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Research section on possible changes in teachers and students' attitudes and behaviors after using SCOUT
What kind of teachers has the SCOUT environment been developed for? | teachers who are either somewhat familiar with the use of IT in education or would like to incorporate IT use in their teaching practice but they feel frustrated by the huge amount of information they get bombarded with from everywhere. | |
What kind of teachers are actually accessing SCOUT?- What are their vews on the added value of online learning?(either totally or partially online) |
in order to find out, a questionnaire has been developed. |
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Why should they use SCOUT? -what are the advantages and disadvantages of using the SCOUT learning environment for themselves and their learners? | they can find a step-by-step user guide on creating cooperative activities. | |
they can easily access e-literature | ||
they can find tools for building their own materials. | ||
they can find ready-made examples of micro-teaching units they can adapt to their needs and | ||
they can build their own collaborative test archives. | ||
In what way can SCOUT change their views on teaching and specifically IT-based teaching/learning? |
What kind of teachers are accessing or willing to access the SCOUT environment?
in terms of the following dimensions:
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Why should they use SCOUT? -what are the advantages and disadvantages of using the SCOUT learning environment?
Preliminary considerations: Learning in a web-based environment is a social process because:
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Therefore, in order to become a viable alternative to traditional teaching the learning environment has to take into account: |
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research study plan
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