I recall that when I shared this a few years ago with colleagues at a conference a participant stated the obvious point that we should design learning to move students from the 'bottom-left' to the 'top-right' quadrants. It is this that has been significant in my own thinking and is now an integral part of the Best Practice Models e-Design Template.
This is also significant as the need to support/facilitate students as they develop independent learning skills reflects my personal model for learning. As Jackson notes in another chapter, the pedagogic conceptions of the teacher have a significant impact on student learning.
However, as Hase argues, it is not easy to embed learner-centered learning in teaching contexts where the culture is dominated by a teacher-centric focus and by a lack of alignment of stakeholder needs ie learners, staff and administration.
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S., & Ellis, A. (2001). Problems with online learning are systemic, not
technical. In J. Stephenson (Ed.), Teaching and Learning Online: New
Pedagogies for New Technologies (Creating success). London, UK: Kogan Page.
Jackson,
B., & Anagnostopoulou, K. (2001). Making the right connections. In J.
Stephenson (Ed.), Teaching and Learning Online: New Pedagogies for New
Technologies (Creating success). London, UK: Kogan Page.
Stephenson, J., & Coomey, M. (2001). Online Learning: it
is all about dialogue, involvement, support and control - according to the
research. In J. Stephenson (Ed.), Teaching and Learning Online: New
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