Reconceptualising learning in the digital age : the [Un]democratising potential of MOOCs /
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| Author / Creator: | Littlejohn, Allison, 1962- author. |
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| Imprint: | Singapore : Springer, [2018] |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in education. Open and distance education SpringerBriefs in education. Open and distance education. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11654368 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Summary and Overview; 1 The Many Guises of MOOCs; 1.1 Introducing MOOCs; 1.2 MOOC Dimensions; 1.3 The Origins of MOOCs; 1.4 Conceptualising What It Means to Be MOOC; 1.5 Shifting Meanings: What Do Massive, Open, Online and Course Really Mean?; 1.6 Massive; 1.7 Open; 1.8 Online; 1.9 Course; 1.10 MOOC Ideologies; 1.11 The Ambitions of This Book; References; 2 The [Un]Democratisation of Education and Learning; 2.1 The Hype, De-hype and Re-hype of MOOCs; 2.2 The Learnification of Education; the Wider Context of MOOCs; 2.3 Towards Democracy; 2.4 Different Challenges, Same Outcome.
- 2.5 New Name, Repeating Model2.6 Concluding Thoughts; References; 3 The Emancipated Learner? The Tensions Facing Learners in Massive, Open Learning; 3.1 Individual Learner, Common Challenges; 3.2 Student, Learner, User, Participant-Multiple Names for Multiple Actors; 3.2.1 The Student, the Learner; 3.2.2 The User, the Participant; 3.3 Why a MOOC? Motivations and Incentives Among MOOC Learners; 3.4 But Who Benefits?; 3.5 A Closer Look at the Role of Self-regulated Learning in MOOCs; 3.6 Learning Behaviour: Diversity in Engagement; 3.7 Concluding Thoughts; References.
- 4 Massive Numbers, Diverse Learning4.1 Learning in MOOCs; What Does It Mean?; 4.2 Individual-Level Factors; 4.3 The Environment; 4.4 Analysing the Norms of Behaviour; 4.5 Qualitative Narratives and Learners' Stories; 4.6 Making Sense of the Learner Stories; 4.7 Concluding Thoughts; References; 5 Designing for Quality?; 5.1 Contested Purpose, Uncertain Quality; 5.2 Notions of Quality; 5.3 Quality of Platform Provider; 5.4 Quality of Instructor; 5.5 Quality of Learning Design; 5.6 Quality of Adaptability to Context; 5.7 Quality of Outcome; 5.8 Concluding Thoughts; References.
- 6 A Crisis of Identity? Contradictions and New Opportunities6.1 When Actions Contradict Aims; 6.2 Restraining Elitism, Embracing Democracy; 6.3 MOOCs as a Disrupting, not Reinforcing, Influence; 6.4 Opportunities for All: Supporting Self-regulation; 6.5 Rethinking Success Measures; 6.6 Concluding Thoughts; References.