Promote collaborations in online problem-based learning in a user experience design course: Educational design research.

ABSTRACT: Since the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been an increasing growing need for learning experience or instructional designers. As a result, online courses on user experience (UX) design for learning are in demand to prepare those much-needed professionals. This paper reports the first circle of educational design research (EDR) on such a completely online problem-based course using group contracts and peer-evaluations to promote collaborations. Multiple datasets were collected from a range of data sources from a graduate-level course and were analyzed by two researchers. The study yielded several meaningful results: (1) group contracts helped students work smoothly and keep goals focused on collaborative learning in PBL; (2) the instructor could facilitate the group formation process; (3) peer

SUBMITTER: Zhu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9735013 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature