Within these hyperporous walls: An examination of a rebundled online learning model of higher education
Journal article
Authors | Rhodes, Christine, Shaw, Paula, Gration, Marlies, stone, Julie, Green, Pauline and Sheffield, David |
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Abstract | Through this paper, we explore unbundling, the separation of various aspects of education, resources, teaching and assessment (Ossiannilsson et al., 2015) and rebundling, where these activities are “recombined into new configurations with little loss of functionality” (Ge et al., 2004, p. 1). We chart the evolution of online learning at the University of Derby, from a small-scale learning and certification bundle to a rebundled online university experience. In this rebundled model, a bespoke department is responsible for the operationalisation and quality of the university’s online experience. Firstly, we established the quality impact of this model, using higher education institution (HEI) value drivers. Secondly, focus groups explored macro (national), meso (institutional) and micro (practice) issues from strategic manager, academic and student experience perspectives. To facilitate discussion about the online university experience, we used a new conceptual pedagogic realignment with organisational priorities and horizon emergent technologies (PROPHET) framework. Based on our findings, we make recommendations to HEIs that are considering rebundling online learning. These include the equitable data capture and analysis of online student demographics; consideration of academic well-being and training; and the university-wide benefits obtained from knowledge exchange with online professionals, in relation to future-focused technologies and policymaking. |
Keywords | sourcing,; rebundling,; university experience,; online expertise; online quality |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Australasian Journal of Educational Technology |
Publisher | ASCILITE |
ISSN | 1449-5554 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.14742/ajet.6061 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625377 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/625377 | |
Publication dates | 26 Oct 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 11 Nov 2020, 16:54 |
Accepted | 01 Feb 2020 |
Rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/92826/within-these-hyperporous-walls-an-examination-of-a-rebundled-online-learning-model-of-higher-education
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