Understanding English Dictionaries: the Experience from a Massive Open Online Course

Barbara  McGillivray; Hilary Nesi; Michael Rundell; Kati Sule

Understanding English Dictionaries: the Experience from a Massive Open Online Course

Barbara McGillivray, Hilary Nesi, Michael Rundell, Kati Sule

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Abstract

We report on the experience from the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) dedicated to English dictionaries. The course was created by Coventry University in partnership with The Alan Turing Institute and Macmillan Education, and was provided by the online learning platform FutureLearn. The course ran in late 2019 (with 2477 participants) and again in early 2020 (with 2287 participants). The course relies on a highly interactive approach to knowledge acquisition and consists of articles, videos, interviews, links to further readings, and surveys aimed at stimulating learners’ active participation and interaction with the course content and with other participants. In this paper we reflect on our experience of running the course and interacting with participants, and we discuss the results of our quantitative and qualitative analysis of the MOOC. The analysis of the two editions of the course led to very similar results. We found that the majority of learners are female, with a university-level education, and work in the education and teaching sector. The course’s participation was comparatively high, and the learners showed a good level of engagement, indicating that there is an interest in accessible courses on lexicographic practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lexicography for Inclusion
Subtitle of host publication	EURALEX XIX Congress of the European Association for Lexicography
Editors	Zoe Gavriilidou, Maria Mitsiaki, Asimakis Fliatouras
Place of Publication	Alexandroupolis, Greece
Publisher	EURALEX
Pages	51-59
Number of pages	9
Volume	1
Edition	2020
ISBN (Electronic)	978-618-85138-1-5
Publication status	Published - 30 Aug 2020
Event	XIX EURALEX International Congress - Alexandroupolis, Greece Duration: 7 Sept 2021 → 11 Sept 2021 Conference number: 19 https://euralex2020.gr/

Publication series

Name	EURALEX Proceedings
Volume	1
ISSN (Electronic)	2521-7100

Conference

Conference	XIX EURALEX International Congress
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Alexandroupolis
Period	7/09/21 → 11/09/21
Internet address	https://euralex2020.gr/

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Keywords

MOOC
massive online open course
data analysis
user data
lexicography
dictionary-making

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McGillivray, B., Nesi, H., Rundell, M., & Sule, K. (2020). Understanding English Dictionaries: the Experience from a Massive Open Online Course. In Z. Gavriilidou, M. Mitsiaki, & A. Fliatouras (Eds.), Lexicography for Inclusion: EURALEX XIX Congress of the European Association for Lexicography (2020 ed., Vol. 1, pp. 51-59). (EURALEX Proceedings; Vol. 1). EURALEX. https://euralex2020.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/EURALEX2020_ProceedingsBook-p051-059.pdf

Understanding English Dictionaries: the Experience from a Massive Open Online Course. / McGillivray, Barbara ; Nesi, Hilary; Rundell, Michael et al.
Lexicography for Inclusion: EURALEX XIX Congress of the European Association for Lexicography . ed. / Zoe Gavriilidou,; Maria Mitsiaki; Asimakis Fliatouras. Vol. 1 2020 . ed. Alexandroupolis, Greece: EURALEX, 2020. p. 51-59 (EURALEX Proceedings; Vol. 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

McGillivray, B, Nesi, H, Rundell, M & Sule, K 2020, Understanding English Dictionaries: the Experience from a Massive Open Online Course. in Z Gavriilidou, M Mitsiaki & A Fliatouras (eds), Lexicography for Inclusion: EURALEX XIX Congress of the European Association for Lexicography . 2020 edn, vol. 1, EURALEX Proceedings, vol. 1, EURALEX, Alexandroupolis, Greece, pp. 51-59, XIX EURALEX International Congress , Alexandroupolis, Greece, 7/09/21. <https://euralex2020.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/EURALEX2020_ProceedingsBook-p051-059.pdf>

McGillivray B, Nesi H, Rundell M, Sule K. Understanding English Dictionaries: the Experience from a Massive Open Online Course. In Gavriilidou, Z, Mitsiaki M, Fliatouras A, editors, Lexicography for Inclusion: EURALEX XIX Congress of the European Association for Lexicography . 2020 ed. Vol. 1. Alexandroupolis, Greece: EURALEX. 2020. p. 51-59. (EURALEX Proceedings). Epub 2020 Aug 30.

McGillivray, Barbara ; Nesi, Hilary ; Rundell, Michael et al. / Understanding English Dictionaries: the Experience from a Massive Open Online Course. Lexicography for Inclusion: EURALEX XIX Congress of the European Association for Lexicography . editor / Zoe Gavriilidou, ; Maria Mitsiaki ; Asimakis Fliatouras. Vol. 1 2020 . ed. Alexandroupolis, Greece : EURALEX, 2020. pp. 51-59 (EURALEX Proceedings).

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