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How do individuals use collective knowledge for learning? “The most profound impact of the Internet… is its ability to support and expand the various aspects of social learning”. “Attention has moved...
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The Dynamics of Learning Ecosystems: literacies and resources Allison Littlejohn “The most profound impact of the Internet… is its ability to support and expand the various aspects of social...
View ArticleChange11-week4-summary
#Change11 MOOC This week I facilitated week 6 of the #Change11 MOOC (Massive Open Online Course http://change.mooc.ca/post/220). The focus of the week was #collective learning. Georgia Tech cloned the...
View ArticleUKOER3startup
On 14th november 2012 I travelled to Birmingham (UK) to join in the UKOER3 startup event. The event marked the start of phase 3 of a major programme funded by the JISC and the Higher Education...
View ArticleMOOCs and self-regulated learning
We are launching a research study into self-regulated learning in massive open online courses Massive Open Online Courses. Little is known about the impact of MOOCs on learning so we want to form a...
View ArticleSCORE-UKOER
Change is not easy. Traditional values, beliefs and practices prevail. We have uncovered evidence of existing values and beliefs restricting change in open education and open learning practice. On Jan...
View ArticleGrand Challenge in Open Learning
During Open Education Week, the JISC UKOER evaluation and synthesis team, Lou McGill, Isobel Falconer, Helen Beetham and I, are collecting together ideas for a Grand Challenge in the areas of Open...
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OER4Adults: researching practices around Open Educational Resources
On Sept 4th 2012 Lou McGill, Isobel Falconer and I met with Yves Punie and Stefania Bocconi at the European Commission’s Institute for Prospective Technological Studies in Seville. We launched an...
View ArticleOER4Adults: methodology to scope practices around OERs
In OER4Adults we are providing an overview of Open Educational Practices in Europe by identifying, describing and classifying a comprehensive number of European OER initiatives in the area of Lifelong...
View ArticleFour observations on how OER initiatives are modelled
Isobel Falconer, Lou McGill, Eleni Boursinou and I have been commissioned by the EC to carry out a SWOT analysis of Open Educational Resource initiatives for adult learning. In 2012 we carried out a...
View ArticleAdvancing a vision of lifelong learning in 2030
On April 28th 2013 the outcomes of OER4Adults provided policy makers within the European Commission with evidence on how to incorporate the use of OER into a Vision for Adult and Lifelong Learning to...
View ArticleConflicting perspectives on MOOCs
Katie Vale and I recently wrote a chapter on Massive Open Online Courses: a traditional or transformative approach to learning which will be published in 2014 in Reusing Open Resources (Routledge)...
View ArticleQualified, self-regulated learners follow parts of a MOOC that helps them...
Understanding learning in Massive Open Online Courses is difficult, partly because methods and instruments for data collection are under-developed. Published work tends to be from data samples that are...
View ArticleManaging time in a MOOC
Recently I have been thinking about how learners manage their time in MOOCs. This thinking was sparked by discussions with Carolyn Rose, Carnegie Mellon University, who has carried out some fascinating...
View ArticleMotivations Matter, Context Counts: Learning in MOOCs
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) require individual learners to be able to self-regulate their learning, determining when and how they engage. However, MOOCs attract a diverse range of learners,...
View ArticleThe secret work of Wikipedia editors
Today marks a worldwide campaign to expand the number of women represented in Wikipedia and to increase the number of women who are Wikipedia editors. Last year we* worked with Melissa Highton to...
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Learning through the Open Creation of Knowledge
Imagine a world where students design their own curriculum. This world is not fanciful, particularly in digital spaces. For decades interest groups have replied on members to contribute knowledge and...
View ArticlePushing the boundaries of Higher Education
On October 3rd 2017 I will present a keynote at Pushing the Boundaries of Higher Education: challenging traditional models with innovative and creative practices, which will take place in Barcelona....
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The [un]democtratising potential of MOOCs
Our book, Reconceptualising Learning in the Digital Age: the [un]democtratising potential of MOOCs, is available from Springer, published in 2018 by Dr Nina Hood and me – see...
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