Facilitating practical knowledge by using ECT

dc.creator	Rita Jentoft
dc.date	2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:18:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:18:21Z
dc.identifier	1504-4831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9c96ee949fdb4590871691e81f3a6c90
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26850
dc.description	Practical skills constitute essential knowledge in occupational therapy. The knowledge is situation- and experience-based, generated from within the situation. In a particular program for educating Palestinian Occupational Therapists in Gaza, facilitating such knowledge proved to be difficult. Due to travel restrictions and an unstable political situation, teachers and students were separated. Educational communication technology (ECT) like videoconferences, internet and videos became new and necessary tools. This article is based on results from an action research project which followed the process of using flexible forms of learning and developing an internet based learning programme named Ergonet. The learning process of the students using it was examined with the aim of answering the following research question: How can flexible forms of learning be developed and used to facilitate practical knowledge in Occupational Therapy education? The development and implementation of Ergonet as a supporting device in students’ learning of practical skills is described through the experience of the teachers involved. The results indicate how rote-learning and lack of reflective and critical thinking, firmly established among Palestinian students, have been challenged and changed by the didactic use of Ergonet.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Lillehammer University College
dc.relation	http://www.seminar.net/current-issue/facilitating-practical-knowledge-by-using-ect
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1504-4831
dc.source	Seminar.net, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2009)
dc.subject	Educational communication technology
dc.subject	practical knowledge
dc.subject	situated learning
dc.subject	reflection
dc.subject	problem solving
dc.subject	critical reflection
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Facilitating practical knowledge by using ECT
dc.type	article