ERIC Number: EJ1221409
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 12
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Designing for Distance Learning in Developing Countries: A Case Study
Heredia, Jimena de Mello; Carvalho, Lucila; Vieira, Eleonora Milano Falcão
Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, v23 n1 p5-16 2019
Teaching and learning in higher education are being transformed through complex configurations of people, tasks, and material and digital resources. Successful designs for innovative learning require us to understand how these complex configurations relate to learners' activity. This paper illustrates the application of a networked learning approach to frame the design of distance learning in higher education in developing countries. A case study based in a Bachelor subject offered at a Brazilian university is discussed. Its analysis unveils how design fits into a broader social context that influences structural elements related to learning materials, the learning management systems adopted, and the social arrangements for students in this case study. The paper shows how the networked learning approach allows us to explore the complexities of distance learning in developing countries, offering an analytical ground to identify, explore, learn and adapt key re-usable design ideas, with the aim of improving distance teaching and learning in higher education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Instructional Design, Distance Education, Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Bachelors Degrees, Instructional Materials, Integrated Learning Systems, Undergraduate Students, Technology Uses in Education, Affordances, Technological Advancement, Human Factors Engineering
DEANZ: New Zealand Association for Open, Flexible and Distance Learning. Open Polytechnic, 3 Cleary Street Private Bag 31914, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand. Tel: +64-3-345-8246; Web site: http://www.jofdl.nz/index.php/JOFDL
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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