Online course as an encouraging tool for didactic use of ICT in higher education

Sanja Jedrinović (Author), Anja Luštek (Author), Vesna Ferk Savec (Author)

Abstract

The technology has spread to various fields, including the field of education. In this area, questions arise as to how to combine information and communication technology (ICT) for learning and teaching purposes, with innovative teaching methods. For the purpose of informing higher education teachers about innovative teaching methods that support the use of ICT in the pedagogical process, different online courses were prepared at University in Ljubljana within the project "Digital UL - With Innovative Use of ICT to Excellence". This paper presents findings from the evaluation of an online course entitled Didactic use of ICT in the process of teaching and learning, that has been administered to 55 higher education teachers of the University of Ljubljana in two implementations during Spring 2019. The data was collected with a questionnaire, followed by the analysis of the teachers ‘reports of redefined study activities that the participants developed at the end of the course. The results suggest that higher education teachers found the added value of the course, however it was especially emphasized that they gained new experiences for the work with the use of ICT, new ideas in the field of innovative teaching supported with ICT, as well as the new knowledge in the field of innovative teaching. Regarding the criteria for selecting the specific ICT in support of the pedagogical process, it was found that teachers were prone to choosing the ICT that enabled them to support the development of students’ higher levels of thinking according to Bloom’s taxonomy. It was also found that with the online course the teachers were encouraged to redefine their study activities on different SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) levels, mostly on the modification and redefinition levels. It can be concluded, that the online course Didactic use of ICT in the process of teaching and learning encouraged the majority of the involved higher education teachers to plan the didactic use of ICT with the aim of achieving development of the higher cognitive processes among students. Based on the course evaluation its further optimization is foreseen.

Keywords

didaktika;spletni tečaji;spletno učenje;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2019
Typology:	1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
Organization:	UL PEF - Faculty of Education
UDC:	37.091.6:378
COBISS:	12689481
ISSN:	1613-0073
Views:	1827
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	information technology;higher education;informacijska tehnologija;visokošolsko izobraževanje;
File type:	application/pdf
Type (COBISS):	Other
Pages:	16 str. (PDF)
ID:	11319035