User-driven design of a flexible distance education environment : rationale, lessons learned and future implications
This paper discusses the challenges inherent in distributed education and presents the development of a distance education environment to meet the needs of educators and geographically dispersed students at Luleå University of Technology in northern Sweden. The design rationale and experiences from...
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ftluleatu:oai:DiVA.org:ltu-31261 2023-05-15T17:09:12+02:00 User-driven design of a flexible distance education environment : rationale, lessons learned and future implications Löfstrand, Magnus Johansson, Mathias 2008 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-31261 https://doi.org/10.1109/C5.2008.6 eng eng Luleå tekniska universitet, Produkt- och produktionsutveckling Alkit Communications AB Piscataway, NJ Proceedings : Sixth International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing, C5 2008 : 14 - 16 January 2008, Espace Mendes France, Poitiers, France, p. 85-92 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-31261 urn:isbn:769531156 doi:10.1109/C5.2008.6 ISI:000254691100011 Scopus 2-s2.0-50049094034 Local 56372650-a4ab-11dc-8fee-000ea68e967b info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Other Mechanical Engineering Annan maskinteknik Conference paper info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject text 2008 ftluleatu https://doi.org/10.1109/C5.2008.6 2022-10-25T20:54:30Z This paper discusses the challenges inherent in distributed education and presents the development of a distance education environment to meet the needs of educators and geographically dispersed students at Luleå University of Technology in northern Sweden. The design rationale and experiences from teaching in the environment are discussed. During the course of the research, several prerequisites for quality distance education were identified, one of which is the main topic of this paper. Here, the needs identified by the educators who are to se the created environment are discussed. Those needs have led to the design of the environment, including physical spaces, tools and technologies. Our results indicate that it is now possible to design a highly useful environment for distributed education at a much lower cost-to-quality ratio than only a few years ago. Such a system may be created in a way that allows teachers to earn to use the environment selfsufficiently. Thereby, the need for support staff is greatly diminished. The results indicate that the use of appropriate methods and tools lets teachers work in a distributed environment in a way that closely resembles their normal way of work in a teaching situation. In addition, a strategy for future development of the environment, based on the results presented here and on previous research, is suggested. Godkänd; 2008; 20071207 (maglof) Conference Object Luleå Luleå Luleå Northern Sweden Luleå University of Technology Publications (DiVA) Sixth International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5 2008) 85 92 |
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This paper discusses the challenges inherent in distributed education and presents the development of a distance education environment to meet the needs of educators and geographically dispersed students at Luleå University of Technology in northern Sweden. The design rationale and experiences from teaching in the environment are discussed. During the course of the research, several prerequisites for quality distance education were identified, one of which is the main topic of this paper. Here, the needs identified by the educators who are to se the created environment are discussed. Those needs have led to the design of the environment, including physical spaces, tools and technologies. Our results indicate that it is now possible to design a highly useful environment for distributed education at a much lower cost-to-quality ratio than only a few years ago. Such a system may be created in a way that allows teachers to earn to use the environment selfsufficiently. Thereby, the need for support staff is greatly diminished. The results indicate that the use of appropriate methods and tools lets teachers work in a distributed environment in a way that closely resembles their normal way of work in a teaching situation. In addition, a strategy for future development of the environment, based on the results presented here and on previous research, is suggested. Godkänd; 2008; 20071207 (maglof) |
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User-driven design of a flexible distance education environment : rationale, lessons learned and future implications |
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