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Women's participation in MOOCs in the IT area
Computers & Education ( IF 12.0 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-07 , DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2021.104270
Napoliana Silva de Souza 1 , Gabriela Trindade Perry 1
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In the paper, we investigated if women's student profile, persistence and grades differ from those of men, using log data from 4.452 students (women = 30%) enrolled in four MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) with technological themes from a Brazilian platform. The student profile, which included survey data on intention to finish the MOOC, liking the subject matter, time spent on the course, educational level and age group, indicated no significant difference. Additionally, a cluster analysis identified similar groups for men and women: each gender had a group with “high performance students”, with high grades and persistence, plus groups with low grades and persistence, but with varied compositions regarding age and educational level. Persistence and grade were significantly different in favour of men in the Sentiment Analysis MOOC, and persistence in the Arduino MOOC was also significant, in favour of men. However, considering the four courses, the distribution of persistence and grade is the same for men and women. We consider these positive results, as it points to an equal profile of participation and performance of both genders in courses where women are underrepresented, what might indicate a change in the trend of participation of women in IT courses. However, it is important to highlight that women's enrollment were much lower, and that enrollees of both genders represents a privileged Brazilian sub population - students who have at least a bachelor's degree - what defies the view that MOOCs are a democratizing educational technology.



中文翻译:

女性参与 IT 领域的 MOOC

在论文中,我们使用来自巴西平台的技术主题的 4.452 名学生(女性 = 30%)的日志数据调查了女性学生的个人资料、坚持性和成绩是否与男性不同。学生档案包括完成 MOOC 的意向、喜欢的主题、在课程上花费的时间、教育水平和年龄组的调查数据,表明没有显着差异。此外,聚类分析确定了类似的男性和女性群体:每个性别都有一个“成绩优异的学生”,成绩高且坚持不懈,加上成绩低且坚持不懈的群体,但年龄和教育水平的构成各不相同。在情感分析 MOOC 中,坚持和成绩显着不同,有利于男性,对 Arduino MOOC 的坚持也很重要,有利于男性。但是,考虑到这四个课程,男性和女性的持久性和等级分布是相同的。我们认为这些积极的结果,因为它表明在女性人数不足的课程中男女的参与和表现是平等的,这可能表明女性参与 IT 课程的趋势发生了变化。然而,必须强调的是,女性入学率要低得多,而且男女入学者都代表了巴西的一个特权群体——至少拥有学士学位的学生——这与 MOOC 是一种民主化教育技术的观点相悖。男性和女性的持久性和等级分布相同。我们认为这些积极的结果,因为它表明在女性人数不足的课程中男女的参与和表现是平等的,这可能表明女性参与 IT 课程的趋势发生了变化。然而,必须强调的是,女性入学率要低得多,而且男女入学者都代表了巴西的一个特权群体——至少拥有学士学位的学生——这与 MOOC 是一种民主化教育技术的观点相悖。男性和女性的持久性和等级分布相同。我们认为这些积极的结果,因为它表明在女性人数不足的课程中男女的参与和表现是平等的,这可能表明女性参与 IT 课程的趋势发生了变化。然而,必须强调的是,女性入学率要低得多,而且男女入学者都代表了巴西的一个特权群体——至少拥有学士学位的学生——这与 MOOC 是一种民主化教育技术的观点相悖。这可能表明女性参加 IT 课程的趋势发生了变化。然而,必须强调的是,女性入学率要低得多,而且男女入学者都代表了巴西的一个特权群体——至少拥有学士学位的学生——这与 MOOC 是一种民主化教育技术的观点相悖。这可能表明女性参加 IT 课程的趋势发生了变化。然而,必须强调的是,女性入学率要低得多,而且男女入学者都代表了巴西的一个特权群体——至少拥有学士学位的学生——这与 MOOC 是一种民主化教育技术的观点相悖。

更新日期:2021-07-09
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