Creating Open Online Courses with Learner Representative Partners to Widen Participation in Higher Education

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dc.contributor.authorCoughlan, Tim
dc.contributor.authorGoff, Jenny
dc.coverage.placeNameUnited Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.spatialEuropeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-19T23:43:01Z
dc.date.available2019-07-19T23:43:01Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractOpen online courses could provide stepping stones for audiences that are under-represented in higher education (HE). However, there are concerns that these instead proliferate forms of exclusion and do not address known difficulties for widening participation. We explore how organisations that represent the perspectives of particular underserved audiences for HE can act as ‘Learner Representative Partners’ to support the creation of appropriate courses and to highlight practices that exclude. Six course development processes where a university worked with different partners are analysed using interviews, documentation of resource use, and data on learner behaviour. The analysis utilises previously identified challenges to widening participation and collaborative course creation. Getting partners to directly engage in authoring the course was particularly beneficial but all partners prompted critical thought and greater understanding of the intended audiences. We suggest principles to support such partnerships effectively. These include adapting to a variable capacity of partners to contribute, to encourage reuse or creation of resources by partners, and to facilitate partners to feel confident in expressing their views.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v6i2.336
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11599/3208
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCommonwealth of Learning (COL)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Learning for Development;vol. 6, no. 2
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/en_US
dc.source.urihttps://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/336en_US
dc.subjectHigher Educationen_US
dc.subjectOnline Learningen_US
dc.subjecteLearningen_US
dc.subjectNon-Formal Educationen_US
dc.titleCreating Open Online Courses with Learner Representative Partners to Widen Participation in Higher Educationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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