Resumen de Study on a Framework of Analysis for Informing Open Learning Design
Universities are increasingly providing open online courses, and the design of these is object of controversy. However target knowledge and subject areas are also subject to analysis as the pace of research and increasingly necessary specialization also reshape content of curricula.
Matching curriculum content with labour demands, requirements relating to lifelong learning and digital literacy join the list of challenges faced by higher education. However it is likely that no fix solution of subject area content or instruction will be attained as our network society is introducing dynamism to the very core of methods and objectives of higher education.
The following study suggests an interdisciplinary framework to support a systematic analysis on goals, contents and methods for a specific subject area. An example of reflection based on the use of the framework is given for the subject of English as a Second Language. It concludes arguing that digital network structures are needed in Higher Education to enable dynamic adaptation to technology, knowledge and skills in a networked society.
