Schreurs, Bieke;
Van den Beemt, Antoine;
Prinsen, Fleur;
Witthaus, Gabi;
Conole, Gráinne;
de Laat, Maarten;
(2014)
An investigation into social learning activities by practitioners in open educational practices.
The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
, 15
(4)
pp. 2-20.
10.19173/irrodl.v15i4.1905.
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Abstract
By investigating how educational practitioners participate in activities around open educational practices (OEP), this paper aims at contributing to an understanding of open practices and how these practitioners learn to use OEP. Our research is guided by the following hypothesis: Different social configurations support a variety of social learning activities. The social configuration of OEPs is investigated by an operationalization into the dimensions (1) practice, (2) domain, (3) collective identity, and (4) organization. The results show how practitioners of six different OEPs learn, while acting and collaborating through a combination of offline and online networks. The findings of our study lead to practical implications on how to support participation in OEP, and thereby stimulate learning in (online) networks of OEP.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | An investigation into social learning activities by practitioners in open educational practices |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.19173/irrodl.v15i4.1905 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v15i4.1905 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2014. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
| Keywords: | Open educational practices; networked learning; communities of practice |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10174843 |
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