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Downes, Stephen

Researcher Title

Senior Research Officer

Department

Information and Communications Technologies

College/University/Company Affiliation

National Research Council Canada

Address

National Research Council Canada, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON K1K 2E1 Canada

E-mail

[email protected]

Phone number

613-993-0288

Research Focus

MOOCs, connectivism, open education

Key Collaborators

Paquette, G.; Anderson, T.; McGreal, R.; Richards, G.; Siemens, G.

Top Cited Paper (past 5 years)

Stracke, C.M., Downes, S., Conole, G., Burgos, D. & Nascimbeni, F. (2019). Are MOOCs Open Educational Resources? A Literature Review on History, Definitions and Typologies of OER and MOOCs. Open Praxis, 11(4), 331-341. Available at: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1251318

2nd Top Cited Paper (past 5 years)

Downes, S. (2019). Recent Work in Connectivism. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning (EURODL), 22(2), 113-132. Available at: https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=848597

3rd Top Cited Paper (past 5 years)

Downes, S. (2022). Connectivism. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 17(1). Available at: http://www.asianjde.com/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/623

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