transparency in online education
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UnitUnit 33--Transparency Transparency inin Online Online EducationEducation
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bbyy Margarida Marmeleira Margarida Marmeleira MayMay 20102010
. . TransparencyTransparency isis veryvery importantimportant inin online online educationeducation..
. . StudentsStudents havehave to to feelfeel comfortablecomfortable withwith theirtheircolleaguescolleagues andand teachersteachers, , andand thatthat trusttrust isis builtbuilt onon transparencytransparency..
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-Transparency means that all students
know exactly what is the structure of the
course, which are the works they have to
do and how they will be evaluated .
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When people see these informations, they feel more
motivated for the course.
-Transparency also means that everyone
can see information about everyone.
Like that, everyone comes to know
each other better.
When people see these personal informations, they
feel more willing to cooperate with each other.
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- Transparency means as well that students
can see each other’s work freely. They
share their work and let others see what
they have done.
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they have done.
When people see these informations, they feel more
willing to cooperate and share with each other too.
. This cooperation and sharing,
associated with transparency, promotes
quality in online education, for many
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quality in online education, for many
reasons:
- Students can learn from each other’s work;
-Students can improve their work from the
comments of others who have seen their
work;
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work;
- Students tend to do a better work because
they know their colleagues will see it.
. Each student has to be able to decide how much
information he wants to make public or private, and
who he wants to allow to see his work or personalwho he wants to allow to see his work or personal
information.
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The respect of this personal choice makes students
feel more confortable and work better.
Transparency in Cooperative Online Education
Christian Dalsgaard and Morten Flate Paulsen
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/671/1267http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/671/1267
Supporting Transparency between Students
Christian Dalsgaard
http://person.au.dk/fil/16581515/Dalsgaard_Supporting_Transparency.pdf
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