Abstract
Higher education is incorporating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at a fast rate for different purposes. Scientific papers include within the concept of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) the myriad applications of information and communication technology, e-resources, and pedagogical approaches to the development of education. TEL’s specific application to higher education is especially relevant for countries under rapid development for providing quick and sustainable access to quality education (UN sustainable development goal 4). This paper presents the research results of an online pedagogical experience in collaborative academic research for analyzing good practice in TEL-supported higher education development. The results are obtained through a pilot implementation providing curated data on TEL competency’s development of faculty skills and analysis of developing sustainable higher education degrees through TEL cooperation, for capacity building. Given the increased volume and complexity of the knowledge to be delivered, and the exponential growth of the need for skilled workers in emerging economies, online training is the most effective way of delivering a sustainable higher education. The results of the PETRA Erasmus+ capacity-building project provides evidence of a successful implementation of a TEL-supported methodology for collaborative faculty development focused on future online degrees built collaboratively and applied locally.
Highlights
The virtualization of society thanks to the Internet and the wide availability of sophisticated devices, is making higher education evolve everywhere
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) applications allow fast capacity building into young faculty and collaborative schemes for implementing methodologies and contents, [3] and achieving excellent results which can be deployed with a small fraction of the resources traditionally required for University education
Graham’s review [7] of learning systems identifies motivation with cultural context and learner’s pacing control, and how a supervisor’s leadership can support the process. All these elements are studied on the Purdue team coordinated by Lee [8] who conclude that a TEL program undertaken from motivation and carried out with leading supervision, requires the development of learning strategies based on the learners’ personal evaluation of the results efficacy, and high task value
Summary
The virtualization of society thanks to the Internet and the wide availability of sophisticated devices, is making higher education evolve everywhere. Graham’s review [7] of learning systems identifies motivation with cultural context and learner’s pacing control, and how a supervisor’s leadership can support the process All these elements are studied on the Purdue team coordinated by Lee [8] who conclude that a TEL program undertaken from motivation and carried out with leading supervision, requires the development of learning strategies based on the learners’ personal evaluation of the results efficacy, and high task value. This literature background supports the design of this paper’s research on the efficiency of TEL for collaborative academic research project development
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