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UnitUnit 33--Transparency Transparency inin Online Online EducationEducation

LearningLearning ObjectObject

bbyy Margarida Marmeleira Margarida Marmeleira MayMay 20102010

. . TransparencyTransparency isis veryvery importantimportant inin online online educationeducation..

. . StudentsStudents havehave to to feelfeel comfortablecomfortable withwith theirtheircolleaguescolleagues andand teachersteachers, , andand thatthat trusttrust isis builtbuilt onon transparencytransparency..

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-Transparency means that all students

know exactly what is the structure of the

course, which are the works they have to

do and how they will be evaluated .

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When people see these informations, they feel more

motivated for the course.

-Transparency also means that everyone

can see information about everyone.

Like that, everyone comes to know

each other better.

When people see these personal informations, they

feel more willing to cooperate with each other.

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- Transparency means as well that students

can see each other’s work freely. They

share their work and let others see what

they have done.

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they have done.

When people see these informations, they feel more

willing to cooperate and share with each other too.

. This cooperation and sharing,

associated with transparency, promotes

quality in online education, for many

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quality in online education, for many

reasons:

- Students can learn from each other’s work;

-Students can improve their work from the

comments of others who have seen their

work;

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work;

- Students tend to do a better work because

they know their colleagues will see it.

. Each student has to be able to decide how much

information he wants to make public or private, and

who he wants to allow to see his work or personalwho he wants to allow to see his work or personal

information.

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The respect of this personal choice makes students

feel more confortable and work better.

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Transparency in Cooperative Online Education

Christian Dalsgaard and Morten Flate Paulsen

http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/671/1267http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/671/1267

Supporting Transparency between Students

Christian Dalsgaard

http://person.au.dk/fil/16581515/Dalsgaard_Supporting_Transparency.pdf

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