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Online Learning and its Users - Lessons for Higher Education (Paperback)
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Online Learning and its Users - Lessons for Higher Education (Paperback)
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Online Learning and Its Users: Lessons for Higher Education
re-examines the impact of learning technologies in higher
education. The book focuses particularly on the introduction and
mainstreaming of one of the most widely used, the virtual learning
environment (VLE) or learning management system (LMS). The book
presents an activity theoretic analysis of the VLE's adoption,
drawing on research into this process at a range of higher
education institutions. Through analysis and discussion of the
activities of managers, lecturers, and learners using the VLE,
lessons are identified to inform future initiatives including the
implementation of massive open online courses (MOOCs). A replicable
research design is included and explained to support evaluation and
analysis of the use of online learning in other settings. The book
questions accepted views of the place of technologies in higher
education, arguing that there has been a repeated cycle of hype and
disappointment accompanying the development of online learning.
While much research has documented this cycle, finding new
strategies to break it has proved to be a more difficult challenge.
Why has technology not made more impact? Are lecturers going to be
left behind by their own students in the use of digital
technologies? Why have we seen costly and time-consuming failures?
This book argues that we can answer these questions by heeding the
lessons from previous experiences with the VLE and early iterations
of the MOOC. More importantly, we can begin to ask new and
different questions for the future to ensure better outcomes for
our institutions and ultimately our learners.
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