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A Framework for Developing Competencies in Open and Distance E-Learning

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dc.creator Patricia B. Arinto
dc.date 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:08:18Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:08:18Z
dc.identifier 1492-3831
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/f02f657075fd4605a8949ea4ab219f6f
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11903
dc.description Many open universities and distance education institutions have shifted from a predominantly print-based mode of delivery to an online mode characterised by the use of virtual learning environments and various web technologies. This paper describes the impact of the shift to open and distance e-learning (ODeL), as this trend might be called, on the course design practices of faculty members at a small single-mode distance education university in the Philippines. Specifically, the paper presents and analyses the faculty’s perspectives on how their course design practices have changed and issues and challenges arising from these changes. The findings suggest that faculty training programs in ODeL should aim to develop a comprehensive range of ODeL competencies in a systematic and coherent way. Based on the findings, as well as research on practitioner development in teaching effectively with technology, a framework for developing ODeL competencies among faculty is proposed. Aside from covering the four areas of change in course design practice identified in the study, the framework also specifies levels of expertise (basic, intermediate, and advanced), indicating degrees of complexity of the knowledge and skills required for each area at each level. All of the competencies listed for all four areas at the basic level comprise the minimum competencies for teaching an online distance education course.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Athabasca University Press
dc.relation http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1393/2433
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 14, Iss 1 (2013)
dc.subject Open and distance e-learning
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title A Framework for Developing Competencies in Open and Distance E-Learning
dc.type article


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