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2013

Kameas, Achilles; Spanaka, Adamantia; Aggelopoulou, Dimitra

Assessment in eLearning: the case of tutors in Greece based to the CRITON european survey (Proceeding)

Athens, Greece, 2013.

(Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Assessment, eLearning, tutors)

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title = {Assessment in eLearning: the case of tutors in Greece based to the CRITON european survey},
author = {Achilles Kameas and Adamantia Spanaka and Dimitra Aggelopoulou},
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date = {2013-01-01},
journal = {7th International Conference in Open and Distance Learning (ICODL 2013)},
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CRITON (www.criton.eu) is a european survey about the timely assessment of the achievement of learning outcomes. The main outcome of the project will be a web based platform that will record learnerstextquoteright progress and provide tools for analyzing their performance and estimating the chances of finally achieving the planned learning outcomes. The project is divided into 8 Work Packages (WP). Hellenic Open University (HOU) is the Leader of WP2, which will study the different assessment methods used in e-learning environments around Europe resulting to the definition of the most widely used assessment practices and helping the partners (from Germany, Austria, Lithuania, Greece, Finland and Sweden) improve the practices they currently apply. In this paper, the main results of the field research in the case of tutors in Greece are been presented.

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<div style="text-align: justify;">CRITON (www.criton.eu) is a european survey about the timely assessment of the achievement of learning outcomes. The main outcome of the project will be a web based platform that will record learnerstextquoteright progress and provide tools for analyzing their <span style="line-height: 1.538em;">performance and estimating the chances of finally achieving the planned learning outcomes. The project is divided into 8 Work Packages (WP). Hellenic Open University (HOU) is the Leader of WP2, which will study the different assessment methods used in e-learning environments around Europe resulting to the definition of the most widely used assessment practices and helping the partners (from Germany, Austria, Lithuania, Greece, Finland and Sweden) improve the practices they currently apply. In this paper, the main results of the field research in the case of tutors in Greece are been presented.</span></div>

2009

Pierrakeas, Christos; Papadakis, Spyros; Xenos, Michalis

Assisting tutors at the Hellenic Open University in the processes of designing, planning, managing and reusing learning activities (Proceeding)

Milton Keynes, UK, 2009.

(Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: distance education, higher education, learning activities, Learning Design, tutors)

@proceedings{637,
title = {Assisting tutors at the Hellenic Open University in the processes of designing, planning, managing and reusing learning activities},
author = {Christos Pierrakeas and Spyros Papadakis and Michalis Xenos},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-01-01},
journal = {European LAMS & Learning Design Conference},
address = {Milton Keynes, UK},
abstract = {

The aim of this paper is to present some early findings of the pilot implementation of Learning Design at the Hellenic Open University (HOU). This study represents the first step of a broader effort that seeks to use learning design tools to support tutors and learners in distance education across our university by charting existing international experience and methodology. This study aims to investigate how active tutors and students at the HOU (Greece) approach, understand and deploy LAMS and the additional support and tools they would find helpful. Such work holds interest for all developers and users of learning design tools. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with Computer Science undergraduate students, and one tutor who has been using LAMS to support his students in the middle of their first year of distance study. This paper examines the evidence of this case study through a discussion of the issues that emerged from the interviews and a questionnaire from twenty eight students respondents of this group. Students demanded to be tutored on a textquoteleftjust-in-timetextquoteright basis, be given more practical tutorial examples, and that exercises be interactive, hands-on, with practical support by peers. Tutors interested in adopting learning design as innovating and enhancing the technological support understand, on the other hand, that it is complex, demanding and time consuming.

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<p style="text-align: justify;">The aim of this paper is to present some early findings of the pilot implementation of Learning Design at the Hellenic Open University (HOU). This study represents the first step of a broader effort that seeks to use learning design tools to support tutors and learners in distance education across our university by charting existing international experience and methodology. This study aims to investigate how active tutors and students at the HOU (Greece) approach, understand and deploy LAMS and the additional support and tools they would find helpful. Such work holds interest for all developers and users of learning design tools. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with Computer Science  undergraduate students, and one tutor who has been using LAMS to support his students in the middle of their first year of distance study. This paper examines the evidence of this case study through a discussion of the issues that emerged from the interviews and a questionnaire from twenty eight students respondents of this group. Students demanded to be tutored on a textquoteleftjust-in-timetextquoteright basis, be given more practical tutorial examples, and that  exercises be interactive, hands-on, with practical support by peers. Tutors interested in adopting learning design as innovating and enhancing the technological support understand, on the other hand, that it is complex, demanding and time consuming.</p>