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IT in Education: Developing an Online Course

In: Information and Communication Technologies for Agriculture—Theme IV: Actions

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  • Fedro S. Zazueta

    (University of Florida)

  • Patrizia Busato

    (University of Turin)

  • Remigio Berruto

    (DISAFA, University of Turin)

Abstract

Adapting to the challenges posed by the new digital era, online teaching/learning can be generally characterized as an opportunity for higher education institutions towards the modernizations of their work by creating new channels that promote creative, entrepreneurial, and critical thinking skills of students. However, still many concerns arise with respect to discovering the most effective and efficient ways to deliver this form of instruction. In addition, for agricultural and biological engineering programs, additional issues emerge, which are related to the financial resource availability for initial investments and the disruptive nature of technology. Considering the above, the present chapter attempts to examine the incorporation of ICT technologies in education. Firstly, the components of the learning environment in online education are presented, followed by a description of the desired student behavior, namely the learning outcomes and objectives. Next follows an overview of learning theory by examining in brief the three most prominent learning theories along with passive and active learning, and the best practices to be followed. Additionally, the guidelines to creating a course for online delivery are presented followed by an overview of instructional design in contrast to curriculum design. The chapter concludes with a description of the flipped classroom concept which receives much attention lately along with tools that are available for online teaching.

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  • Fedro S. Zazueta & Patrizia Busato & Remigio Berruto, 2021. "IT in Education: Developing an Online Course," Springer Optimization and Its Applications, in: Dionysis D. Bochtis & Simon Pearson & Maria Lampridi & Vasso Marinoudi & Panos M. Pardalos (ed.), Information and Communication Technologies for Agriculture—Theme IV: Actions, pages 211-232, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spochp:978-3-030-84156-0_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-84156-0_11
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