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LearningCircle.io: Lessons Learned from Organising Courses with and without a Dedicated Platform.

Brief Paper ID: 52889
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    Hanna Celina
    Newcastle University, Open Lab
  2. Clement Lee
    Newcastle University, Open Lab
  3. Patrick Olivier
    Newcastle University, Open Lab
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    Ahmed Kharrufa
    Newcastle University, Open Lab

Abstract: Learning Circle is a learning platform designed for communities of civic-minded learners. We present Learning Circle and its evaluation. The platform-based course is compared to a course organised using the same structure but with a loosely-coupled media approach. We base our analysis on a sample of 126 active learners and 32 mentors across 2 courses (from more than 70 different countries). The contribution of this paper is the analysis of trade-offs for using a central custom platform vs. loosely-coupled resources in online learning. The main trade-offs we identified fall within two broad outcome categories: cognitive and social.

Presider: Kieran McGlade, Queen's University Belfast

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