{"id":309,"date":"2025-05-01T21:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T00:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/?p=309"},"modified":"2025-05-01T23:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T02:31:46","slug":"mooc-platforms-the-digital-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/mooc-platforms-the-digital-divide\/","title":{"rendered":"MOOC PLATFORMS &amp; THE DIGITAL DIVIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Team:&nbsp;<strong>Coasters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post was co-authored with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru290\/\">Lauren Chum<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru293\/\">Chris Henderson<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru297\/\">Stephen Peasley<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa04126980f831c2add364da3d02387a\"><strong>&#8220;Learning without limits&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; <em>(except for  access, cost, format, and inclusion)<\/em><\/p>\n<cite>&#8211; Coursera<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">For our group assignment for LRNT 526, the \u201cCoasters\u201d, Lauren, Chris, Allie, and Stephen, chose to undertake a Coursera course titled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/learn\/the-digital-divide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Digital Divide<\/a>. Our goal was to critically evaluate MOOC technology from the different perspectives of people who are negatively affected by the Digital Divide. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Infographic below is quite large and may not be legible in this post. Please use one of the two following options to view a high-resolution version of the infographic:<br><br>1. Download PDF: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1U6Vmvka9MMnemeNjF7q4Ms5AZRlHShRf\/view?usp=sharing\">Download Infographic&#8221;<\/a>.<br><br>2. Right-click the image and choose &#8220;Open image in a New Tab&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1989\" height=\"6000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2025\/05\/The-Coasters-LRNT-526-Assignment-1-Part-2-1989-x-6000-px-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1989px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1989\/6000;width:645px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2025\/05\/The-Coasters-LRNT-526-Assignment-1-Part-2-1989-x-6000-px-1.png 1989w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2025\/05\/The-Coasters-LRNT-526-Assignment-1-Part-2-1989-x-6000-px-1-99x300.png 99w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2025\/05\/The-Coasters-LRNT-526-Assignment-1-Part-2-1989-x-6000-px-1-339x1024.png 339w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2025\/05\/The-Coasters-LRNT-526-Assignment-1-Part-2-1989-x-6000-px-1-768x2317.png 768w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2025\/05\/The-Coasters-LRNT-526-Assignment-1-Part-2-1989-x-6000-px-1-509x1536.png 509w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2025\/05\/The-Coasters-LRNT-526-Assignment-1-Part-2-1989-x-6000-px-1-679x2048.png 679w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1989px) 100vw, 1989px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>References<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/LRNT526Coasters\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/LRNT526Coasters<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OpenAI. (2025).\u00a0Urban, Rural, Education, Technology, Inequality, Access, Digital.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/\">https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team:&nbsp;Coasters This post was co-authored with&nbsp;Lauren Chum,&nbsp;Chris Henderson,&nbsp;Stephen Peasley, &#8220;Learning without limits&#8221; &#8211; (except for access, cost, format, and inclusion) For our group assignment for&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/mooc-platforms-the-digital-divide\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MOOC PLATFORMS &amp; THE DIGITAL DIVIDE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lrnt526","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru295\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}