• 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