Eileen Kennedy, Diana Laurillard

Online Learning Futures (eBook, ePUB)

An Evidence Based Vision for Global Professional Collaboration on Sustainability

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The rapid shift online during the Covid-19 pandemic has put online learning firmly on the agenda of universities everywhere and to realise fully the transformative potential of online learning this book argues the need for an evidence-based design approach. The evidence comes from the experiences of online learners who are professionals: educators, engineers, medics and researchers. Designbased research, learner contributions, survey responses and interviews with these learners demonstrate that open, online, collaborative learning experiences are not only feasible but effective for building professional community knowledge.

Innovative online learning of this kind can help universities contribute to the global public good by achieving high quality learning at scale. The open online platforms being used in the book widen global access to professional education and create more porous boundaries between universities and the wider community. This is critical for achieving, for example, the full impact of the current policy discussions on the UN SDGs, such as climate and inequality. The evidence-base shows how co-designed, transformative digital education can be mobilised to support professionals such as teachers in crisis contexts, government officials investigating renewable energy solutions, or medics adapting treatments to local conditions. It also shows how to scale up professional development in areas where expertise is urgently required. The book concludes that scaled-up online learning can enable HE to deliver on the UN SDGs by equipping citizens and communities with the knowledge and skills needed to solve the world's most pressing problems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350324251
• Artikelnr.: 68961087

Autorenporträt

Eileen Kennedy is a Principal Research Fellow at UCL Knowledge Lab at the University College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgements 1. Online learning futures:
Quality, Scale, Equity and Sustainability 2. What is Quality Online
Learning 3. What Can We Learn From the Rapid Shift Online During the
COVID-19 Pandemic? 4. How Well Does Online Learning Work At Scale? 5.
Balancing Learning Benefits and Teacher Workload for Quality Online
Learning 6. Co-Designing Collaborative Open Online Learning for
Professional Communities 7. The Evidence of Impact for Co-Designed Massive
Open Online Collaborations on the Sustainable Development Goals 8.
Transformative Online Education in Challenging Contexts 9. Planning for an
Evidence-Based Approach to Co-Designed Massive Open Online Collaborations
(CoMOOCs) 10. Harnessing the Potential of Online Learning To Democratise
Knowledge Exchange Reference Index