Barteit Sandra, Sié Ali, Yé Maurice, Depoux Anneliese, Sauerborn Reiner
Heidelberg University, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg, Germany.
Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna, Burkina Faso, Africa.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2018;247:416-420.
To teach the basics of climate change and health - such as the nature of health impacts, best practices in adoption strategies and promotion in health co-benefits, mitigation and adaptation strategies - we have developed three massive open online courses (MOOCs). We analysed the three MOOCs with regards to different factors such as course content, student motivation, instructor behaviour, co-learner effects, design and implementation effects. We conducted online surveys for all three MOOCs based on the research model of Hone et al., extended with regards to student's motivation and course outcomes. In total, we evaluated 6898 students, of which 101 students took part in the online survey. We found differences in completion rates and country of origin for the three MOOCs. The francophone MOOC was found to have a high number of participants from lower-income- and low-and-middle-income countries. The majority of participants were aged between 22 and 40 years of age and had mainly a graduate educational background. The primary motivation to join the MOOC was the knowledge and skills gained as a result of taking the course. The three MOOCs on climate change and health had a reach of almost 7000 students worldwide, as compared to the scope of a face-to-face course on the same topic of 30 students, including students from resource-low environments that are already vulnerable to current changes in climate. The evaluation of the MOOCs outlined the current impact. However, further research has to be conducted to be able to get insights into the impact over time.
为教授气候变化与健康的基础知识，如健康影响的本质、采用策略的最佳实践以及促进健康共同效益、缓解和适应策略等，我们开发了三门大规模在线开放课程（MOOC）。我们从课程内容、学生动机、教师行为、共同学习者效应、设计与实施效果等不同因素方面对这三门MOOC进行了分析。我们基于霍恩等人的研究模型对所有三门MOOC进行了在线调查，并在学生动机和课程成果方面进行了扩展。我们总共评估了6898名学生，其中101名学生参与了在线调查。我们发现这三门MOOC在完成率和学生来源国方面存在差异。发现说法语的MOOC有大量来自低收入和中低收入国家的参与者。大多数参与者年龄在22岁至40岁之间，主要拥有研究生学历背景。参加MOOC的主要动机是通过参加课程获得知识和技能。与同一主题的面对面课程30名学生的规模相比，这三门关于气候变化与健康的MOOC在全球范围内覆盖了近7000名学生，其中包括来自资源匮乏环境、已经易受当前气候变化影响的学生。对MOOC的评估概述了当前的影响。然而，必须进行进一步的研究，以便能够深入了解随着时间推移的影响。
