ERIC Number: EJ1145127
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Publication Date: 2017
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Equipping Novice Teachers with a Learning Map to Enhance Teaching Practice
Xu, Zhe; Gu, Xiaoqing
Interactive Learning Environments, v25 n5 p580-595 2017
Using tools to support learning design has been proven feasible in improving the integration of technology into the curriculum. However, novice teachers are faced with two major issues, including their limited experience in learning design and limited ability in using new technologies. Learning map is explored and developed in e-Textbooks to serves as a scaffolding for novice teachers during their development into expert teachers. This paper presents a case study in which learning map is integrated into learning design with associated resources in an e-Textbook authoring environment. The participants were instructed to complete a learning design task for an e-Textbook during a one-hour session and then complete a questionnaire afterward. The results indicate that novice teachers value the learning map for learning design in e-Textbooks regardless of their background in ICT teaching and learning design. Novice teachers adopt positive attitudes toward the use of templates because of their numerous benefits. The teachers also suggested that better quality templates should be integrated into the authoring tool to distinguish the advantage of e-Textbook learning design from that of a traditional book and to provide them with additional options.
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Concept Mapping, Instructional Design, Case Studies, Textbooks, Electronic Publishing, Questionnaires, Likert Scales, Teacher Attitudes, Usability, Programming, Educational Technology, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
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Language: English
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