{"id":298,"date":"2020-07-25T13:09:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T12:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/greenforum\/?p=298"},"modified":"2023-12-04T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T13:10:54","slug":"olaf-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/greenforum\/index.php\/2020\/07\/25\/olaf-2\/","title":{"rendered":"OLAF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Online Learning and Fun<\/strong> is a\u00a0 large-scale research project\u00a0 whose\u00a0 aims is to examine learners\u2019 views about fun in learning supported by technologies in Higher Education<\/strong>. Due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, many schools and universities\u00a0 have adapted their curriculum to promote online learning. Consequently, understanding factors that influence learners\u2019 engagement and enjoyment with online studies has been foregrounded for many educators, and their students, for the first time. In this new context, being responsive to students\u2019 views about their learning and fun is an important part of developing online pedagogies that might support learner well-being<\/em>. (Okada, 2020). Objectives OLAF\u00a0 project\u00a0 has three objectives: <\/span><\/p>\n

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    to refine a self-reflective instrument for\u00a0 generating a large database;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    to cocreate a set of recommendations for innovating pedagogical practices;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    to increase the number of research studies about fun in learning for promoting changes in the educational curriculum, practices and policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is coordinated by Dr. Okada (PI) and Prof. Sheehy (Co-I) <\/span><\/p>\n

    Methodology<\/span><\/h2>\n

    This mixed method study will\u00a0 refine a self-reflective instrument about fun and online learning on both contexts:\u00a0 formal education and non-formal education, which will be useful for developing institutional, inter-institutional and cross-national studies\u00a0during the pandemic. This instrument was designed to increase students\u2019 awareness about their epistemic beliefs, engagement with online learning, and views about fun in distance education.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Our findings will be used to provide recommendations to teaching staff, curriculum designers and project teams to support students\u2019 enjoyment with learning enhanced by technologies. Our purpose is also to create opportunities for research groups to\u00a0 investigate new strategies to enrich online learning experiences in various contexts supported by innovative pedagogies, such as gamification, virtual and augmented reality, 360-annotation, story-animation, datification, inquiry mapping and open schooling projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

    We are using a self-reflective instrument to generate data with:<\/span><\/p>\n

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