A PARTICIPATORY PEDAGOGICAL MODEL FOR ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING: IDEATION AND IMPLEMENTATION

Year 2023, Volume: 24 Issue: 1, 145 - 161, 01.01.2023

Cecilia Gorıa Angelos Konstantınıdıs

https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.1082978

Abstract

In spite of its increasing popularity, distance education faces challenges – levels of digital literacy, access to technology, workload and time management, students’ feelings of isolation and disconnection – that can have a significant impact on the experience of the learners.
In addressing these issues, we propose a pedagogical model for distance learning which promotes the synergy of eight ingredients – Community, Openness, Multimodality, Participation, Personalisation, Learning, Experience, Technological-Enhancement, with their initial letters generating the acronym COMP-PLETE – for the shaping of a highly participatory online learning experience and the creation of an active and cohesive community characterised by a strong sense of commitment towards the learning of the individuals and that of the group.
This paper presents the theoretical rationale for and implementation of COMP-PLETE. It also provides recommendations for researchers and practitioners interested in cultivating an online learning community which responds well to the aforementioned challenges posed by distance education.

Keywords

pedagogical model, distance education, higher education, online learning, online community

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