{"id":2531,"date":"2021-05-27T16:59:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T16:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/?page_id=2531"},"modified":"2024-02-16T18:57:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T18:57:25","slug":"learning-at-scale-ls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/learning-at-scale-ls\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning @ Scale SIG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/LAS_Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/LAS_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/LAS_Logo.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/LAS_Logo-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key People:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iet.open.ac.uk\/people\/rebecca.ferguson\">Professor Rebecca Ferguson<\/a> (<span class=\"block md:inline whitespace-no-wrap text-base text-grey-darker\">BA (Hons) MA PGCE MSc(RMET) SFHEA), Professor of Learning Futures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iet.open.ac.uk\/people\/fereshte.goshtasbpour\">Dr Fereshte Goshtasbpour<\/a>, Lecturer in Online Teaching<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">L@S is a special interest group supported by openTEL.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is aimed at bringing together researchers across the Open University who are interested in research and application of learning at scale (L@S). Learning at scale can be found in both formal and informal learning communities, for example OU distance learning courses, citizen sciences, MOOCs, Reddit and social media groups etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Our interests are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Pedagogy of scale<\/li>\n<li>Impact of scale<\/li>\n<li>Research methodology and data associated with L@S communities<\/li>\n<li>Learners\u2019 characteristics, including their self-regulated learning skills and cultural backgrounds<\/li>\n<li>Role of educators<\/li>\n<li>L@S in developing countries<\/li>\n<li>The possibilities of L@S for face-to-face settings and community centres<\/li>\n<li>Assessment and feedback at scale<\/li>\n<li>Distinction between delivery and learning at scale (large courses, small tutor groups)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key People: Professor Rebecca Ferguson (BA (Hons) MA PGCE MSc(RMET) SFHEA), Professor of Learning Futures Dr Fereshte Goshtasbpour, Lecturer in Online Teaching L@S is a special interest group supported by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2531","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3203,"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2531\/revisions\/3203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/opentel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}