Collaboration in E-Learning: A Study Using the Flexible E-Learning Framework

E-Learning remains a new frontier for many faculty. When compared to the traditional classroom, E-learning requires greater collaboration among team members and use of different teaching and learning strategies. Pedagogy as well as team configurations must change when moving to the online environm...

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Main Authors: Christine Lynn Vandenhouten, Susan Gallagher Lepak, Janet Reilly, Penny Ralston Berg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Online Learning Consortium 2014-09-01
Series:Online Learning
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Online Access:https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/404
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description E-Learning remains a new frontier for many faculty. When compared to the traditional classroom, E-learning requires greater collaboration among team members and use of different teaching and learning strategies. Pedagogy as well as team configurations must change when moving to the online environment. Collaboration is a key component in creating quality E-learning. Effective collaboration requires faculty to understand various roles (e.g., instructional designers, multimedia specialists), and activities involved in e-learning as well as how professionals in different roles work together. This article discusses the use of an E-Learning framework and development of a survey based on the framework’s dimensions as two strategies to broaden faculty understanding of E-Learning collaboration. The survey was used to expose faculty across five Midwestern campuses to all dimensions of E-learning including areas such as management, ethics, and interface design.
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spelling doaj.art-7c590472713b4a41ad64136a409127642024-02-03T11:47:44ZengOnline Learning ConsortiumOnline Learning2472-57492472-57302014-09-0118310.24059/olj.v18i3.404Collaboration in E-Learning: A Study Using the Flexible E-Learning FrameworkChristine Lynn Vandenhouten0Susan Gallagher Lepak1Janet Reilly2Penny Ralston Berg3University of Wisconsin- Green BayUniversity of Wisconsin (UW) -Green BayUniversity of Wisconsin (UW) -Green BayPenn State World CampusE-Learning remains a new frontier for many faculty. When compared to the traditional classroom, E-learning requires greater collaboration among team members and use of different teaching and learning strategies. Pedagogy as well as team configurations must change when moving to the online environment. Collaboration is a key component in creating quality E-learning. Effective collaboration requires faculty to understand various roles (e.g., instructional designers, multimedia specialists), and activities involved in e-learning as well as how professionals in different roles work together. This article discusses the use of an E-Learning framework and development of a survey based on the framework’s dimensions as two strategies to broaden faculty understanding of E-Learning collaboration. The survey was used to expose faculty across five Midwestern campuses to all dimensions of E-learning including areas such as management, ethics, and interface design.https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/404Collaboratione-learningonline teachinge-learning rolessurvey
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e-learning
online teaching
e-learning roles
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title Collaboration in E-Learning: A Study Using the Flexible E-Learning Framework
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title_short Collaboration in E-Learning: A Study Using the Flexible E-Learning Framework
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e-learning
online teaching
e-learning roles
survey
url https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/404
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