Developing an E-Learning Platform: A Reflective Practitioner Perspective

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Author(s): Maria Potes Barbas (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 19
Source title: Handbook of Research on Innovations in Information Retrieval, Analysis, and Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jorge Tiago Martins (The University of Sheffield, UK)and Andreea Molnar (University of Portsmouth, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8833-9.ch010

Keywords: Information Resources Management / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science

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This chapter applies the principle of reflective practice - as the capacity to reflect on action - so as to engage in a process of continuous learning about the implementation of an e-learning platform at the Polytechnic Institute of Santarem, Portugal. The chapter begins with an introduction to the role of reflective practice, a discussion of fundamental e-learning principles and an overview of the e-learning platform's information architecture. In addition, two methodological tools support the reflective thinking process and the extraction of recommendations: social network analysis and visualization of structured discussion forum activity, and an inductive thematic analysis of the postings to the platform's unstructured fora.

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