ERIC Number: EJ1089957
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 19
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Making Meaningful Decisions about Time, Workload and Pedagogy in the Digital Age: The Course Resource Appraisal Model
Kennedy, Eileen; Laurillard, Diana; Horan, Bernard; Charlton, Patricia
Distance Education, v36 n2 p177-195 2015
This article reports on a design-based research project to create a modelling tool to analyse the costs and learning benefits involved in different modes of study. The Course Resource Appraisal Model (CRAM) provides accurate cost-benefit information so that institutions are able to make more meaningful decisions about which kind of courses--online, blended or traditional face-to-face--make sense for them to provide. The tool calculates the difference between expenses and income over three iterations of the course and presents a pedagogical analysis of the learning experience provided. The article draws on a CRAM analysis of the costs and learning benefits of a massive open online course to show how the tool can illuminate the pedagogical and financial viability of a course of this kind.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Decision Making, Time on Task, Faculty Workload, Time, Instruction, Online Courses, Blended Learning, Synchronous Communication, Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Colleges, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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