Title :
Research on the Design of Network Courses Based on Constructivism
Author :
Hanyang Luo ; XiaoLing Li
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Manage., Shenzhen Univ., Shenzhen
Abstract :
A network course is a new organizational form of teaching content, while constructivism is the core theory in the field of contemporary educational technology. According to constructivism theory, knowledge is not mainly acquired by learning from teachers, but by means of meaning construction. Scene, collaboration, conversation and meaning construction are the four elements of the learning environment. Based on the comprehension of network course concept and constructivism learning theory, the author presents some design principles of network courses, which includes Principle of guidance and initiative, Principle of real scene and Principle of collaborative learning, and then introduces the overall structural design of a network course: Survey on E-commerce.
Keywords :
educational technology; groupware; teaching; collaboration; collaborative learning; constructivism learning theory; contemporary educational technology; conversation; meaning construction; network courses; teaching content; Collaboration; Communications technology; Computer network management; Computer science; Computer science education; Content management; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Layout; Technology management; constructivism; design; network courses;
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Computer Science, 2009. ETCS '09. First International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan, Hubei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3581-4
DOI :
10.1109/ETCS.2009.590