MOOCs are large-scale (Massive), Open to all, Online Courses. As universities invested substantially in MOOCs, (re)use in campus education manifested.In MOOC integration, it is currently unclear... Show moreMOOCs are large-scale (Massive), Open to all, Online Courses. As universities invested substantially in MOOCs, (re)use in campus education manifested.In MOOC integration, it is currently unclear how to design for high-quality teaching and learning. We questioned: 'What do medical MOOCs offer for integration into campus education?' (H2 and H3); ‘What does creating and integrating a MOOC entail?’ (H4 and H5); and 'How can learning in integrated MOOCs be supported?' (H6, H7 and H8). For high-quality teaching we conclude: (1) Medical MOOCs offer numerous opportunities for integration, including high-quality, innovative options; (2) Medical MOOCs do not share one profile for teaching modes or quality principles, and each MOOC should be examined; and (3) the practice of MOOC integration is not a simple process and requires time, several steps and specific knowledge. For high-quality learning we conclude: (1) Monitoring motivation and self-regulated learning is essential for support, and personalized motivation support can be linked to integration designs; (2) Trust in the teacher is important for students, and can be the key to promote motivation; and (3) Learning goal acceptance can bridge the gap between the desire to allow students to set personal goals and the practical preference to assign learning goals. Show less
Dos Santos Silva, S.D.A.; Aibéo, A.; Carvalho, A. 2019
Knowing how specific publics understand and experience science is crucial for both researchers and ractitioners. As learning and meaning-making develop over time, depending on a combination of... Show moreKnowing how specific publics understand and experience science is crucial for both researchers and ractitioners. As learning and meaning-making develop over time, depending on a combination of factors, creative possibilities to analyze those processes are needed to improve evaluation of science communication practices. We examine how first grade children’s drawings expressed their perceptions of the Sun and explore their views of a major astronomical body within their social, cultural and personal worlds. We then examinehow the observation of the Sun through a telescope led to changes in graphical representations, and how learning and meaning evolved after several months. Show less
This dissertation focuses on ‘new learners’ with trendsetting learning biographies. Their biographies seem a prototypical fulfilment of a new cultural script as disclosed by for example education... Show moreThis dissertation focuses on ‘new learners’ with trendsetting learning biographies. Their biographies seem a prototypical fulfilment of a new cultural script as disclosed by for example education innovation and youth sociological discourses. Education innovators proclaim that learning processes of new generations will (have to) be fundamentally different. Youth sociologists emphasize today’s individualization of life courses. These changes are perceived as imperative in the shift towards an individualized knowledge society in which learning and life course constructing become almost synonymous. Empirical research that focuses on all aspects of learning and life courses of a new generation is scarce, and a coherent conceptual framework is lacking. General aim is to connect the - at this moment separate - discourses on learning and life courses. An integrated conceptual framework is developed with which learning biographies can be studied. This framework functions as a heuristic for the empirical study: analysing biographical narrations of expected ‘new learners’. The specific aim is to developa theoretically informed and empirically underpinned ideal type of a trendsetting learning biography. Central question: In what type of contexts do favorable conditions emerge for, and what are key factors in, trendsetting learning biographies of a new generation? Show less
