Get in touch with your students!
The secrets of active learning and communication by means of ICT

Introduction Course to Teaching Students in Web-based Education

The DUSC project group called CLiDE offers you this unique opportunity to get acquainted with the new developments in education based on the possibilities that Internet offers.

• To identify the complexities of working and communicating with new media, esp. electronic / computer conferencing
• To raise the level of instructional competencies for effectively teaching and learning with new media based on the principle of collaborative learning

• An introductory hands-on (half-day) workshop at the annual DUSC conference in Gävle, Sweden on 16 and 17 November 2000 (optional!)
• A discussion on course-related issues via an asynchronous digital learning platform (BSCW)
• A problem case to be solved by using a Problem Based Learning approach, to be presented at a videoconference
• A project around assessment, using asynchronous and synchronous ICT tools

Based on the principle of "learning from personal, practical experience" the participants will learn, in a multidisciplinary group, to understand and recognise the new attitude, behaviour and skills that tutors require in order to create and support students’ learning in on-line courses. At least three different ICT tools will be used for these computer-supported collaborative learning processes.

An average of 2 hours a week for a period of 6 months, running from Dec through May.
(Tip: inform your employer to regard this as staff training, or professional development)

Some experience in a coaching/tutoring role to support students’ project work.
Equipment requirements: Standard computer (PC or Mac) with internet connection. Check with the Sys. Adm. in your institution for possibilities to use synchronous communication tools (e.g. Microsoft Netmeeting).
Access to videoconferencing equipment in your institution, to be used once or twice, or find a group partner within reach, who has the necessary videoconferencing equipment.
Also make sure you are able to get the necessary technological support on-site, just in case.

Additional Information and Enrolment

For further details contact Sjoukje Elsma, DUSC secretariat, e-mail: Sj.Elsma@hshaarlem.nl or Sija Geers, project leader CLiDE, e-mail: S.Geers@hshaarlem.nl