Higher education curriculum ecosystem design
PhD Thesis
Title | Higher education curriculum ecosystem design |
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Type | PhD Thesis |
Authors | |
Author | Cheers, Christopher |
Supervisor | Postle, Glen |
Eng, chen Swee | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Qualification Name | Doctor of Philosophy |
Number of Pages | 165 |
Year | 2017 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.26192/5c0742cb05a90 |
Abstract | This study focuses on the development of a Design Framework for Higher Education Curriculum Ecosystem design. The study views the world as a digital ecosystem where the physical and the virtual are fully intertwined and function through integrated social and technical architecture working together in a seamless mesh that is persistent and pervasive. This digital ecosystem is an open, flexible, demand driven, self-organising, collaborative environment. It has enhanced individuals’ abilities to connect with other people, share ideas, work collaboratively and form communities. This has inevitably impacted on educational practice in Higher Education. The thesis draws together educational theories, curriculum designs, and concepts drawn from ecological psychology, cognitive apprenticeship, distributed cognition and activity theory, and extends them through the application of a Complexity Science lens. A Complexity Science perspective views the world as comprised of Complex Adaptive Systems. This study explores how authentic learning processes can be scaffolded within a Complex Adaptive System. The iterative development and refinement, through three iterations over six years, of a curriculum ecosystem for a Built Environment Degree Program is used as a case study for the development of a Higher Education curriculum ecosystem exemplar. A Design Framework for a Curriculum Ecosystem for Higher Education which has emerged through this process is presented. |
Keywords | higher education; curriculum ecosystem design |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4v79/higher-education-curriculum-ecosystem-design
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