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Connected Teaching and Learning: The Uses and Implications of Connectivism in an Online Class

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Journal

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volume

29

Issue

5

First Page

685

Last Page

698

Abstract

An instructor tried using connectivism to teach an online graduate Education course called Teaching in a Virtual World. As a way to embody the many connections inherent in the group, all members of the class created and taught modules of their own choosing to each other. The instructor and two former students reflected together online in depth about their experience and coded their joint understandings. Schwab's commonplaces of curriculum emerged in the data, demonstrating that it is still current. They found that the course, however, was not completely connectivist due to limitations emanating from its operation within a traditional university setting.

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Citation of this paper:

Barnett, J., McPherson, V., & Sandieson, R. M. (2013). Connected teaching and learning: The uses and implications of connectivism in an online class. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 29(5), 685-698.

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