MOOCs and Developing Regions: from Adoption to Adaptations
2014 (English)In: DSV writers hut 2014: proceedings / [ed] Gustaf Juell-Skielse, Stockholm: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University , 2014Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses have emerged in the discourse of the present day higher education as a solution for the 21st century educational challenges. This paper discusses how realistic and appropriate the original ideas of MOOCs are in the wider, global context, particularly in the context of developing regions. Do MOOCs promote democratization of education by making it accessible to all? Or do they reinforce educational hegemony of the Western world thus constituting a further link in the history of cultural imperialism of the global North over the global South? We will argue in this paper that in order to open up education through MOOCs, local adaptations are required. The contextualization of MOOCs, particularly pedagogical and linguistic considerations, are examined and design recommendations formulated.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University , 2014.
Series
Report Series / Department of Computer & Systems Sciences, ISSN 1101-8526 ; 14-019
Keywords [en]
MOOCs, developing regions, intercultural education, pedagogy, language, adaptation
Keywords [sv]
MOOC, utvecklingsregioner, interkulturalitet, undervisning
National Category
Information Systems
Research subject
Information Society
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-111024ISBN: 978-91-637-7457-7 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-111024DiVA, id: diva2:773809
Conference
DSV writers hut 2014, August 21-22, Åkersberga, Sweden
2014-12-192014-12-192022-02-23Bibliographically approved