E-learning in Higher Education: A case of Doctoral Dialogue in a Virtual Space

Authors: Readman, M.

Editors: Bak, O.

Publisher: Kogan Page

Abstract:

This chapter takes as its case study a Doctor of Education programme in the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP) at Bournemouth University. It offers some background to the development of a particular blended learning model and considers the experience of the participants, assessing the degree to which the design of the virtual learning environment produced certain kinds of participation and resistance; I am interested in trying to explain the things which worked, and which didn’t work in this particular instance of an educational VLE. The case study is presented as a narrative, without theorisation, but first I discuss critical approaches to technology-assisted learning. Ultimately, I argue, although it is important to attend to the design and structure of virtual learning environments, the frame for this must always be the social dimension of interaction, participation and learning.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/32631/

https://capitadiscovery.co.uk/bournemouth-ac/items/1009675

Source: Manual