Online Training and Education

Year
1
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
02024123
Subject Area
Education Sciences
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Background knowledge required for the achievement of the curricular unit is related to dimensions that characterize the educational process particularly the the training: aims, management, and assessment of the learning  process. 

Teaching Methods

The theoretical component is supported by a constructivist methology, featuring commentaries and discussion of relevant issues, based on previous readings.The participation and collaboration of learners is important.The practical component involves the exploitation of learning management systems, distance learning courses, and the design and development of e-activities and e-contents. Learners in groups develop a course supervised by the teacher.

Learning Outcomes

The curricular unit  aims to provide future Masters with the competences needed for designing, developing and assessing training paths supported by new information and communication technologies.

The following learning outcomes are expected:

To know distance-learning and blended-learning models;

To know tutorial models online;

To know Learning Management Systems;

To understand the pedagogical implications of different Learning Management Systems;

To understand the components of instructional design;

To understand  the pedagogical implications of e-activities;

To design a course online;

To create e-contents;

To create a course online.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Teaching and online training

1.1. Models of online training

1.2. Learning Management Systems and its pedagogical potentialities for e -learning, b-learning and d-learning

1.3. Online tutoring models

2. Design and development of online  courses

2.1 Instructional design

2.1.1. e-contents

2.1.2. e-activities

2.1.3. e-assessment

2.1.4. Online tutoring model

2.2. Development of a course online

2.2.1. Learning Management Systems

2.2.2. Teaching materials

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Amélia Costa da Conceição Amorim Soares de Carvalho

Assessment Methods

Final assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous assessment
Synthesis work: 10.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 30.0%
Project: 60.0%

Bibliography

Akyol, Z., & Garrison, D. R. (eds.)(2013). Educational Communities of Inquiry: Theoretical Framework, Research and Practice. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-2110-7

Carvalho, A. A. (2011). A Teoria da Flexibilidade Cognitiva e o Modelo Múltiplas Perspectivas. In M. Leão (ed.), Tecnologias na Educação: uma abordagem crítica para uma atuação prática (pp. 17-42). Recife: UFRPE.

Pessoa, T., Matos, A., Vieira, C., & Amado, J. (2012). Concepção e desenvolvimento de comunidades virtuais de formação de professores: o curso de b-learning de violência e gestão de conflitos na escola. In A. Monteiro, J. A. Moreira & A. C. Almeida (Orgs.). Educação Online: Pedagogia e Aprendizagem em Plataformas Digitais (pp. 127-144). Santo Tirso: De Facto Editores.

Reiser, R. A., & Dempsey, J. V. (Eds). (2011). Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology. Boston: Pearson Education.

Salmon, G. (2013). e-tivities. The key to active online learning. London: Routledge.