

[i] Notes: F = frequency, SD = strongly disagree, D = disagree, N = neither agree nor disagree, A = agree, SA = strongly agree, STD = standard deviation.

Q9: Studying in MOOCs was interesting.

Q10: The content of the MOOCs was interesting.

Q11: Studying in MOOCs motivated me to learn English.

Q12: I had a good experience learning in MOOCs.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.891 | Journal eISSN: 1365-893X

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Language: English

Submitted on: Jan 31, 2024

Accepted on: May 16, 2024

Published on: Sep 20, 2024

Published by: Ubiquity Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

language MOOCs,

supplementary learning,

students’ attitudes

© 2024 Napat Jitpaisarnwattana, published by Ubiquity Press
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