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A Critical Perspective on Design Patterns for E-Learning

A Critical Perspective on Design Patterns for E-Learning

Franca Garzotto, Symeon Retalis
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 31
ISBN13: 9781599048611|ISBN10: 1599048612|EISBN13: 9781599048628
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-861-1.ch005
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Garzotto, Franca, and Symeon Retalis. "A Critical Perspective on Design Patterns for E-Learning." Handbook of Research on Learning Design and Learning Objects: Issues, Applications, and Technologies, edited by Lori Lockyer, et al., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 113-143. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-861-1.ch005

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Garzotto, F. & Retalis, S. (2009). A Critical Perspective on Design Patterns for E-Learning. In L. Lockyer, S. Bennett, S. Agostinho, & B. Harper (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Learning Design and Learning Objects: Issues, Applications, and Technologies (pp. 113-143). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-861-1.ch005

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Garzotto, Franca, and Symeon Retalis. "A Critical Perspective on Design Patterns for E-Learning." In Handbook of Research on Learning Design and Learning Objects: Issues, Applications, and Technologies, edited by Lori Lockyer, et al., 113-143. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-861-1.ch005

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Abstract

“A design pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice” (Alexander et al., 1977). In the field of e-learning, design patterns are frequently advocated as a powerful way of providing structured, teacher-friendly, textual representations of learning designs, or of expressing the design rationale underlying learning objects. The purpose of this chapter is to look at e-learning design patterns from a critical perspective. We provide a historical, multidisciplinary excursus of the notion of design patterns. We propose a taxonomy of e-learning design patterns, providing examples in the various categories. Finally, we discuss both the benefits of design patterns for e-learning professionals (particularly, novice ones) and their drawbacks, and investigate how such pros and cons may affect the role of patterns for learning designs.

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