Support for Study: Online Educational Environments and the Rights to Education

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Lin ◽  
Karen Swan
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Collaborative Inquiry ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
The Self ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Independent Inquiry

This paper uses an online learning conceptual framework to examine the “rights to education” that the current online educational environments could provide. The conceptual framework is composed of three inquiries or three spaces for inquiries, namely, independent inquiry, collaborative inquiry, and formative inquiry towards expert knowledge [42] that online learners pursue and undertake in the process of their learning. Our examinations reveal that most online open educational resource environments (OERs) can incorporate more Web2.0 or Web3.0 technologies so as to provide the self-directed learners, who are the main audience of OERs, with more opportunities to participate, collaborate, and co-create knowledge, and accordingly, to achieve their full rights to education.

scholarly journals AN ONLINE LEARNING MODEL TO FACILITATE LEARNERS’ RIGHTS TO EDUCATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
New Media ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Independent Inquiry

This paper connects an online learning model to the rights to education that the online educational environments can provide. The model emerges from a study of ninety-two online learners and is composed of three kinds of inquiries, namely, independent inquiry, collaborative inquiry, and formative inquiry towards expert knowledge. Online learners naturally pursue and undertake these inquiries when they are equipped with communication channels and technologies. This model provides a thinking tool for integrating new media and technologies in an online learning environment in order to help students achieve their full rights to education.

scholarly journals Big Data Analysis of a Dedicated YouTube Channel as an Open Educational Resource in Hand Surgery

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norana Abdul Rahman ◽  
Hannah Jia Hui Ng ◽  
Vaikunthan Rajaratnam
Keyword(s):  
Hand Surgery ◽  
The United States ◽  
Senior Author ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Total View ◽  
Click Through Rate ◽  
Traffic Source ◽  
Clear Presentation

Background: Educationally designed videos have the advantage of explaining difficult concepts via graphic diagrams and dynamic illustrations. The benefits of videos will be enhanced if videos are well-designed, concise, explore scientifically correct content, and have a clear presentation.Aims: Video as an open educational resource (OER) is the cornerstone for online learning. YouTube has been widely used as a distribution platform for OER. The aim of this study was to evaluate the engagement of hand surgery videos on a dedicated education channel on YouTube.Methods: The senior author has been utilizing a YouTube channel dedicated to the education of clinicians in Hand Surgery, surgical education, and management since 2008. The degree of engagement was evaluated using YouTube Analytics, providing up-to-date metrics and reports.Results: Since 2008, there have been 6521 subscribers with 1,360,680 views, a total view time of 35,033 h and an average view time of 1.72 min. The channel views averaged 1000 views per day. There were 4,324,724 impressions with a 7.32% click-through rate, with the United States of America accounting for 23.5% of the audience. YouTube search accounted for 33.3% of the traffic source and suggested videos by others were 19.4%, and external links were 19%. Playback location was through mobile devices in 76.7%, while 16% was through the computer. The two popular playlists were “flaps in hand surgery” (50.2%) and “basic hand surgery workshop” (21.9%). Sharing by WhatsApp was most popular (27.9%) in embedded websites and apps. Overall there were 488 comments on the channel.Conclusion: This paper confirms the phenomenon of micro-learning by online learners. It is recommended that educational videos as OER should be confined to 2 min, made compatible for the mobile device, and be optimized for sharing on social media. These can be used as resources for blended learning, allowing better utilization of time for deliberate practice in surgical training.

cMOOCs and Global Learning: An Authentic Alternative

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Yeager ◽  
Betty Hurley-Dasgupta ◽  
Catherine A. Bliss
Keyword(s):  
Online Courses ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Research Review ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Definition Of

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) continue to attract press coverage as they change almost daily in their format, number of registrations and potential for credentialing. An enticing aspect of the MOOC is its global reach. In this paper, we will focus on a type of MOOC called a cMOOC, because it is based on the theory of connectivism and fits the definition of an Open Educational Resource (OER) identified for this special edition of JALN. We begin with a definition of the cMOOC and a discussion of the connectivism on which it is based. Definitions and a research review are followed with a description of two MOOCs offered by two of the authors. Research on one of these MOOCs completed by a third author is presented as well. Student comments that demonstrate the intercultural connections are shared. We end with reflections, lessons learned and recommendations.

Engaging Undergraduate Public Health Students Through a Textbook Creation Project

2020 ◽  
pp. 237337992096241
Author(s):  
Jessica Sloan Kruger ◽  
Christopher Hollister
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Final Version ◽  
Primary Motivation ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Health Course ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Undergraduate Public Health

This study examines students’ perceptions of an open pedagogy experiment in which they created their own textbook for an undergraduate public health course. The lead author’s primary motivation for developing this assignment was the high cost associated with the traditional textbooks that were otherwise needed to cover the breadth of subject matter in the course. The resulting open textbook included 19 chapters, covering all the required components of the course, and the final version was published in a statewide open educational resource repository. Students provided feedback about this undertaking by way of an end-of-term survey. The results showed high percentages of students who associated the textbook creation project with greater engagement and satisfaction than the passive use of traditional textbooks. Students also reported their perception of a learning benefit related to the creation of course content. Pedagogical implications of this study are discussed, and future research questions are proposed.

scholarly journals Uncertainty Avoidance as a Moderating Factor to the Self-Congruity Concept: The Development of a Conceptual Framework

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402110018
Author(s):  
Shaohua Yang ◽  
Salmi Mohd Isa ◽  
T. Ramayah
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Uncertainty Avoidance ◽  
The Self ◽  
Destination Marketing ◽  
Tourism Research ◽  
Revisit Intention ◽  
Conceptual Paper

The aim of this article was to propose a framework based on the theory of self-congruity and on Hofstede’s uncertainty avoidance. The framework was to combine destination personality, self-congruity, uncertainty avoidance, and tourists’ revisit intention. The present conceptual paper proposed an integrated model of self-congruity which incorporates the effect of uncertainty avoidance. More importantly, the uncertainty avoidance was introduced as a moderator between self-congruity and revisit intention. Based on the theoretical framework proposed in this article, the estimated results affirmed the applicability of the theory of self-congruity for tourism research. Moreover, by extending the theoretical model through the incorporation of a variable of uncertainty avoidance in the context of tourism, this article offers a significant contribution to the tourism literature. It is important to understand how the theory of self-congruity applies across a broad cultural spectrum. This article also offers several implications for destination marketing organizations from a practical perspective.

Exploring the boundaries of rhetoric

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 793-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduard Bonet
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
The Self ◽  
History Of Rhetoric ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Practical Development ◽  
The Subject

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the boundaries of rhetoric have excluded important theoretical and practical subjects and how these subjects are recuperated and extended since the twentieth century. Its purpose is to foster the awareness on emerging new trends of rhetoric. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology is based on an interpretation of the history of rhetoric and on the construction of a conceptual framework of the rhetoric of judgment, which is introduced in this paper. Findings – On the subject of the extension of rhetoric from public speeches to any kinds of persuasive situations, the paper emphasizes some stimulating relationships between the theory of communication and rhetoric. On the exclusion and recuperation of the subject of rhetorical arguments, it presents the changing relationships between rhetoric and dialectics and emphasizes the role of rhetoric in scientific research. On the introduction of rhetoric of judgment and meanings it creates a conceptual framework based on a re-examination of the concept of judgment and the phenomenological foundations of the interpretative methods of social sciences by Alfred Schutz, relating them to symbolic interactionism and theories of the self. Originality/value – The study on the changing boundaries of rhetoric and the introduction of the rhetoric of judgment offers a new view on the present theoretical and practical development of rhetoric, which opens new subjects of research and new fields of applications.

Levels and types of breaking the maxims: A neo-Gricean account of humor

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Attila L. Nemesi
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Cooperative Principle ◽  
Pragmatic Theory ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Constant Tension

AbstractOn the basis of examples drawn from seven classic Hungarian film comedies, I argue in this article that the place of humor within the Gricean–Leechian model needs to be revisited and extended towards social psychological pragmatics to account for a wider range of humorous material. Scrutinizing the relevant controversial details of Grice’s conceptual framework, my concern is to find a practical way of fitting the various forms of humor into an adequate (and not an idealistic) pragmatic theory. I propose to differentiate between two levels and five types of breaking the maxims, introducing the Self-interest Principle (SiP) supposed to be in constant tension with, and as rational as, Grice’s Cooperative Principle. Politeness and self-presentational phenomena are subsumed under the operation of the SiP which embraces and coordinates the speaker’s own personal and interpersonal purposes.

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