Evolution of professional ethics courses from web supported learning towards e-learning 2.0
Date Issued
2009-09-29
Author(s)
Ivanović, Mirjana
Putnik, Zoran
Abstract
Skopje and Novi Sad share several joint courses in Professional
Ethics at undergraduate level and at postgraduate level. These courses have
been delivered to almost 1000 students from 14 different target groups. For
seven years, teaching, learning as well as assessment have been steadily
growing from traditional Web supported learning, through blended learning,
towards Web 2.0. This paper presents all the stages of the courses evolution
using several learning management systems, and the effort to enhance teaching,
learning and active contribution of all the actors in the educational process.
Particular attention is paid to our latest experience using Moodle and its social
networking aspects in education. This survey reveals all the activities during the
course delivery including student workload, grading system, and teacher’s
efforts to maintain the courses. Student encouraging impressions regarding the
content delivery and assessment, their personal opinion about the impact of
e-learning 2.0 to quality and quantity of acquired new knowledge, and sincere
suggestions to persist in the same direction are the greatest assurance that social
networks are currently the best way to deliver computer ethics courses. At the
same time, it seems that this approach is the most exhausting and the most
challenging for the teachers, but at the same time, the best balance between the
effort undertaken and the results obtained.
Ethics at undergraduate level and at postgraduate level. These courses have
been delivered to almost 1000 students from 14 different target groups. For
seven years, teaching, learning as well as assessment have been steadily
growing from traditional Web supported learning, through blended learning,
towards Web 2.0. This paper presents all the stages of the courses evolution
using several learning management systems, and the effort to enhance teaching,
learning and active contribution of all the actors in the educational process.
Particular attention is paid to our latest experience using Moodle and its social
networking aspects in education. This survey reveals all the activities during the
course delivery including student workload, grading system, and teacher’s
efforts to maintain the courses. Student encouraging impressions regarding the
content delivery and assessment, their personal opinion about the impact of
e-learning 2.0 to quality and quantity of acquired new knowledge, and sincere
suggestions to persist in the same direction are the greatest assurance that social
networks are currently the best way to deliver computer ethics courses. At the
same time, it seems that this approach is the most exhausting and the most
challenging for the teachers, but at the same time, the best balance between the
effort undertaken and the results obtained.
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