The Role of Adult Educators in the Age of Social Media

Kop, Rita; Bouchard, Paul

doi:10.1057/9780230118003_4

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“…Learners must develop the skills of finding relevant information, critical analysis, synthesis, and meaning making. They need to become adept at filtering and selecting from the wealth of information that is available and to develop high levels of critical capability (Kop & Bouchard, 2011).…”

Section: Learning Across Distributed Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Learning in a small, task–oriented, connectivist MOOC: Pedagogical issues and implications for higher education

Mackness¹,

Waite

Roberts

et al. 2013

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108

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FSLT12 was an open and free professional development opportunity for people moving into HE teaching. It was a small course (200 participants registered from 24 countries) which was focused on introducing HE teaching skills, and, uniquely, to deliberately integrate open academic practice as a vital part of professional development for HE teachers. A qualitative, case-study approach was used in the research, based on surveys, interviews, and social media, to provide evidence about how people learned in this course and consider wider implications for teaching and learning in higher education.The evidence shows that participants who completed the course were able to learn autonomously and navigate the distributed platforms and environments. The most challenging issues were acceptance of open academic practice and difficulty in establishing an academic identity in an unpredictable virtual environment. An interesting and significant feature of the course was the support for learners from a number of MOOC 'veterans' who served as role models and guides for less experienced MOOC learners.The research shows that small task-oriented MOOCs can effectively support professional development of open academic practice.

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Section: Learning Across Distributed Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Learning in a small, task–oriented, connectivist MOOC: Pedagogical issues and implications for higher education

Mackness¹,

Waite

Roberts

et al. 2013

IRRODL

108

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“…If the learning environment moves outside the realm of educational institutions, this might affect the learning experience (Bouchard, 2011;Kop, 2010;Weller, 2010). The lack of presence of an educator to aid the learner in his or her critical engagement with resources has for instance been identified as a problem as the Web is not a power-free environment and people will have to adapt to negotiating this environment autonomously.…”

Section: Personal Learning Environmentsmentioning

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Factors Affecting the Design and Development of a Personal Learning Environment

Fournier

Kop

2011

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments

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After speculation in the literature about the nature of Personal Learning Environments, research in the design and development of PLEs is now in progress. This paper will report on the first phase of our research on PLE, the identification process of what potential users would consider to be important components, applications and tools in a PLE. The methodology included surveying "super-users" on their use of existing tools, applications and systems and their preferences in learning, in order to enhance the development of a PLE and reach a specification that potential learners will find useful and empowering in their learning. The research resulted in suggestions on factors affecting technology use and uptake, human factors and attitudes, and interface design that need to be factored in the design and development of a PLE.

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“…With the emerging technologies in the Web, access to information has become easier with the ability to work and learn effectively, regardless of educational structures that have been the norm for centuries [3] [4]. This put in place new structures and new working environments, enabling independent learning, but that does not mean that everyone is able to do it effectively [5].…”

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Big-Learn: Towards a Tool Based on Big Data to Improve Research in an E-Learning Environment

Abdelouarit¹,

Sbihi²,

Aknin³

2015

ijacsa

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Abstract-In the area of data management for information system and especially at the level of e-learning platforms, the Big Data phenomenon makes the data difficult to deal with standard database or information management tools. Indeed, for educational purposes and especially in a distance training or online research, the learner that uses the e-learning platform is left with a heterogeneous set of data such as files of all kinds, curves, course materials, quizzes, etc. This requires a specialized fusion system to combine the variety of data and improve the performance, robustness, flexibility, consistency and scalability, so that they can provide the best result to the learner The user of the e-learning platform. In this context, it is proposed to develop a tool called "Big-Learn" based on a technique to integrate the mixing of structured and unstructured data in one data layer, and, in order to facilitate access more optimal search relevance with adequate and consistent results according to the expectations of the learner. The methodology adopted will consist initially in a quantitative and qualitative study of the variety of data and their typology, followed by a detailed analysis of the structure and harmonization of the data to finally find a fictional model for their treatment. This conceptual work will be crowned with a working prototype as a tool achieved with UML and Java technology.

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The Role of Adult Educators in the Age of Social Media

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Learning in a small, task–oriented, connectivist MOOC: Pedagogical issues and implications for higher education

Learning in a small, task–oriented, connectivist MOOC: Pedagogical issues and implications for higher education

Factors Affecting the Design and Development of a Personal Learning Environment

Big-Learn: Towards a Tool Based on Big Data to Improve Research in an E-Learning Environment

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