HUDSON, Brian, OWEN, David and VAN VEEN, Klaas (2006). Working on educational research methods with masters students in an international online learning community. British Journal Of Educational Technology, 37 (4), 577-603. [Article]
Abstract
In this paper we discuss the background to this study in the development of
the international MSc
e-Learning Multimedia and Consultancy
. The aims of the
study focus on the conditions for achieving communication, interaction and
collaboration in open and flexible e-learning environments. We present our
theoretical framework that has informed the design of programme as a whole
which is based on a socio-constructivist perspective on learning. Our research
is placed within an action research framework and we outline our position
within the critical or emancipatory tradition and also our standpoint on the
use of ICT in education. We discuss the design of the programme and also our
pedagogical approach and describe in detail the particular context for this
study. We report on the student experience of being learners on this module,
their perceptions of what they have gained most from learning from and with
each other and their responses to the various ways in which ‘scaffolding’ has
been designed and implemented by the tutors. Finally we offer some reflections
on the conditions for achieving well-orchestrated interdependence in open and
flexible e-learning environments.
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