Kennedy, E;
Laurillard, D;
Horan, B;
Charlton, P;
(2015)
Making meaningful decisions about time, workload and pedagogy in the digital age: the Course Resource Appraisal Model.
Distance Education
, 36
(2)
pp. 177-195.
10.1080/01587919.2015.1055920.
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Abstract
This article reports on a design-based research project to create a modelling tool to analyse the costs and learning benefits involved in different modes of study. The Course Resource Appraisal Model (CRAM) provides accurate cost-benefit information so that institutions are able to make more meaningful decisions about which kind of courses—online, blended or traditional face-to-face—make sense for them to provide. The tool calculates the difference between expenses and income over three iterations of the course and presents a pedagogical analysis of the learning experience provided. The article draws on a CRAM analysis of the costs and learning benefits of a massive open online course to show how the tool can illuminate the pedagogical and financial viability of a course of this kind.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Making meaningful decisions about time, workload and pedagogy in the digital age: the Course Resource Appraisal Model |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01587919.2015.1055920 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2015.1055920 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Special Issue: Distance education and time: organizational models for managing time and workload in distance education. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Distance Education on 24/06/2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01587919.2015.1055920. |
| Keywords: | Academic workload, cost of distance education, cost-benefit model, online learning |
| 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 - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475686 |
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