Virtual Class Web based authoring tools for workplan and self-evaluation in distance education Contribution 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
Virtual Class The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC
Virtual Class content appreciation The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC
Virtual Class content appreciation - importance status - content justification - pre-estimation of difficulty - instructor ’s sensibility The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC
Virtual Class time management The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC
Virtual Class time management - delays - overestimations of ones’s capacities - priorities conflicts - asynchronicity The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC
Virtual Class progress control The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC
Virtual Class progress control - knowledge acquisition - knowledge usability - self-perceptions (mastery, self-efficacity, confidence) - readiness to take test The drawbacks of freedom with NTIC
Virtual Class Clear descriptions of the course objectives (Mastery learning, CAL) Useful propositions from various powerful learning models
Virtual Class Clear descriptions of the course objectives (Mastery learning, CAL) Workplans, « contracts » (IPI, Dalton, etc…) Useful propositions from various powerful learning models
Virtual Class 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
Virtual Class Guiding independent learning using the propositions of pedagogy The Fil Rouge pathfinder highlighter time « warner »
Virtual Class Guiding independent learning using the propositions of pedagogy The Fil Rouge pathfinder highlighter time « warner » The Workplan disponibility reminder scheduler
Virtual Class Guiding independent learning using the propositions of pedagogy The Fil Rouge pathfinder highlighter time « warner » The Workplan disponibility reminder scheduler The Quizzes mirror (privacy) « remediator » tutor informant
Virtual Class interactivity The advantages of web-based tools Course description Registration WWW
Virtual Class dynamics The advantages of web-based tools Fil Rouge Workplan WWW
Virtual Class dynamics The advantages of web-based tools Self-evaluation Course material WWW
Virtual Class dynamics The advantages of web-based tools Revised Workplan WWW