A distance course empowered by rich mediaHans Bronkhorst Educational SupportWageningen University1 juni 2008

4 years

later

Overview

An example of distance education developed on the basis of the learning cycle

With special attention to the application of weblecturering.

An example

The European course “Quality in international horticultural production chains” of the department of Horticulture

Eleven partners This year for the sixth time In four years current formula was

designed Student demand driven

The course setup

Orientation Acquiring Internalisation Feedback Examination and Evaluation

Parts Instruments

Design first year Orientation: Preparatory task by student and two

week meeting at one of the universities, to explain the rest of the course, form groups and be trained.

Acquirement: also intensive lecturing during this period

Internalization: at home the task is done via the vle Feedback: consultation via vle and mail with fellow

students en comments and support by teacher Examination : the final product is assessed by the

home teacher. No group feedback Evaluation: teachers meet to evaluate students and

course

Design secondsecond year

Design third year Orientation: Preparatory task by student and two week

meeting at one of the universities, to explain the rest of the course, form groups and be trained.

Acquirement: also intensive lecturing during this period Internalization: PBL groups mixed over the uni’s

with contributions via vle Feedback: consultation through desktop VC link and

mail with fellow students en comments and support by group teacher

Examination : the final product will be assessed in a closing session via room vc link by the whole group

Evaluation: teachers meet to evaluate students and course

Design fourth year Orientation: Preparatory task by student and two

week meeting at one of the universities, to explain the rest of the course, form groups and be trained.

Acquirement: also intensive lecturing during this period recorded with P2G link and via vle available

Internalization: PBL groups mixed over the unis with contributions via vle

Feedback: consultation through desktop VC link and mail with fellow students en comments and support by group teacher

Examination : the final product will be assessed in a closing session via room vc link by the whole group

Evaluation: teachers evaluate students and course via desktop VC link

The completed course setup

Orientation Self study, F2F Acquiring F2f , P2G, VLE Internalization PBL via VLE,

mail Feedback Desktop VC, mail Examination Room VC Evaluation Desktop VC

OnderdelenInstrumenten

Conclusion 1

Weblecturing is an important add-on in international courses when: English is (nearly) not the mother tongue There are many difficult concepts to grasp Self study is at a distance and concepts are

discussed in groups And the proof of understanding the content is

by a task

Conclusion 2

Advantages of a recording program as P2G which is highly automated: Directly after the lectures the recordings can be At a distance the live lecture can be followed so

if you could not attend the two weeks reunion you will not miss the content sessions

Added value of P2G The recording can be done by students