Objective
The educational objectives of this course are: (a) to introduce the basic principles of Educational Design, (b) to present and discuss various Models of Teaching that implement these principles, (c) to demonstrate the design and implementation of Educational Scenarios supported by digital tools, and (d) to analyze and reflect on case studies from real-life examples.
Course Contents
- Introduction: Presentation of course objectives, course activities and assessment methods. Demonstration of indicative previous students’ achievements in this course. Discussion on students’ expectations for this course.
- Technology Enhanced Learning: Definition of Key Concepts in Technology Enhanced Learning. The need for re-thinking Educational Design for Technology Enhanced Learning.
- Educational Design and Models of Teaching: Definition of Educational Design. Different roles and functions in Educational Design. Overview of Instructional Design Models. Overview of Models of Teaching.
- A Methodology of Educational Design for Technology Enhanced Learning: The need for sharing and Reusing Educational Practices between Web-supported Educational Communities. A methodology of Educational Design for Technology Enhanced Learning.
- Educational Activities: Definition of Educational Activities as the fundamental component of Educational Design. The need for describing educational activities with common terms and vocabularies. The Dialog Plus Taxonomy. The Dialog Plus Nugget Developer Toolkit.
- Educational Design Tools: Presentation of widely used Educational Design and Management Tools: the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) and the ASK Learning Design Toolkit (ASK-LDT). Design and Authoring of Educational Scenarios using LAMS and ASK-LDT.
- Case Study Ι: Design and Authoring of Educational Scenarios in Secondary School Education.
- Case Study ΙΙ: Design and Authoring of Educational Scenarios in Lifelong Learning.
- Conclusions: Discussion on students’ perspectives regarding their experiences from the course in relation to their anticipated expectations.
- Beetham, H. and Rhona, S. (Eds.), Rethinking pedagogy for a digital age: designing and delivering e-learning, London: Routledge, 2007.
- Oliver M. and Conole G. (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives in E-learning Research: Themes, Methods and Impact on Practice, The Open and Flexible Learning Series, London: Routledge, 2006.
- Charles Reigeluth (Editor), Instructional-Design Theories and Models: A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory, Vol. 2, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999.
- Marsha Weil, Emily Calhoun, Bruce R. Joyce, Models of Teaching (6th Edition), Allyn & Bacon, 2000.
- Walter Dick, Lou Carey, James O Carey, The Systematic Design of Instruction (6th Edition), Pearson/ Allyn & Bacon, 2001.