Pedagogical principles for the design of virtual learning spaces in higher education (original) (raw)

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Arenas E & Lynch J 2013, "Pedagogical principles for the design of virtual learning spaces in higher education." In, The place of learning and teaching: Proceedings of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia 2013 Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 1-4 July 2013. This paper focuses on effective learning spaces in contemporary higher education. Drawing on empirical data from a qualitative study of international students’ experience of blended learning programmes conducted in three computing courses in two Australian universities, a range of issues and challenges are reported. Three pedagogical principles are then presented that respond to these challenges: 1. Enabling learners – learning how to learn in virtual learning spaces; 2. Programming for flexible learning – learning how to manage virtual learning environments; and, 3. Transforming learning – learning how to capitalise on the affordances of new technologies. The pedagogical principles are presented together with examples of types of practices that they support.

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