Creating conditions for dialogue and inclusion of diverse epistemologies in distance education; ICT as a tool for fostering new and innovative teaching methods
Abstract: The NORHED project, “Enhancing access, quality and sustainability of teacher training, professional development of teachers using ICTs and distance delivery mode” (QUANTICT), aims at developing teacher training programs so as to reach out to a broader range of students, including vulnerable groups related to gender, cast, ethnicity, language and physical disabilities. The paper gives a brief overview of different approaches to e-learning, advantages and disadvantages, and highlights the pedagogical characteristics of constructivist and collaborative learning as the core foundations of the e-learning approach. The paper concludes with a proposed theoretical concept merging the
Presider: AZ Bashet, UNT Health Science Center