"LiveUSB Mediated Education": A Method to Facilitate Computer Supported Education

Autor/inn/en	Garrote, Ramon; Pettersson, Tomas; Christie, Michael
Titel	"LiveUSB Mediated Education": A Method to Facilitate Computer Supported Education
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 27 (2011) 4, S.619-632 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Problem Based Learning; Course Evaluation; Developing Nations; International Education; Engineering Education; College Faculty; Faculty Development; Program Effectiveness; Blended Learning; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer System Design; Integrated Learning Systems; College Instruction; Computer Software; Computer Science Education; Distance Education; Instructional Design; Open Source Technology; Access to Computers; Computer Peripherals; Internet; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Surveys; Cuba; European Union; Guatemala; Peru; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Internationale Erziehung; Ingenieurausbildung; Fakultät; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Hochschullehre; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Lehrerverhalten; Kuba; Schweden
Abstract	In this paper the authors analyse the design and implementation of a course about learning management systems (LMS). The course was first given in Cuba and then in Guatemala and Peru, within the project USo+I: "Universidad, Sociedad e Innovacion, Mejora de la pertinencia de la educacion en las ingenierias de Latinoamerica" financed by the European Union's ALFA III program. In the course only open educational resources (OER) were used and all course material was stored on USB drives together with the needed software. All programs were executable directly from the memory to meet any problems of limited access to the Internet. Problem based learning was used, with the course divided into two weeks of on campus lectures and workshops followed by distance learning for three months, altogether corresponding to ten weeks of full time studies. The authors propose the term "LiveUSB Mediated Education" (LUME) for a course package, with course material and software contained on the same USB drive. The participants' opinions about the course and their perceptions about LMS and OER were investigated in order to determine the extent to which the LUME method can facilitate cost-effective computer aided education, especially in developing countries. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet
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Update	2017/4/10