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ERIC Number: EJ731969
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Aug
Pages: 29
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1315
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POLizied e-Learning Using Contract Management
Espinosa, Espinosa David; Noguez, Julieta; Benes, Bedrich; Bueno, Abel
Computers and Education, v45 n1 p75-103 Aug 2005
We present an innovative way to manage online learning by administering experiential learning activities during a semester-long, web-based course that is designed with the Project Oriented Learning methodology. A consulting-style guiding thread for in-class and remote workshops is implemented using a professionally relevant project contract that describes teamwork actions. Specific project goals and deliverables are negotiated and a workplan is asserted in an XML database. Performance by a team is measured according to cumulative success or failure in one or more milestones that lead to such goals. We present an inference mechanism that reveals the behavior of a team, in terms of compromise, competition, precision, self-motivation, or individualism on every milestone session. Such behavior becomes evidence used by the instructor to scaffold students, both individually and as groups. This research embraces both content and activity management.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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