We have been experimenting with an online course in “teaching Biology” created for students that cannot regularly attend the University and have to work very hard to carry out practical activities in Biology-related contents. Five online activities (cells, water ecosystem, seeds, insects, branch cuttings) and carefully designed protocols are provided to the students as well as specific instruments such as videos, photographic records, final tests, etc. During this Distance-Learning course they are helped by a tutor that carry out a monitoring all their study works to produce materials that will be evaluated during the examination. Students can discuss with peers, with teacher and with tutor using a forum cafè, and five thematic forums to carry out reflections, to ask for explanations, etc.. These interactions, when compared with university lectures, constitute the real advantage of this type of teaching-learning mode which encourages collaborative learning and the sharing of experiences and of acquired knowledge. We are still experimenting the web site of the course as well as the methodology adopted.

Gambini, A., Pezzotti, A., Samek Lodovici, P. (2005). An online Biology course: a teaching-learning experiment. JE-LKS. JOURNAL OF E-LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, 1(2), 223-231.

An online Biology course: a teaching-learning experiment

GAMBINI, ANNASTELLA;PEZZOTTI, ANTONELLA;
2005

Abstract

We have been experimenting with an online course in “teaching Biology” created for students that cannot regularly attend the University and have to work very hard to carry out practical activities in Biology-related contents. Five online activities (cells, water ecosystem, seeds, insects, branch cuttings) and carefully designed protocols are provided to the students as well as specific instruments such as videos, photographic records, final tests, etc. During this Distance-Learning course they are helped by a tutor that carry out a monitoring all their study works to produce materials that will be evaluated during the examination. Students can discuss with peers, with teacher and with tutor using a forum cafè, and five thematic forums to carry out reflections, to ask for explanations, etc.. These interactions, when compared with university lectures, constitute the real advantage of this type of teaching-learning mode which encourages collaborative learning and the sharing of experiences and of acquired knowledge. We are still experimenting the web site of the course as well as the methodology adopted.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
didattica della biologia, ambienti di apprendimento online, formazione degli insegnanti
English
lug-2005
1
2
223
231
none
Gambini, A., Pezzotti, A., Samek Lodovici, P. (2005). An online Biology course: a teaching-learning experiment. JE-LKS. JOURNAL OF E-LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, 1(2), 223-231.
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/10281/15240
Citazioni
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
Social impact