Abstract
The present work deals with the transformation of the progressive education approach „Dalton Plan“
into e-learning. This work is the first researched, documented and implemented transfer of a progressive
education into the web. Interviews with e-learning experts provide requirements for the use
of the Dalton Plan in e-learning. Individual views of the experts are documented using the Concept
Mapping approach. The aggregation of these abstract individual views allows to derive requirements
for the support of the Dalton Plan Instruments in e-learning. These requirements form the basis of
conceptual user interfaces. Because of the transfer of the Dalton Plan approach into a (web-based)
e-learning environment changes to the educational instruments are required. Attention has to be
payed to the asynchrony of the interaction. Using Java Server Faces technology a Dalton Plan
module is implemented for a web-based e-learning platform. This implementation is evaluated by
the e-learning experts. The evaluation shows the usefulness of the implemented Dalton Plan instruments.
Also the evaluation shows the potential of the approach to knowledge acquisition by means
of self-organized learning. The consistent use of the Concept Mapping approach allows to document
the transformation and evaluation process in a traceable manner.
| Translated title of the contribution | The Dalton Plan in e-learning |
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| Original language | German (Austria) |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2013 |
Fields of science
- 102 Computer Sciences
- 102003 Image processing
- 202031 Network engineering
- 102006 Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW)
- 102015 Information systems
- 102026 Virtual reality
JKU Focus areas
- Social and Economic Sciences (in general)