Open Learning
2013 Volume 28, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 6
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Open Education 2030: Planning the Future of Adult Learning in Europe
Jonatan Castaño Muñoz, Christine Redecker, Riina Vuorikari & Yves Punie
Adult learning and open education have become key elements on the European Agenda. This paper presents the first results of a foresight activity that aims to contribute to an understanding of how &... More
pp. 171-186
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Opening Up to Open Source: Looking at How Moodle Was Adopted in Higher Education
Eamon Costello
The virtual learning environment (VLE) has grown to become a piece of complex infrastructure that is now deemed critical to higher educational provision. This paper looks at Moodle and its adoption... More
pp. 187-200
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Analysis of the Use of Twitter as a Learning Strategy in Master's Studies
Tiberio Feliz, Carmen Ricoy & Sálvora Feliz
The present study analyses the use of Twitter in the course Social Media and Digital Learning, taught as part of a master's programme at Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (Spain). ... More
pp. 201-215
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Massive Open Online Courses: Disruptive Innovations or Disturbing Inventions?
Frank de Langen & Herman van den Bosch
According to Christensen and Horn, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are serving non-consumers. Although they are limited in the services they provide compared with traditional colleges, they... More
pp. 216-226
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MOOC Attack: Closing the Gap between Pre-University and University Mathematics
Vanesa Daza, Nikolaos Makriyannis & Carme Rovira Riera
First-year university students exhibit considerably different levels of proficiency, often lacking the necessary prerequisites to attend certain courses. This is especially true for mathematics... More
pp. 227-238
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Challenging the CSCW Matrix: A Rough Draft of a New Conceptualisation of Collaborative Practices in Learning Environments
Rasmus Leth Jørnø, Karsten Gynther & Ove Christensen
This paper challenges traditional dichotomies that identify temporal and spatial restrains as relevant defining properties of learning environments. We present a critique of the current dominant... More
pp. 239-254