MOOC for lifelong learning: training critical, reflective and self-regulating students at university level

Abstract

This project presents a report on the implementation of a course enriched with information and communication technologies aimed at the training of more critical, reflective and self-regulated undergraduate students in a Mexican university. With this objective in mind, this study used the best online teaching practices, as defined in a previous study, applying them in an enriched, supported and technology-based learning environment through online university courses. The instrument developed in the previous project was used to evaluate the teacher’s performance as a measure of educational gain using a statistical correlational methodology. This survey was administered to students from a Mexican university to obtain an account of the best teaching practices and correlate them with student performance. Once the data was collected, the results were analysed and graphed, and the corresponding reports were prepared. It can be concluded that by using appropriate teaching techniques and methods, it is possible to prepare critical, reflective and self-regulating students.