FICS Scholarly Articles

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Faculty and staff research papers from the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies.

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    17 MOOCs In Six Emerging APEC Member Economies –Trends, Research, and Recommendation
    (Routledge, 2020) Jung, Insung ; Garcia Mendoza, Gibran A. ; Fajardo, Jennifer Christine ; Figueroa, Roberto B. Jr. ; Tan, Siaw Eng
    A collaborative team of five foreign researchers who reside in Japan purposefully conducted research to describe the development of MOOCs in Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Mexico. It is important to point out that these countries represent six emerging economies that are members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). It seeks to answer three key questions: (1) When did MOOCs begin in APEC countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America? (2) How did they develop? (3) How were they supported? To accomplish these goals, research articles published in relevant local, regional, and international journals together with related books and reports were thoroughly examined. Furthermore, interviews of local experts were also conducted to provide meaningful context. This chapter begins with a review of the overall trends of MOOC growth in the six selected countries. It then discusses research findings and local experts’ comments on MOOC-based learning experiences and points out various challenges currently faced as well as apparent opportunities moving forward. Finally, it concludes with several valuable lessons learned from the MOOC experiences of those emerging economies.
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    Developing and Evaluating a Website as an OER for Faculty Development
    (International Journal of Open and Distance eLearning, 2020) Figueroa, Roberto B ; Fajardo, Jennifer ; Jung, Insung ; Tan, Siaw Eng
    Abstract Faculty development (FD) is an important activity that helps faculty members of an academic institution to provide quality education to students while fulfilling the institution’s missions and improving faculty members’ capacity to teach. With sustainability and scalability in mind, several institutions often use web media to distribute training materials for FD. This paper describes the design and development of a web-based FD program at the International Christian University (ICU), Japan during the fall of 2017. It also presents a thematic analysis of the initial feedback from the first batch of users and external reviewers. Furthermore, it reports a rough measure of the usability and usefulness of the website as an Open Educational Resource (OER).