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A Web approach to develop and deploy an effective course

St-Pierre, A. (2002). A Web approach to develop and deploy an effective course. In D. Willis et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (pp. 1000-1001). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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SITE

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2002
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2002
ISBN 1-880094-44-4
  Dee Anna Willis, Jerry Price & Niki Davis
AACE

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Author

Armand St-Pierre, Royal Military College, Canada

Abstract

Faculty and students of the author's college have begun to realize the full potential of the Internet as a teaching and learning tool. Students are beginning to perceive strong learning outcomes from on-line materials and Web-based contents. The instructional designer should use sound system design principles while developing web-based educational systems. In his research, the author show that schools and colleges needed a theoretical and practical framework to develop in an adequate manner an open virtual course on the web. The goal of this short paper is to describe the reasons why the Web should be used to develop and deliver courses on site and at a distance in an educational setting. The author will examine the characteristics that an effective web-based course should present.

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