EDUCATIONAL MANAGERIAL GROUP - BETWEEN ACADEMIC TUTORIAL AND MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN DISTANCE LEARNING

Autor: Beatrice Almasan, Maria Alexe
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: eLearning and Software for Education.
ISSN: 2066-026X
DOI: 10.12753/2066-026x-14-143
Popis: The subject of this article immerges from a large project of construction, implementation and evaluation in distance learning. The project itself is the result of 14 years of experience and know-how of Bucharest University Distance Learning Department. The research question concerns the importance of group manager's task inside the distance learning process. Is this role still crucial in developing the distance learning process? A sequential question, derived from the main one concerns the evolution of his role and the design of the group manager's task and communication channels developed with the students. The analysis, which has as a background a series of best practices developed by CREDIS Department, tries to offer theoretical arguments for the importance of this role and designs research lines and main stages concerning the subject. Briefly these are: - A documentary stage concerning literature of the domain in Romania and abroad. - Analysis of ethical and moral implication of different types of communication - The design of the ideal profile of the group manager - Methodology leading to the profile development. - A stage of identifying students' need and their perception of different actors implicated in the described project. - Brief overview of CREDIS experience as examples for best practices. In order to achieve an accurate analysis of the group manger's profile some methodological approaches and way of designing the curricula are going to be listed. The study leads to the conclusion that a combination of academic and managerial tutorial activity represents the key to success, as well as the background for developing the21st. century learning system.
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