Murphy, Linda
(2011).
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Abstract
Despite the lack of a single, universal theory of autonomy, there is agreement on the educational importance of developing autonomy and that autonomy can take a variety of forms, depending on learning context and learner characteristics. This paper examines autonomy in distance language learning and how capacity and opportunity for decision-making relates to context, by drawing on a longitudinal study of the experiences of individual language learners at The Open University (UK). It concludes by considering the implications for teachers and course designers.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2011 The Author |
| ISBN: | 605-4389-05-X, 978-605-4389-05-6 |
| Extra Information: | This book is published electronically only.
"The papers in this book started life as presentations at the international conference entitled: If We Had to Do It Over Again: Implementing Learner Autonomy in the 21st Century held at Zirve University, Turkey 1st - 3rd June 2010. The papers have since undergone a process of change based on: peer-feedback at the conference, peer-review and editing." -- T.p. verso |
| Keywords: | distance language learning; language learner autonomy; learning context; learner characteristics; language learner experience |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Languages and Applied Linguistics Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) |
| Item ID: | 29144 |
| Depositing User: | Linda Murphy |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2011 15:06 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 14:03 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/29144 |
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