Modelling Wikiversity through Activity Theory
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Example model 1
SUBJECT: Wikiversity participants
OBJECT: Learning materials
MEDIATING ARTIFACTS: Wiki
RULES: Policies & guidelines in Wikiversity (and, to an extent, Wikimedia)
COMMUNITY: Wikimedia (projects + ‘organisation’), bloggers, OER projects, etc.
DIVISION OF LABOUR: Open and distributed (?), organised by “schools”, subject disciplines (?)
OUTCOME: Learning experiences
Questions
• Where are the barriers to technology in this model?
• Where is identity?
• Where are theories of learning, and learning material production?
Example model 2
SUBJECT: Wikiversity participants
OBJECT: Wiki
MEDIATING ARTIFACTS: Theories/principles of educational and informational web design
RULES: ?
COMMUNITY: Designers, Wikimedia (as above), bloggers, OER projects…
DIVISION OF LABOUR: Open and distributed (?), organised by “taskforces”
OUTCOME: Increased participation
Questions
What are the rules in this model? Is it theories of participation (and hence identity, access, etc.)?
Cormac Lawler; Friday, 25th May, 2007
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