Connected teaching and learning: The uses and implications of connectivism in an online class
Author(s) -
John Barnett,
Vance McPherson,
Rachel Sandieson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australasian journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1449-5554
pISSN - 1449-3098
DOI - 10.14742/ajet.243
Subject(s) - connectivism , class (philosophy) , mathematics education , curriculum , pedagogy , computer science , online course , psychology , learning theory , artificial intelligence
An instructor tried using connectivism to teach an online graduate Education course called Teaching in a Virtual World. As a way to embody the many connections inherent in the group, all members of the class created and taught modules of their own choosing to each other. The instructor and two former students reflected together online in depth about their experience and coded their joint understandings. Schwab's commonplaces of curriculum emerged in the data, demonstrating that it is still current. They found that the course, however, was not completely connectivist due to limitations emanating from its operation within a traditional university setting.
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