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Online Problem Based Learning for the Professional Development of Educators

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The paper presents a blended model developed within a collaborative research project between university researchers and educators in the field of education. The model is based on the problem based learning approach and has been used in a mandatory course to train practitioners who work in the formal, non-formal and informal contexts of the educational system in Italy. We illustrate how they implemented it within Moodle platform and describe results obtained using the Constructivist On-Line Learning Environment Survey. Results show a good level of pertinence among on-line learning activities and professional practices as a good level of critical reflection developed during the activities. Less positive are results for the dimension of interaction in the on-line discussion forum. Despite of good results improvements need to be realized in the developed model, but problem-based learning seems to be confirmed as a good approach to motivate professional attending mandatory training courses.

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    Mario Giampaolo & Loretta Fabbri

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  1. Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain

    Daniel Burgos

  2. Unitelma Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

    Marta Cimitile

  3. Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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  4. Università degli Studi eCampus, Novedrate, Como, Italy

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  5. SMARTEST Research Centre, Università degli Studi eCampus, Novedrate, Como, Italy

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  6. Università degli Studi eCampus, Novedrate, Italy

    Paolo Raviolo

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    Christian M. Stracke

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Giampaolo, M., Fabbri, L. (2019). Online Problem Based Learning for the Professional Development of Educators. In: Burgos, D., et al. Higher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies Online. HELMeTO 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1091. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31284-8_4

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