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This paper looks at the implications for pedagogy of education at a massive scale. It begins by looking at educational approaches designed or adapted to be effective for large numbers of learners: direct instruction, networked learning, connectivism, supported open learning, and conversational learning at scale. It goes on to identify benefits and challenges of teaching and learning at scale. A grounded approach was used to analyse data from 18 MOOCs run on the UK-based FutureLearn platform. This identified benefits and challenges for learners, for educators and for society as a whole. These need to be addressed in two ways, through learning design and through platform design.
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Ferguson, R., Sharples, M. (2014). Innovative Pedagogy at Massive Scale: Teaching and Learning in MOOCs. In: Rensing, C., de Freitas, S., Ley, T., Muñoz-Merino, P.J. (eds) Open Learning and Teaching in Educational Communities. EC-TEL 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8719. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11200-8_8
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