Building Global Learning Communities

Within the background where education is increasingly driven by the economies of scale and research funding, we propose an alternative online open and connected framework (OOC) for building global learning communities using mobile social media. We critique a three year action research case study inv...

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Published inResearch in learning technology Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors Cochrane, Thomas, Buchem, Ilona, Camacho, Mar, Cronin, Catherine, Gordon, Averill, Keegan, Helen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Jarfalla Co-Action Publishing 01.01.2013
Association for Learning Technology
Subjects
Action Research
Case Studies
Communities of Practice
community of practice
Computer Mediated Communication
Constructivism (Learning)
Course Descriptions
Criticism
Curriculum Development
Distance learning
Educational Technology
Foreign Countries
Germany
global collaboration framework
Guidelines
Handheld Devices
Information Technology
International Cooperation
Learning Theories
mlearning
New Zealand
Online instruction
Program Descriptions
Qualitative Research
Research Methodology
Social Networks
Spain
Student Projects
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Telecommunications
United Kingdom
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Germany
Spain
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Within the background where education is increasingly driven by the economies of scale and research funding, we propose an alternative online open and connected framework (OOC) for building global learning communities using mobile social media. We critique a three year action research case study involving building collaborative global learning communities around a community of practice of learning researchers and practitioners. The results include the development of a framework for utilising mobile social media to support collaborative curriculum development across international boundaries. We conclude that this framework is potentially transferrable to a range of educational contexts where the focus is upon student-generated mobile social media projects. (Contains 3 figures and 1 table.)
ISSN:2156-7069
2156-7077
DOI:10.3402/rlt.v21i0.21955