Big Data, Little Data: A story behind the numbers

Whitney Kilgore, Maha Al Freih, Katie Bradford

Data Sets

1. The Big Data

a. Canvas Network de-identified data compiled from 238 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

2. The Little Data

a. HumanMOOC data from 51 participants on the Canvas Open Network

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Registered 65,535

Viewed (>1) 31%

Explored*over 50% of modules

1.7%

Viewed (<=1) 67.5%

Learners by Level of Interaction (Big Data)

Demographics

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Demographics (Big Data)

Primary Reasons for Joining

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Primary Reason for joining (Big Data)

Average Completion by Primary reason (Big Data)

Learner Type (Big Data)

Completion & Activities by Learner Type (Big Data)

HumanMOOC Demographics (N=51 ~ little)

HumanMOOC (Little Data)

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DISCOVERIES

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