<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In Distance education, learning depends on the ability of the learner to manage his/her learning process, both through the creation of appropriate objectives, and by adopting strategies to achieve them. The role of the teacher is to develop an efficient methodology with flexibility over the learners’ special characteristics and to create conditions to enable the learners to manage their learning process. This research aims to investigate the parameters which are involved in synchronous teleconference and which lead to effective learning through the support of an autonomous environment. The research was conducted with students of the Annual Training Program for Teachers of Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education Department in Patras. The results show that teleconference as teaching tool can support the autonomous learning and can enhance personalisation as this process can help students to learn and develop skills by receiving efficient support.</p></abstract>

In Distance education, learning depends on the ability of the learner to manage his/her learning process, both through the creation of appropriate objectives, and by adopting strategies to achieve them. The role of the teacher is to develop an efficient methodology with flexibility over the learners’ special characteristics and to create conditions to enable the learners to manage their learning process. This research aims to investigate the parameters which are involved in synchronous teleconference and which lead to effective learning through the support of an autonomous environment. The research was conducted with students of the Annual Training Program for Teachers of Higher School of Pedagogical and Technological Education Department in Patras. The results show that teleconference as teaching tool can support the autonomous learning and can enhance personalisation as this process can help students to learn and develop skills by receiving efficient support.

Teleconference in Support of Autonomous Learning

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European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning

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In Distance education, learning depends on the ability of the learner to manage his/her learning process, both through the creation of appropriate objectives,...

Teleconference in Support of Autonomous Learning

Publicado en línea: 02 mar 2019

Páginas: 27 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eurodl-2018-0005

Palabras clave
effective teleconference, autonomous learning environment

© 2018 Stefanos Armakolas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Teleconference in Support of Autonomous Learning

Publicado en línea: 02 mar 2019

Páginas: 27 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eurodl-2018-0005

Palabras claveeffective teleconference, autonomous learning environment

© 2018 Stefanos Armakolas et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
effective teleconference, autonomous learning environment