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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2021

Evaluating Course Completion, Appropriateness, and Burden in the Understanding Multiple Sclerosis Massive Open Online Course: Cohort Study.

Suzi B Claflin, Julie A Campbell, Kathleen Doherty, Maree Farrow, Barnabas Bessing, Bruce V Taylor

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Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Suzi B ClaflinMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6545-946X
Julie A CampbellMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1820-6758
Kathleen DohertyWicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0122-0123
Maree FarrowWicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0302-9426
Barnabas BessingMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0490-689X
Bruce V TaylorMenzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2807-0070
University of Tasmania · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMassive open online course (MOOC) research is an emerging field; to date, most research in this area has focused on participant engagement.

objectiveThe aim of this study is to evaluate both participant engagement and measures of satisfaction, appropriateness, and burden for a MOOC entitled Understanding Multiple Sclerosis (MS) among a cohort of 3518 international course participants.

methodsWe assessed the association of key outcomes with participant education level, MS status, caregiver status, sex, and age using summary statistics, and 2-tailed t tests, and chi-square tests.

resultsOf the 3518 study participants, 928 (26.37%) were people living with MS. Among the 2590 participants not living with MS, 862 (33.28%) identified as formal or informal caregivers. Our key findings were as follows: the course completion rate among study participants was 67.17% (2363/3518); the course was well received, with 96.97% (1502/1549) of participants satisfied, with an appropriate pitch and low burden (a mean of 2.2 hours engagement per week); people living with MS were less likely than those not living with MS to complete the course; and people with a recent diagnosis of MS, caregivers, and participants without a university education were more likely to apply the material by course completion.

conclusionsThe Understanding MS MOOC is fit for purpose; it presents information in a way that is readily understood by course participants and is applicable in their lives.

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Multiple SclerosisCohort StudiesHumansUniversitieseHealth educationhealth promotionmassive open online coursemobile phonemultiple sclerosis

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PMID34878985
PMCPMC8693196
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