Theme 2 Project 13
| Project
title |
Learner
Identities in Transition: A Comparative Investigation of Two British
and Australian Postgraduate Programmes |
|
Researchers |
Dr
Sian Bayne (Higher & Community
Education, School of Education) University of Edinburgh and Sophie
DiCorpo (School of Public Health and Community Medicine) University
of New South Wales
For other related projects, see Dr Bayne's website: www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning/sian |
|
Keywords |
E-learning,
computer mediated communication, identity, online learning |
|
Abstract |
This
research explores the ways in which learners in higher education
negotiate issues of identity construction when making the transition
between face-to-face learning and learning online. It compares the
experiences of two groups of British and Australian learners engaged
on courses in which an initial period of classroom-based learning
is followed by collaborative, internet-based learning. Drawing on
methodological tools provided by ethnography and discourse analysis,
the project works with discussion-board transcripts generated in
the context of online learning to formulate a methodology appropriate
for analysing the 'frozen talk' of the online discussion. Insights
from this analysis are used to draw conclusions on how identities
are 'written' within online courses, how this differs from identity
construction in conventional learning contexts, and how differing
institutional, cultural and pedagogical factors affect modes of identity
construction among learners in such 'blended' learning environments.
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|
Publications |
Please
see Dr Bayne's website for recent/current publications: www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning/sian
|
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Start
/end date |
2006
- 2007 |
|
Funder
/amount |
British
Academy / £3,820
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