Educamps in Distance Education: Professional Development and Peer Learning for Student Teachers in ICT
Educamps in Distance Education: Professional Development and Peer Learning for Student Teachers in ICT
Author(s): Solveig JakobsdottirSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education
Published by: European Distance and E-Learning Network
Keywords: E-skills; e-competences; Joy of learning and ICTs; Networked learning; Non-formal and informal learning; Training of teachers and trainers
Summary/Abstract: Some distance education programs offer campus sessions in their courses. That has been the case at the University of Iceland – School of Education (UISE) for the past decades. The question is how such sessions are best organised. Lectures and seminars have been the hallmark of university teaching for centuries but can now easily be available online in various formats including more interactive styles for example with (recorded) synchronous webinars. Already in 2008 there were indications that distance learners at the UISE who had were exposed to online recordings of lectures were less likely to want to spend face-to-face meetings on lectures (Jakobsdóttir, 2008) than those who were not used to watching lecture recordings online. This was not true regarding online asynchronous discussions. Students tended to appreciate f2f discussions during campus sessions regardless of their exposure to online asynchronous discussions (Jakobsdóttir, 2008; Jakobsdóttir, Jónsdóttir, Valsdóttir, Frímannsdóttir, & Jóhannsdóttir, 2008).
Journal: European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Conference Proceedings
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 501-507
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
