Virtual Class

Web based authoring tools for workplan and self-evaluation

in distance educationContribution of the

Department of Education of the University of Fribourg - Switzerland&

Department of Computer Science (DI-LITH) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)

Danièle Rueger, Jean Zahnd, Jean-Luc Gurtner & Paul Perrault Omar Abou Khaled, Maria-Chiara Pettenati & Christine Vanoirbeek

Virtual Class

In search of the new technologies ’largest advantage for a learner ?

Virtual Class

In search of the new technologies ’largest advantage for a learner ?

Freedom

Virtual Class

In search of the new technologies ’largest advantage for a learner ?

Freedom

• free from space

Virtual Class

In search of the new technologies ’largest advantage for a learner ?

Freedom

• free from space• free from time

Virtual Class

In search of the new technologies ’largest advantage for a learner ?

Freedom

• free from space• free from time• free from … instructor

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The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC

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• content appreciation

The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC

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• content appreciation- importance status- content justification- pre-estimation of difficulty- instructor ’s sensibility

The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC

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• time management

The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC

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• time management- delays- overestimations of ones’s capacities- priorities conflicts- asynchronicity

The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC

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• progress control

The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC

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• progress control- knowledge acquisition- knowledge usability- self-perceptions (mastery, self-efficacity, confidence)- readiness to take test

The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC

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• Clear descriptions of the course objectives (Mastery learning, CAL)

Useful propositions from various powerful learning models

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• Clear descriptions of the course objectives (Mastery learning, CAL)• Workplans, « contracts » (IPI, Dalton, etc…)

Useful propositions from various powerful learning models

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• Clear descriptions of the course objectives (Mastery learning, CAL)• Workplans, « contracts » (IPI, Dalton, etc…) • Self-evaluation possibilities (Mastery learning, CAL, quizzes)

Useful propositions from various powerful learning models

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Guiding independent learning usingthe propositions of pedagogy

The Fil Rouge• pathfinder• highlighter• time « warner »

Virtual Class

Guiding independent learning usingthe propositions of pedagogy

The Fil Rouge• pathfinder• highlighter• time « warner »

The Workplan• disponibility• reminder• scheduler

Virtual Class

Guiding independent learning usingthe propositions of pedagogy

The Fil Rouge• pathfinder• highlighter• time « warner »

The Workplan• disponibility• reminder• scheduler

The Quizzes• mirror (privacy)• « remediator »• tutor informant

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• interactivity

The advantages of web-based tools

Course description

Registration

WWW

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• dynamics

The advantages of web-based tools

Fil Rouge

Workplan

WWW

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• dynamics

The advantages of web-based tools

Self-evaluation

Course material

WWW

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• dynamics

The advantages of web-based tools

Revised Workplan

WWW