TY - CONF TI - Teaching and learning with MOOCs: computing academics' perspectives and engagement AU - Eckerdal, Anna AU - Kinnunen, Päivi AU - Thota, Neena AU - Nylén, Aletta AU - Sheard, Judy AU - Malmi, Lauri T3 - ITiCSE '14 AB - During the past two years, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have created wide interest in the academic world raising both enthusiasm for new opportunities for universities and many concerns for the future of university education. The discussion has mainly appeared in non-scientific forums, such as magazine articles, columns and blogs, making it difficult to judge wider opinions within academia. To collect more rigorous data we surveyed teachers, researchers, and academic managers on their opinions and experiences of MOOCs. In this paper, we present our analysis of responses from the computer science academic community (n=137). Their feelings about MOOCs are highly mixed. Content analysis of open-ended questions revealed that the most often mentioned positive aspects included affordances of MOOCs, freedom of time and location for studying, and the possibility to experience teaching from top-level international teachers/experts. The most common negative aspects included concerns about pedagogical designs of MOOCs, assessment practices, and lack of interaction with the teacher. About half the respondents claimed they had not changed their teaching as a result of MOOCs, a small number used MOOCs as learning resources and very few were engaging with MOOCs in any significant way. C1 - New York, NY, USA C3 - Proceedings of the 2014 conference on Innovation & technology in computer science education DA - 2014/06/21/ PY - 2014 DO - 10.1145/2591708.2591740 DP - ACM Digital Library SP - 9 EP - 14 PB - Association for Computing Machinery SN - 978-1-4503-2833-3 ST - Teaching and learning with MOOCs UR - https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2591708.2591740 Y2 - 2023/04/11/00:00:00 KW - computing academics KW - distance learning KW - e-learning KW - moocs massive open online courses KW - open learning KW - pedagogy ER - TY - CONF TI - MOOCs and their impact on academics AU - Sheard, Judy AU - Eckerdal, Anna AU - Kinnunen, Päivi AU - Malmi, Lauri AU - Nylén, Aletta AU - Thota, Neena T3 - Koli Calling '14 AB - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have recently become a hot topic in the academic world, launching a wide ranging discussion on a number of issues. In this research, we surveyed academics' awareness, attitudes, perceptions, and experiences of MOOCs. We received responses from 236 academics from 23 countries, who were working in different roles such as teachers, researchers, managers, and pedagogical developers. Participants were invited to answer questions concerning their awareness and attitudes towards MOOCs. For participants with some knowledge of MOOCs, we requested their experiences and their observations of the impact of MOOCS on their students, teaching colleagues, and within their institutions. We found the most common reaction to MOOCs amongst the academics was concern but many were positive about the phenomenon. The academics claimed their students could be motivated to take MOOCs because of flexibility and no cost involved. While many academics were not aware of their students taking a MOOC and had not observed any changes to teaching programs at their institutions because of MOOCs, there was evidence of some activity and future plans for engagement in MOOCs. C1 - New York, NY, USA C3 - Proceedings of the 14th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research DA - 2014/11/20/ PY - 2014 DO - 10.1145/2674683.2674700 DP - ACM Digital Library SP - 137 EP - 145 PB - Association for Computing Machinery SN - 978-1-4503-3065-7 UR - https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2674683.2674700 Y2 - 2023/04/11/00:00:00 KW - MOOCs KW - academics KW - distance learning KW - e-learning KW - massive open online courses KW - open learning KW - pedagogy ER - TY - JOUR TI - Tourist’s mobilities: Walking, cycling, driving and waiting AU - Hannam, Kevin AU - Butler, Gareth AU - Witte, Alexandra AU - Zuev, Dennis T2 - Tourist Studies AB - This commentary reviews recent research in terms of tourist’s mobilities in terms practices of walking, cycling and driving. It concludes by reflecting on the contemporary lock down of travel in terms of the global pandemic and its consequences for waiting, stillness and immobility – particularly in terms of flying. DA - 2021/// PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797621992931 SP - 1 EP - 13 LA - en UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1468797621992931 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Acculturative stress and coping among migrant workers: A global mixed-methods systematic review AU - Liem, Andrian AU - Renzaho, Andre M. N. AU - Hannam, Kevin AU - Lam, Agnes I. F. AU - Hall, Brian J. T2 - Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being AB - No existing review has synthesized key questions about acculturation experiences among international migrant workers. This review aimed to explore (1) What are global migrant workers’ experiences with acculturation and acculturative stress? (2) What are acculturative stress coping strategies used by migrant workers? And (3) how effective are these strategies for migrant workers in assisting their acculturation in the host countries? Peer-reviewed and gray literature, without time limitation, were searched in six databases and included if the study: focused on acculturative stress and coping strategies; was conducted with international migrant workers; was published in English; and was empirical. Eleven studies met the inclusion criteria. Three-layered themes of acculturation process and acculturative stress were identified as: individual layer; work-related layer; and social layer. Three key coping strategies were identified: emotion-focused; problem-focused; and appraisal-focused. These coping strategies were used flexibly to increase coping effectiveness and evidence emerged that a particular type of acculturative stress might be solved more effectively by a specific coping strategy. Migrant workers faced numerous challenges in their acculturative process. Understanding this process and their coping strategies could be used in developing research and interventions to improve the well-being of migrant workers. DA - 2021/08// PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12271 VL - 13 IS - 3 SP - 491 EP - 517 LA - en SN - 1758-0854 ST - Acculturative stress and coping among migrant workers UR - https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/aphw.12271 Y2 - 2021/04/07/01:27:52 KW - acculturation KW - cultural adaptation KW - global mental health KW - health disparities KW - healthcare access KW - migrant health ER -