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Approaches from the literature: Activity Theory, new tools and changing educators' practices

Author: Glover, Michael ; Czerniewicz, Laura ; Walji, Sukaina ; Deacon, Andrew ; Small, Janet Date: 03 Feb 2016 For a study being undertaken to investigate if and how educator practices change through MOOC development and engagement with open education, Activity Theory provides a heuristic to observe contradictions and changing educator practices after ... Read more c b
Developing world MOOCs: A curriculum view of the MOOC landscape

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Deacon, Andrew ; Small, Janet ; Walji, Sukaina Date: Jul 2014 MOOCs offer opportunities but are also pose the danger of further exacerbating existing educational divisions and deepening the homogeneity of global knowledge systems. Like many universities globally, South African university leaders and ... Read more c b
Learning through engagement: MOOCs as an emergent form of provision

Author: Walji, Sukaina ; Deacon, Andrew ; Small, Janet ; Czerniewicz, Laura Date: 01 Jun 2016 Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a new form of educational provision occupying a space between formal online courses and informal learning. Adopting measures used with formal online courses to assess the outcomes of MOOCs is often not ... Read more
MOOCs: A UCT Discussion

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Walji, Sukaina ; Small, Janet ; Deacon, Andrew Date: 05 Nov 2014 This is a presentation by MOOC Task Team to inform the discussion around MOOCs in the UCT Course provision landscape. The presentation took place at the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CILT), Centre for Higher Education ... Read more c b
Position Paper: MOOCs

Author: Czerniewicz, Laura ; Deacon, Andrew ; Fife, Mary-Ann ; Small, Janet ; Walji, Sukaina Date: 2015 Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a flexible and open form of self-directed, online learning designed for mass participation. There are no fees or entry requirements and no formal academic credit is available. While completion rates are ... Read more c b
Practitioner and institutional perspectives on lifelong learning at a South African university

Author: Small, Janet Date: 2007 This research explores how the term 'lifelong learning' is understood at a higher education institution in South Africa. The study is built around a case study at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The research questions posed were: What are ... Read more

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