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John Sumpter'Curriculum design in online open education’

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13-17 February 2014

Open Education in an Open LandscapeInclusion: Innovation: Implementation

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Mon 17th

20:30

'Curriculum design in online open education, does it take into account learning styles and contribute to inclusion?

#h818inclusivelearningJohn Sumpter

Overview

Methods of access to learning have been increasing in the past few years

Content that is being provided by these methods has changed little in format

Open a debate, and ask if learning styles are being considered in the new wave of online delivery methods

What benefits can be made by ensuring online learning is inclusive

Learning styles

'Learning style is an individual's natural or habitual pattern of acquiring and processing information in learning situations' (Gardner, 1995).

Visual, Kinesthetic, Auditory(Rita Dunn 1978)

Behaviours

Honey & Mumford adaptation to the experiential learning theory (Kolb 1984).

Activist, Reflector, Pragmatist

Delivery Methods

Online Face to Face Blended

H818 Styles

From a poll before this session I found that

H818 Styles

From a poll before this session I found that

H818 Styles

From a poll before this session I found that

Your Style

What Style of learner are you?

A. VisualB. KinestheticC. Auditory

Your behaviour

What learning behavior do you employ

A. ActivistB. ReflectorC. Pragmatist

Your Learning Methods

What learning methods do you prefer

A. Full DistanceB. BlendedC. Face to Face

The Results

Your styles

Learning design

Should online learning design take into account different styles?

Should a learning design accommodate a number of styles?

Should we ignore various styles?

Open education

What part does Open education have to play within all this?

Should OE have guide lines?

If different styles are not taken into account, does OE become exclusive, and not inclusive?

Sources

American Journal of Distance Education

Journal of Educational Technology & Society

College Student Journal

My own research

Lessons and implications

What can we learn

Provide best practices guidance

Carry on the conversation at

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