Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This research focuses on web course design and training university teachers to design their own web courses. The aim was to help busy university teachers to learn an easy and supportive way to design online courses. The objective was to enhance a specially developed topic-case driven web course design methodology and a variety of training modes using action research. Based on existing action research findings the web course design methodology employed works well in different design and training situations for heterogeneous groups. The incremental and iterative nature of the process model allows confusions to be clarified as this research shows. A web course design process can be supported with different kinds of training sessions and guided by different kind of pedagogical scripts. In training either large groups or single teachers, we can use different (kinds of training modes in different settings. In this research project we tested the following six different training modes: short-term introductory workshop, short-term participatory workshop, middle-term learning network workshop, learning-by-doing workshop, long-term training course, and self-oriented online course. The results were positive and encouraging. Therefore, we shall continue with the blended development of the design process and tailored collaborative learning and production approaches.
Author: Leena Hiltunen
Institution: University of Jyväskylä
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2226859120