seanan clif
Seanan Clifford is an Assistant Professor with the Department of European Studies and Director of the International Lounge (a Self-Access Centre) at Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea. He holds an MA TEFL/TESL from the University of Birmingham. He is a current PhD student with Lancaster University, studying E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning. His interests are in self access, learner autonomy, and technology enhanced learning.
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The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore what three physical Self-Access Centres (SACs) in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Daegu, South Korea do for their online space and how online space is valued by stakeholders. Findings show that these SACs have more or less exclusively focused on their physical environment while neglecting their online potential, resulting in technologies and online spaces (Social Network Services (SNS), websites and Learning Management Systems) being under-utilized. There are differences in values placed on online spaces between staff and users with key concerns being: efficacy and effort, need, awareness-raising, reach, and selection.
Keywords: Self-Access Centres, Korean universities, online space, values, learner autonomy
The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore what three physical Self-Access Centres (SACs) in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Daegu, South Korea do for their online space and how online space is valued by stakeholders. Findings show that these SACs have more or less exclusively focused on their physical environment while neglecting their online potential, resulting in technologies and online spaces (Social Network Services (SNS), websites and Learning Management Systems) being under-utilized. There are differences in values placed on online spaces between staff and users with key concerns being: efficacy and effort, need, awareness-raising, reach, and selection.
Keywords: Self-Access Centres, Korean universities, online space, values, learner autonomy