Adopting "The International Society for Technology in Education" Standards on AOU e-Learning Environment
Subtitle: IC5E 2014
Publisher: Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties
Published: 2014
Place of publication: University of Greenwich, London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcopy
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9788192523323
Description: The new technology has a huge revolution on almost all areas on our life including learning and education. Furthermore, it raised the need to have sets of standards and regulations to guide the best practice of such technology in many eras in general and in education in specific. These standards are supposed to employ the use of technology in teaching, face to face learning, and e-learning. One of the most pioneer standards in education is the International Society for Technology in Education; ISTE for short. ISTE standards were set to improve the learning skills which consist of many skills such as thinking skills, problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity. One aim of ISTE standards is to prepare students for the new era of using technology in education, using the Learning Management Systems (LMS) as a student-centered learning environments, using the digital technologies in learning, and encouraging the use of digital professional models for planning, designing, and creating and e-learning environment. Arab Open University; AOU for short; is considered as the first and leading educational institutes in the Arab world of utilizing e-learning and blinded learning as the main core of teaching. This paper investigates adopting the ISTE standards in the learning environment at AOU in general. Also it focuses on the advantages and the need for these standards to deliver optimal learning process.