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

  1. Hanna Celina, Newcastle University, Open Lab, United Kingdom
  2. Clement Lee, Newcastle University, Open Lab, United Kingdom
  3. Patrick Olivier, Newcastle University, Open Lab, United Kingdom
  4. Ahmed Kharrufa, Newcastle University, Open Lab, United Kingdom
Wednesday, June 27 12:40 PM-1:00 PM Oost

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.