Description DP7 IT is a must!
- Improve accessibility of available information for students. Use various online and offline options to present content and assignments (multimedia, up-to-date) and encourage them to work independently.
- Preparation for the future. Almost all professionals work with a plethora of online and offline IT tools. Increasingly, students expect their IT needs to be met in education.
- With IT, students can get more control (and responsibility) over their study activities. This is an essential element of modern higher education.
- IT is becoming more and more user-friendly. However, technical support for the teachers is still crucial.
- The students should learn to use all online and offline IT tools effectively and efficiently in their studies.
- IT tools support students when a teacher is not available.
- IT tools offer opportunities to improve the learning process of students. For example help to increase the entry-level of students, deepen understanding of study materials on the conceptual level, problem-solving skills, standard calculations, give feedback to the students, availability of extra explanations for students, etc.
Design principles
- Design Principle 1 Active Learning
- Design principle 2. Issues and problems from the professional field are central
- Design principle 3: Focus explicitly on knowledge
- Design principle 4. Qualities necessary in a nominal program
- Design principle 5 Consider seriously collaborative learning and learning from fellow students
- Design principle 6. Testing and feedback are the motors of students’ learning
- Design principle 7. IT is a must!
- Design principle 8. Possibilities for personal growth
Necessary focus points
- Facilitate students using the internet, books, articles, … (25).
- Use evaluation options in the ITedu tools used (29).
It does require pedagogical preparation
- Ensure that ITedu-tools work correctly (38).
- Present materials for the assignments through the VLE (18).
- Provide an informative course description with IT (21).
Another step to modernize
- Test and give feedback with VLE (6).
- Encourage students and teachers to interact in the course (15).
- Offer additional resources for challenging topics (44).
Using IT to support self-study and classroom study
See IT options in the other design principles.
