Knowledge engineering: An alternative approach to curriculum design for science education at a distance |
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| Authors: | Olugbemiro J Jegede James C Taylor Peter Akinsola Okebukola |
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| Institution: | (1) Distance Education Centre, University of Southern Queensland, 4350 Toowoomba, QLD;(2) Science and Mathematics Education Centre, Curtin University of Technology, 6001 Perth, West Australia |
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| Abstract: | Most of the curriculum design models within the technical-scientific approach utilise the rational and sequential process
of designing and inter-relating the various elements of the design process. While this procedure may be efficient and adequate
for conventional education in which the designers are professional science educators, there is doubt if it satisfies the particular
needs of distance education.
The experience accumulated through a multi-disciplinary team approach to distance learning courseware development for higher
education at the University of Southern Queensland Distance Education Centre motivated this study which primarily focused
on a search for an alternative approach to curriculum development with a more satisfactory functional value.
Using selected units in Engineering as a focus, an experiment was designed in which a variant of the classical Wheeler model
was used. This paper reports the results of this experiment. The implications for contemporary curriculum development initiatives
in science especially within distance education settings are pointed out.
Specializations: science education, learning strategies, curriculum development, instructional design, research and development in distance
education.
Specializations: Cognitive Science, curriculum development, instructional design, expert systems, research and development in distance education.
Specializations: science education, learning strategies, curriculum development, instructional design, research and development in distance
education. |
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