This article reports on the findings from an interview-based, qualitative study of adult learners in Scotland participating in the MITx u.lab massive open online course in 2015 and 2016. It focuses on interviewees’ accounts of the impact of participating in u.lab on their work and lives. Using grounded theory as an analytical guide, we explore participants’ perceptions of the impact of their engagement in the learning process, which reflects intrapersonal, relational, and systemic learning. Through these accounts, we became particularly interested in participants’ relationship to taking action and the way this changed over the course of their participation in the learning process. We conclude that an embodied change in one’s perception of the nature and purpose of action—something we call “action confidence”—is reflective of transformative learning as it indicates a significant epistemological change for participants.

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行动信心作为变革性变化的指标

本文报告了对 2015 年和 2016 年参加 MITx u.lab 大规模开放在线课程的苏格兰成人学习者进行的基于访谈的定性研究的结果。它侧重于受访者对参与 u.lab 的影响的描述在他们的工作和生活中。使用扎根理论作为分析指南，我们探索参与者对他们参与学习过程的影响的看法，这反映了内省、关系和系统学习。通过这些描述，我们对参与者与采取行动的关系以及在他们参与学习过程的过程中发生的变化特别感兴趣。