DocumentCode
3558674
Title
Enhancing E-Learning Through Teacher Support: Two Experiences
Author
Gaudioso, Elena ; Hernandez-Del-Olmo, Felix ; Montero, Miguel
Author_Institution
Dept. of Artificial Intell., Univ. Nac. de Educ. a Distancia, Madrid
Volume
52
Issue
1
fYear
2009
Firstpage
109
Lastpage
115
Abstract
Teachers in e-learning play a crucial role as facilitators of the students´ learning experiences. To this end, a teacher needs to monitor, understand and evaluate the activity of the students in the course. What is more, e-learning can be enhanced if tools for supporting teachers in this task are provided. In this paper, two experiences are presented to show the convenience of providing teachers with such tools. These experiences proved that providing support to teachers allowed them to assess the students more closely. As a result, the students´ dropout rate in a postgraduate course was reduced and the number of students who passed a physics course in secondary education was increased.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; computer science education; physics computing; physics education; teaching; distance learning; e-learning; educational course; physics course; postgraduate course; student assessment; teacher support; Atmosphere; Collaborative work; Educational technology; Electronic learning; Feedback; Least squares approximation; Monitoring; Physics education; Software tools; Unsupervised learning; Continuing education; educational technology; monitoring; unsupervised learning;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Education, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Location
10/10/2008 12:00:00 AM
ISSN
0018-9359
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TE.2008.919810
Filename
4648332
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