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Foundational theory: A New conceptualization of relevant ideas
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Rush, PA, Foundational theory: A New conceptualization of relevant ideas, Handbook of Research on Humanizing the Distance Learning Experience, IGI Global Publishing, M Northcote and KP Gosselin (ed), USA, pp. 1-25. ISBN 9781522509684 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2017 IGI Global
DOI: doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-0968-4.ch001
Abstract
Some of the fundamental concepts we use to frame our theories of online education have undergone a meaning shift since the advent of the computer age. As such, online educators need to update their understanding of such concepts in the light of the changes their meanings have undergone. This chapter examines the changes in three such concepts: ‘personalisation’, ‘presence’, and ‘communication’ by examining the shifts in three of the more fundamental concepts upon which they depend: ‘mind’, ‘self’ and ‘others’. It outlines a framework based on a ‘discontinuous’ theory of the latter notions; one in which the presumed continuity between these concepts and online reality is challenged. Thus the chapter works toward a new conceptualisation of the terms of our enquiry that responds directly to the way in which shifts in their presumed or default meanings may have led us astray over the past few decades.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | online education, personalisation, presence, communication |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Other education |
Research Field: | Other education not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in education |
UTAS Author: | Rush, PA (Dr Penelope Rush) |
ID Code: | 111808 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2016-10-07 |
Last Modified: | 2018-04-27 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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