Open and Distance Learner Engagement with Online Mediation Tools: An Activity Theory Analysis
This paper presents the results of a study conducted to ascertain the extent to which participants studying in an open and distance learning context utilized the mediation tools provided in an Advanced Writing Skills course, conducted in a blended-learning mode in Sri Lanka. Sixty-four participants...
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| author | Judy Corinne Noeline Pullenayegem K. Radhika M. De Silva Buddhini Gayathri Jayatilleke |
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This paper presents the results of a study conducted to ascertain the extent to which participants studying in an open and distance learning context utilized the mediation tools provided in an Advanced Writing Skills course, conducted in a blended-learning mode in Sri Lanka. Sixty-four participants engaged in the online component of the writing course using the Process Approach. The course consisted of seven sessions; four addressing the stages of the Process Approach to writing an essay, and three practice sessions. Data were gathered from log-files of the Learning Management System, questionnaires, and interviews related to five mediation tools provided to learners. The data were analyzed utilizing Engeström’s activity theory framework (1987); with focus on the contradictions that emerged in the use of each tool. First, the contradictions that emerged in participants’ engagement with the tools is presented, secondly, the factors that need to be taken into account to ensure greater engagement.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3da9cdad911b43bd9af60e9bd54eda3d2023-11-17T10:20:13ZengInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)Open Praxis1369-99972304-070X2020-12-01124Open and Distance Learner Engagement with Online Mediation Tools: An Activity Theory AnalysisJudy Corinne Noeline Pullenayegem0K. Radhika M. De Silva1Buddhini Gayathri Jayatilleke2The Open University of Sri LankaThe Open University of Sri LankaThe Open University of Sri Lanka This paper presents the results of a study conducted to ascertain the extent to which participants studying in an open and distance learning context utilized the mediation tools provided in an Advanced Writing Skills course, conducted in a blended-learning mode in Sri Lanka. Sixty-four participants engaged in the online component of the writing course using the Process Approach. The course consisted of seven sessions; four addressing the stages of the Process Approach to writing an essay, and three practice sessions. Data were gathered from log-files of the Learning Management System, questionnaires, and interviews related to five mediation tools provided to learners. The data were analyzed utilizing Engeström’s activity theory framework (1987); with focus on the contradictions that emerged in the use of each tool. First, the contradictions that emerged in participants’ engagement with the tools is presented, secondly, the factors that need to be taken into account to ensure greater engagement. https://account.openpraxis.org/index.php/up-j-op/article/view/104Mediation toolsActivity TheoryContradictionsOpen and Distance learningAdvanced writing skillsBlended-learning |
| spellingShingle | Judy Corinne Noeline Pullenayegem K. Radhika M. De Silva Buddhini Gayathri Jayatilleke Open and Distance Learner Engagement with Online Mediation Tools: An Activity Theory Analysis Open Praxis Mediation tools Activity Theory Contradictions Open and Distance learning Advanced writing skills Blended-learning |
| title | Open and Distance Learner Engagement with Online Mediation Tools: An Activity Theory Analysis |
| title_full | Open and Distance Learner Engagement with Online Mediation Tools: An Activity Theory Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Open and Distance Learner Engagement with Online Mediation Tools: An Activity Theory Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Open and Distance Learner Engagement with Online Mediation Tools: An Activity Theory Analysis |
| title_short | Open and Distance Learner Engagement with Online Mediation Tools: An Activity Theory Analysis |
| title_sort | open and distance learner engagement with online mediation tools an activity theory analysis |
| topic | Mediation tools Activity Theory Contradictions Open and Distance learning Advanced writing skills Blended-learning |
| url | https://account.openpraxis.org/index.php/up-j-op/article/view/104 |
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