Portraits of the Activity Systems of International Higher Education Students in Online Learning

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Author(s): Elizabeth Murphy (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)and María A. Rodríguez-Manzanares (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 35
Source title: Online Course Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5472-1.ch036

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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This chapter presents findings of a study of the activity systems of seven international students enrolled in online learning at Memorial University of Newfoundland, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The seven students were interviewed using questions focused around the components of an activity system. Data were analyzed using a coding protocol designed for the study and based on Activity Theory. Findings are presented as seven individual portraits of the activity system of students. Each portrait is summarized according to the following components: subject, object, tools, norms, community, division of labour, outcomes.

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