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

dc.contributor.authorGlover, Michael
dc.contributor.authorCzerniewicz, Laura
dc.contributor.authorWalji, Sukaina
dc.contributor.authorDeacon, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorSmall, Janet
dc.date2015-10-11
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-03T11:39:46Z
dc.date.available2016-02-03T11:39:46Z
dc.date.issued2016-02-03
dc.description.abstractFor 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 the addition of new tools to a learning environment. Ours is a longitudinal study with cross case analysis of lead educators in 3-4 MOOCs, examining themes and contradictions emerging from the semi-structured data analysis to observe change in practices. In this poster we explore the question: how and why has activity theory been used to examine the introduction of new tools/mediating artefacts into the learning environment. A fuller version of our literature review is available at http://bit.ly/1jwyit3; our study’s design amalgamates the three approaches below. Our study is conducted by Laura Czerniewicz and the MOOC team at the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teachingen_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitation 2016. <i>Approaches from the literature: Activity Theory, new tools and changing educators' practices.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16706en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation. 2016. <i>Approaches from the literature: Activity Theory, new tools and changing educators' practices.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16706en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGlover, M., Czerniewicz, L., Walji, S. Deacon, A. Small, J. (2015, October). Approaches from the literature: Activity Theory, new tools and changing educators’ practices. Poster presented at the HELTASA Conference 2015, North-West University, South Africaen_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Other AU - Glover, Michael AU - Czerniewicz, Laura AU - Walji, Sukaina AU - Deacon, Andrew AU - Small, Janet AB - 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 the addition of new tools to a learning environment. Ours is a longitudinal study with cross case analysis of lead educators in 3-4 MOOCs, examining themes and contradictions emerging from the semi-structured data analysis to observe change in practices. In this poster we explore the question: how and why has activity theory been used to examine the introduction of new tools/mediating artefacts into the learning environment. A fuller version of our literature review is available at http://bit.ly/1jwyit3; our study’s design amalgamates the three approaches below. Our study is conducted by Laura Czerniewicz and the MOOC team at the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching DA - 2016-02-03 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Activity Theory, educator practices, KW - pedagogy, technology LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Approaches from the literature: Activity Theory, new tools and changing educators' practices TI - Approaches from the literature: Activity Theory, new tools and changing educators' practices UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16706 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation. 2016. <i>Approaches from the literature: Activity Theory, new tools and changing educators' practices.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16706en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_ZA
dc.subjectActivity Theory, educator practices,en_ZA
dc.subjectpedagogy, technologyen_ZA
dc.titleApproaches from the literature: Activity Theory, new tools and changing educators' practicesen_ZA
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