A Contribution to the Hellenic Open University: Evaluation of the pedagogical practices and the use of ICT on distance education

This study examines a) the methods used to structure the pedagogy necessary to underpin distance education delivery used by the Hellenic Open University (HOU); b) the adoption of pedagogical and epistemological conceptual systems HOU uses for the development of its pedagogical practices; and c) the...

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Autores principales:	Gerasimos Koustourakis, Chris Panagiotakopoulos, Dimitris Vergidis
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2008
Materias:	Hellenic Open University pedagogical practices distance education ICT Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bd953fa348fe45ed8d7ac0bd8bc9995e2021-12-02T17:00:17ZA Contribution to the Hellenic Open University: Evaluation of the pedagogical practices and the use of ICT on distance education10.19173/irrodl.v9i2.4241492-3831https://doaj.org/article/bd953fa348fe45ed8d7ac0bd8bc9995e2008-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/424https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831This study examines a) the methods used to structure the pedagogy necessary to underpin distance education delivery used by the Hellenic Open University (HOU); b) the adoption of pedagogical and epistemological conceptual systems HOU uses for the development of its pedagogical practices; and c) the role of information and communication technology (ICT), and the degree of ICTs incorporation into distance education delivery at HOU. This study shows that: a) in terms of providing rigorous course contents, strong framing exists between HOU’s various learning modules; b) in terms of pedagogical practices, there is a strong hierarchical relationship and framing between HOU’s academic staff and tutors, while conversely, framing is weaker between its tutors and students; c) in terms of ICT usage HOU, in general, uses technology for administration, while conversely, and depending on the program of study, it currently only has limited use for student learning.Gerasimos KoustourakisChris PanagiotakopoulosDimitris VergidisAthabasca University PressarticleHellenic Open Universitypedagogical practicesdistance educationICTSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2008)
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spellingShingle	Hellenic Open University pedagogical practices distance education ICT Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Gerasimos Koustourakis Chris Panagiotakopoulos Dimitris Vergidis A Contribution to the Hellenic Open University: Evaluation of the pedagogical practices and the use of ICT on distance education
description	This study examines a) the methods used to structure the pedagogy necessary to underpin distance education delivery used by the Hellenic Open University (HOU); b) the adoption of pedagogical and epistemological conceptual systems HOU uses for the development of its pedagogical practices; and c) the role of information and communication technology (ICT), and the degree of ICTs incorporation into distance education delivery at HOU. This study shows that: a) in terms of providing rigorous course contents, strong framing exists between HOU’s various learning modules; b) in terms of pedagogical practices, there is a strong hierarchical relationship and framing between HOU’s academic staff and tutors, while conversely, framing is weaker between its tutors and students; c) in terms of ICT usage HOU, in general, uses technology for administration, while conversely, and depending on the program of study, it currently only has limited use for student learning.
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title	A Contribution to the Hellenic Open University: Evaluation of the pedagogical practices and the use of ICT on distance education
title_short	A Contribution to the Hellenic Open University: Evaluation of the pedagogical practices and the use of ICT on distance education
title_full	A Contribution to the Hellenic Open University: Evaluation of the pedagogical practices and the use of ICT on distance education
title_fullStr	A Contribution to the Hellenic Open University: Evaluation of the pedagogical practices and the use of ICT on distance education
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title_sort	contribution to the hellenic open university: evaluation of the pedagogical practices and the use of ict on distance education
publisher	Athabasca University Press
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A Contribution to the Hellenic Open University: Evaluation of the pedagogical practices and the use of ICT on distance education

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