“Think of it as a Challenge”: Problematizing Pedagogical Strategies for Progression When Assessing Web-based University Courses

Forfattere

  • Anette Svensson Högskolan i Jönköping
  • Lena Manderstedt Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för konst, kommunikation och lärande, samt Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Språk, litteratur och mediedidaktik
  • Annbritt Palo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/lom.v8i13.17237

Nøgleord:

University Pedagogy, Digitalization, Web based Courses, Applied Literarature, Solo-Taxonomy

Resumé

The aim of this study is to analyse how a taxonomy-based course design can support students’ qualitative learning processes in online university courses. The paper presents a case study based on two online courses in comparative literature in Swedish and English. A document analysis has been applied to analyse the empirical material, which includes the syllabuses, study guides, and examination assignments connected to the courses. Socio-cultural aspects of learning processes, assessment and feedback, course design using a taxonomic structure (SOLO), and a progressive theory of literary studies (Langer’s theories of envisionment) function as a framework. The results show that the examination assignments aim to further the students’ educational processes from stage 2 to stage 5 of the SOLO-taxonomy and, at the same time, through Langer’s four stances. While the course structure has a positive effect on the students’ general as well as literary progress, there are some pedagogical challenges with online teaching in literature that are discussed. In addition, the examination assignments could have been used as ways to strengthen the students’ socio-cultural learning. Furthermore, with little alterations, the examination assignments, which were all used as means of summative assessment, could also have been used formatively to assess the students’ progress.

 

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Forfatterbiografier

Anette Svensson, Högskolan i Jönköping

Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Språk, litteratur och mediedidaktik

Lena Manderstedt, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för konst, kommunikation och lärande, samt Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Språk, litteratur och mediedidaktik

Universitetslektor i Svenska med didaktisk inriktning och universitetspedagogisk utvecklare

Annbritt Palo

Luleå Tekniska Universitet, Institutionen för konst, kommunikation och lärande

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Publiceret

27-02-2015

Citation/Eksport

Svensson, A., Manderstedt, L., & Palo, A. (2015). “Think of it as a Challenge”: Problematizing Pedagogical Strategies for Progression When Assessing Web-based University Courses. Tidsskriftet Læring Og Medier (LOM), 8(13). https://doi.org/10.7146/lom.v8i13.17237