Year: 2000
Type: other
Abstract: “…The students will deal with technological contents which focus on problem solving processes based\non human needs.” (The syllabus for science and technology in lower secondary school in Israel, 1996)\nORT Israel Middle School is leading the implementation of new concepts in technology education. A\nmodel of a design process is used as a systematic and organised tool for teaching and learning\ntechnological problem solving.\nThe ORT Israel Research and Development Center has developed a variety of materials to promote\ndesign education:\n1. a book – Everything Starts with Design\n2. video activities – an educational kit that fosters design education\n3. Internet site – a virtual learning environment.\nThe Internet site is linked with classroom activities. The teacher in effect acts as the tutor for problem\nsolving skills – the design process. Each group of students chooses a problem from a bank of everyday\nsituations and follows the process through the site. In every design step the students are exposed to\nanother aspect of the process through an example and interactive activities. Every stage can be\ndocumented using a portfolio template that can be downloaded, printed, completed and evaluated. The\nsite is supported by a virtual teacher whose main task is to help groups from different places to\ncollaborate and share ideas about the same problem as a community.\nThe site was launched in September 1998. The course was offered to schools through the ORT Israel\nvirtual school. Fifteen classes (20 students each) studied a model of a design process through the net.\nThrough the presentation we are going to report, following the first two years, about the advantages\nand the current dilemmas of using the virtual course. The website (which was translated to English)\nwill be introduced with the didactical concepts and a discussion will raise some intermediate\nconclusions based on our experience.
Authors: Osnat Dagan, Yoel Rothchild
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W284788331