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tremendous amount of learner data that provide quantitative information that
would otherwise be difficult to gather, even in a traditional classroom setting.
These quantitative data also can be paired with qualitative data provided by
students, enhancing the opportunity to review the MOOC's effectiveness.
Initial Review of MOOC Participation by Completion Status
At this time UEBOT-1 has been "live" online since June 2015. It is
referred to as "UEBOT-1" because it is the first stage of a natural progression
from a UEB update towards a full university braille course. UEBOT-2 will be
announced at a later date and will involve a full 16-week online UEB training
course. As of August 2015, 80 participants have completed the UEBOT-1
course and have earned a certificate endorsed by ACVREP for 10 continuing
education credits, with the option to earn university credit. These participants
have shed some early light on how professionals in the field of visual
impairments engage with online content and braille. Ho, Reich, Nesterko,
Seaton, Mullaney, Waldo, and Chuang (2014) report a mean completion rate
of just over 5% for Harvard and MIT MOOCS offered by the non-profit course
provider edX --while at present the completion rate for UEBOT-1 (80/126 =
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