Propuesta de un proceso para la creación de Massive Open Online Courses – MOOC aplicados a adultos mayores

Abstract

During life, people need to be in continuous learning, however, there are stages in which such learning must be adapted to the circumstances and age. Technologically, there are many tools to transmit knowledge, but these tools have not been focused on the elderly people. From this perspective, it is necessary to develop methodologies that, through technology, include this group for learning. In this sense, the present document focuses on the creation of a method for the construction of MOOC focused on the elderly, called Massive Open Online Courses for Elderly People (MOOCEP). This methodology seeks to build digital learning environments using andragogical techniques and strategies for learning of the elderly population; as well as accessibility directed to the elderly, with the aim of providing users with a better user experience when using these tools during learning. In the same way, in order to empirically validate MOOCs which were built using MOOCEP, an experiment has been carried out with the aim of analyze MOOC perceptions in elder people, from which promising results have been obtained when the products developed were tested by users as opposed to traditional teaching techniques and their daily knowledge.