Designing for distance learning in developing countries: a case study
Teaching and learning in higher education are being transformed through complex configurations of people, tasks, material and digital resources. Successful designs for innovative learning require understanding how these complex configurations relate to learner’s activity. This paper illustrates the...
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Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand
2019-07-01
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| author | Jimena De Mello Heredia Lucila Carvalho Eleonora Milano Falcão Vieira |
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| description | Teaching and learning in higher education are being transformed through complex configurations of people, tasks, material and digital resources. Successful designs for innovative learning require understanding how these complex configurations relate to learner’s activity. This paper illustrates the application of a networked learning approach to frame the design of distance learning in higher education in developing countries. A case study based in a Bachelor subject offered at a Brazilian university is discussed. Its analysis unveils how design fits into a broader social context that influences structural elements related to learning materials, the learning management systems adopted, and the social arrangements for students in this case study. The paper shows how the networked learning approach allows us to explore the complexities of distance learning in developing countries, offering an analytical ground to identify, explore, learn and adapt key re-usable design ideas, with the aim of improving distance teaching and learning in higher education.
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b7d04e6e011481f8b5f88592481e3eb2023-01-03T10:00:00ZengFlexible Learning Association of New ZealandJournal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning1179-76651179-76732019-07-01231Designing for distance learning in developing countries: a case studyJimena De Mello Heredia0Lucila Carvalho1Eleonora Milano Falcão Vieira2Federal University of Santa CatarinaMassey UniversityFederal University of Santa CatarinaTeaching and learning in higher education are being transformed through complex configurations of people, tasks, material and digital resources. Successful designs for innovative learning require understanding how these complex configurations relate to learner’s activity. This paper illustrates the application of a networked learning approach to frame the design of distance learning in higher education in developing countries. A case study based in a Bachelor subject offered at a Brazilian university is discussed. Its analysis unveils how design fits into a broader social context that influences structural elements related to learning materials, the learning management systems adopted, and the social arrangements for students in this case study. The paper shows how the networked learning approach allows us to explore the complexities of distance learning in developing countries, offering an analytical ground to identify, explore, learn and adapt key re-usable design ideas, with the aim of improving distance teaching and learning in higher education. http://www.jofdl.nz/index.php/JOFDL/article/view/346Design for learningDistance LearningLearning Design |
| spellingShingle | Jimena De Mello Heredia Lucila Carvalho Eleonora Milano Falcão Vieira Designing for distance learning in developing countries: a case study Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning Design for learning Distance Learning Learning Design |
| title | Designing for distance learning in developing countries: a case study |
| title_full | Designing for distance learning in developing countries: a case study |
| title_fullStr | Designing for distance learning in developing countries: a case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Designing for distance learning in developing countries: a case study |
| title_short | Designing for distance learning in developing countries: a case study |
| title_sort | designing for distance learning in developing countries a case study |
| topic | Design for learning Distance Learning Learning Design |
| url | http://www.jofdl.nz/index.php/JOFDL/article/view/346 |
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