An Evolutionary Approach to the Design of E-Learning Environments and Knowledge Tools

Koen DePryck

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 945–947

This paper explores some implications of evolutionary epistemology for the design of E-Learning Environments and Knowledge Tools. Human cognition is neither static nor deterministic but has evolved, under evolutionary pressure, into a set of tools...

Topics: Cognition

E-Learning : The Design of Cognitive Crutches in the 21st Century

Koen DePryck

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 1415–1418

Evolutionary epistemology brings to the table a set of concepts that allow us to construct new cognitive tools that, embedded in or connected to our evolutionary past, may contribute to our cognitive future. Human cognition is neither static nor...

Topics: Cognition

The value of serious gaming for stimulating attitudes

Koen DePryck

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 1587–1588

Competences consist of a mixture of knowledge (content), skills and attitudes. The bulk of e-learning is focused on content and skills and many, if not most teachers would agree that ICT may play an important role offering new types of learning to...

Mobile Learning and Working Remotely: conceiving the mobile learning workspace

Koen Depryck

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 679–683

Developments in the workplace and in (especially formal) education still largely take place independently from each other, regardless of a strong demand to bring both closer to each other. The divide is especially visible when looking at...

Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies, distributed learning environments

How Video Allows the Virtual to Structure the Real

Koen DePryck; Koen Laurent

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) p. 1218

We present a video project designed to prepare online multimedia content while bringing structure to the F2F courses in which the video was taped. It was initiated in 2008 to help adult learners deal with the sometimes very technical content they...

What Mobile Learning and Working Remotely Can Learn from Each Other

Koen Depryck

International Conference on Mobile Learning 2014 (2014)

To a large extent, developments in the workplace and in (especially formal) education still take place independently from each other, regardless of a strong (market driven) demand to bring both closer to each other. The divide is especially visible...

E-Ducational Philosophy: Who’s afraid of falling off a flat E-Arth?

Koen DePryck

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 931–934

While most acknowledge the value of ICT and recognize its potential for new modalities of teaching and learning (including E-learning) that are made possible by them, the uncertainty about our collective and/or individual future often leads to...

Topics: Ethical, cultural, historical, and social issues in technology use

Project based vs. subject based distance learning

Koen DePryck; Lut Lippeveld

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) p. 556

In this round table, we want to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of project vs. subject based formal distance learning. While the integration of competences in meaningful clusters based on projects is tempting, doing so turns out to be a...

The Perception of Distance Education

Juan Pawiroredjo; Koen DePryck

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 1730–1733

Abstract: Credibility in online assessment is essential to the perception of distance education as a whole. Cheating is a huge problem within the educational system. Cheating occurs in traditional forms of education and in the technologically heavy...

E-learning in collaborative professional development programs The case of training for curriculum design in higher education in Suriname

Genevieve Blanchard; Koen DePryck

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 1001–1005

E-learning opens up possibilities for active and social didactics and allows for greater flexibility in learning and engagement with peers compared to traditional face-to-face (F2F) education. This provides a basis for collaborative learning. Time...

Topics: faculty development, collaborative learning, E-learning/E-training

Lessons learned from developing StepUp2ICT – A middle-tier open and online course for developing ICT competences of teachers and trainers in Adult Education.

Koen DePryck; Yashtee Gowreea

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 157–160

This paper presents lessons learned from the development of an open and online course designed to strengthen the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) competences of educators and trainers in Adult Education (AE). Focus of the course is not ...

Topics: faculty development, Teacher education and technology integration

Building a multi-tier Maturity Model for introducing Challenge Based Learning. Implications for teachers’ professional development

Leonie Chapel; Koen DePryck

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 392–400

Abstract: Challenge Based Learning (CBL) is a framework that emerged from the "Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow—Today" (ACOT2, 2008 It was developed out of an instructional need to help students learn basic knowledge in a way that would be more...

Topics: faculty development, Creativity, Design Thinking & Innovation

Turning Silver E-Learners into Silver Workers

Koen DePryck; Julia Kraemer

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 2597–2603

Because of demographic changes specialist workers beyond the retirement age of 65 (the silver workers) are in demand in industrialized countries. This leads to questions about performance, learning abilities, required competences and conditions that ...

Adult Educators’ Beliefs About Their ICT Competencies and Their Professional Use of ICTs. DigCompEdu and StepUp2ICT as Frameworks for Professional Development

Yashtee Gowreea; Koen DePryck

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 1304–1313

The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become an integral part of our society and a basic competency for learners and thus also for educators. This paper presents findings on adult educators’ use of ICT in different aspects of ...

Topics: Lifelong, informal, and nontraditional learning, Teacher education and technology integration

Supporting the development of a quality culture for online and blended learning in Adult Education

Hilde Van Laer; Koen DePryck

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 233–243

The main objectives of this paper are to present the development and implementation of a quality assurance methodology to improve online and blended learning strategies in Flemish adult education centers, to enforce a consistently high quality of...

Topics: research, Tools & Systems, Implementation Examples & Issues

How can blended learning programs support metacognition of adults? The case of adult education in Flanders

Hilde Van Laer; Koen DePryck

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 1966–1972

European comparative research of adult competences makes clear that vast groups of Flemish adults lack indispensable problem-solving proficiency in technology-rich environments and are poorly equipped for the high-tech and fast changing 21st century....

Topics: research

Learner Characteristics, Learner Achievement and Time Investment in Online Courses for Dutch L2 in Adult Education

Liesbeth De Paepe; Chang Zhu; Koen Depryck

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 17, No. 1 (2018) pp. 101–112

For the growing group of adult migrants, flexible solutions for second language (L2) acquisition are increasingly important, while concerns about the efficacy of online language learning abound. This study on the L2 situation in Flanders has 4 key...

Online Language Teaching: Teacher Perceptions of Effective Communication Tools, Required Skills and Challenges of Online Teaching

Liesbeth De Paepe; Chang Zhu; Koen Depryck

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2017 (Oct 17, 2017) pp. 557–564

To date, teacher perceptions of online language teaching have attracted very little attention However, these perceptions may influence decisions regarding instructional design, teaching practices and eventually the learning experience Furthermore,...

Topics: research, Implementation Examples & Issues

Drop-out, Retention, Satisfaction and Attainment of Online Learners of Dutch in Adult education

Liesbeth De Paepe; Chang Zhu; Koen DePryck

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2016 (Nov 14, 2016) pp. 635–647

Understanding reasons for drop-out, factors contributing to student satisfaction and strategies for enhancing student retention is fundamental to the success of online (language) courses. This study examines drop-out rates, student satisfaction,...

Topics: research, Instructional Design, Implementation Examples & Issues

Drop-out, Retention, Satisfaction and Attainment of Online Learners of Dutch in Adult education

Liesbeth De Paepe; Chang Zhu; Koen DePryck

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 17, No. 3 (July 2018) pp. 303–323

Understanding reasons for drop-out, factors contributing to student satisfaction and strategies for enhancing student retention is fundamental to the success of online (language) courses. This study examines drop-out rates, student satisfaction,...

Collaborative E-learning for professional development Quality improvement of E-learning for CPD in curriculum development in Suriname

Genevieve Blanchard; Abby-Gail Blanchard; Koen DePryck

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 1718–1723

Improving the quality of E-learning is essential to the acceptance of online learning for continued professional development (CPD). While E-learning is often perceived as one-directional and isolated it can open up unexpected possibilities for ...

Topics: E-learning/E-training, Learning Communities, Collaborative technologies

Developing 21st century skills through Challenge Based Learning Building teacher’s awareness of Executive Functions in Higher Education

Koen DePryck; Ilse Wambacq; Julian Keenan

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 592–597

One specific aspect of the expectations of the workplace is usually referred to as soft skills or 21st century skills, which teachers in HE often assume to be developed before students arrive on campus. As a result, their teaching fails to include...

Topics: Instructional Design, Creativity, Design Thinking & Innovation

The Road to Success : Learning from Failure

Koen DePryck; Sophie Van der Avort; Christiane Andries; Koen Laurent

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) p. 431

CVO Antwerpen-Zuid is a center for adult education near Antwerp; Belgium. With 4800 students and a staff of 120 it is one of the larger learning centers for adults in the Flemish part of the country, offering secondary and higher education in the...

Topics: Teachers, Adults, Programming, Secondary Education, Languages

Analysing the Need for Distance Learning: a Tool Developed in the Context of a European Project

Koen DePryck; Sophie Van der Avort

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 413–414

In 2002, the European Commission approved a project "I AM L3", dealing with open and distance learning in adult education. The purpose of this project is to provide prospective providers with tools to analyse their needs and with strategies to...

Topics: Distance Education, Adults

Let E-Learning Objectives Bloom

Koen DePryck; Liesbeth De Paepe; Jan Strybol

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2010 (Oct 18, 2010) pp. 953–956

In this paper we look at tools and good practices (currently) available in distance learning to attain the learning objectives in Blooms’ taxonomy which remains an interesting approach to the affective (receiving, responding, valuing, organizing,...

A Distance Second Chance. Effects of E-Adult Education on Social Inclusion.

Koen DePryck; Rebecca Nuyts; Hilde Van Laer

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 941–950

We present our survey on the effect on social inclusion of Second Chance education offered as distance education of the participants, ic unqualified workers employed by Bpost, the Belgian postal service. Bpost,one of the larger employers in the...

The positive impact of authentic communication in distance second language acquisition

De Paepe Liesbeth; DePryck Koen; Jeroen Hendrickx

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 1525–1534

This paper discusses how the positive impact of authentic communication on the motivation and the language proficiency level of learners of a second language in the areas where that language is the administrative and/or colloquial language can be...

Online Language Teaching: Teacher Perceptions of Effective Communication Tools, Required Skills and Challenges of Online Teaching

Liesbeth De Paepe; Chang Zhu; Koen Depryck

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 29, No. 1 (January 2018) pp. 129–142

To date, teacher perceptions of online language teaching have attracted very little attention However, these perceptions may influence decisions regarding instructional design, teaching practices and eventually the learning experience Furthermore,...

Foreign Language Learning 'New and Improved'. How to use free and accessible software to outperform traditional F2F language learning

Koen Depryck; Steurs Birgit; Jeroen Hendrickx

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 924–926

In this paper we present a framework for ICT-supported functional foreign language learning. We map general elements of foreign language learning onto the technical and didactic potential of ICT-supported learning (including blended and e-learning)....

Topics: improving classroom teaching, interactive learning environments, Software

Online Dutch L2 Learning in Adult Education: Educators' and Providers' Viewpoints on Needs, Advantages and Disadvantages

Liesbeth De Paepe; Chang Zhu; Koen Depryck

Open Learning Vol. 33, No. 1 (2018) pp. 18–33

This study critically addresses the assumptions made by educators and providers in the field of Dutch second language (L2) acquisition about the online learning of Dutch L2. These include assumptions about advantages and disadvantages of online...

Putting the DigCompEdu framework to work in developing countries. Continued Professional Development for ICT of teachers in Suriname

Koen DePryck; Jerry Oldenstam; Diana Gaddum-Riedewald

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (Mar 18, 2019) pp. 1793–1798

There is little discussion about the importance of ICT at all levels of education. This includes ICT competences as learning outcomes of education as well as ICT competences of teachers as input for that education. This challenges educators,...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies, faculty development

The Influence of Social Media on Learning & Development

Theo Bastiaens; Elsebeth Korsgaard Sorensen; Koen DePryck; Curtis J. Bonk

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology Vol. 2018, No. 1 (2018)

Many speculations have been around on the influence of social media on learning and development. Negative views stress the shallowness of information processing, the continuous distraction possibilities and changes in language and behavior. On the...

How to Blend C-Learning and E-Learning into Individual Learning Paths for Adult Learners

Hilde De Rijbel; Sophie Van der Avort; Koen DePryck

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 46–47

This session presents and illustrates some of the conditions required to compose a balanced blend of contact and distance learning, based on our experience in adult education. In order to create a stimulating learning experience, it is imperative to ...

ICT competences of teachers in Higher Education in Developing countries. Challenges for quality education for professional development based on the DigCompEdu framework

Abby-Gail Blanchard; Genevieve Blanchard; Yashtee Gowreea; Koen DePryck

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 558–563

The quality of education in the contemporary society is being affected due to the use of ICTs. New possibilities, dilemmas and challenges arise for teachers through the incorporation of digital technologies in the modern society. In order to...

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration

Using the reality of the classroom as a prototype for a learning platform

Glenn Vermeiren; Koen Laurent; Kathleen Van Landeghem; Felix Mertens; Debra De Pryck; Koen DePryck

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 439–443

In this session, we discuss how filming in a classroom can be used to create learning objects in a 2-phase process : first as rough fragments used to sustain the F2F classes, next as objects used in blended- and distance learning. Students are not...

Assessing the quality of online and blended learning using the methodology of e-Maturity Model. A pilot study in adult education in Flanders

Hilde Van Laer; Koen DePryck; Yves Blieck; Chang Zhu

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2015 (Oct 19, 2015) pp. 955–964

Managing quality and ensuring continuous quality improvement of existing and new blended learning programs in adult education is the main focus of the research presented in this paper. Adult education centers in Flanders offer education for a highly ...

Topics: Social Studies, research, Assessment, Implementation Examples & Issues

Using the Challenge Based Learning Maturity Model (CBL-MM) as a quick scan to support teaching innovation.

Koen DePryck; Rianne Kaptijn; Leonie Chapel; Luuk Buunk

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2022 (Apr 11, 2022) pp. 401–409

International) Collaboration is high on the strategic agenda of many higher education institutes (HEI). Quite often joint research projects and mobilities of staff and students are mentioned as core. Other good reasons such as increased course...

Topics: Instructional Design, faculty development, Creativity, Design Thinking & Innovation

E-learning for (paramedic) telehealth: a roundtable discussion on a powerful combination

Koen DePryck; Ilse Wambacq; Rachel Scheperle; Maryrose McInerney; Janet Koehnke; Joan Besing

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 1024–1027

For the roundtable, we welcome anyone who has interest in public health and education in underdeveloped countries for the discussion of concrete implementation strategies of a powerful combination of a 3x3-tier (geographical x educational) approach...

Topics: Authentic, contextualized, and real-world learning, E-learning/E-training, Collaborative and Cloud Technologies

Validation of a Conceptual Quality Framework for Online and Blended Learning with Success Factors and Indicators in Adult Education: A Qualitative Study

Yves Blieck; Ilse Ooghe; Chang Zhu; Koen Depryck; Katrien Struyven; Bram Pynoo; Hilde Van Laer

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET Vol. 16, No. 3 (2017) pp. 162–182

This qualitative study was designed to identify a framework for the quality of OBL in adult education (AE), which are of interest to the needs of students. Following a review of the literature, we opted for the theoretical framework as proposed by...

Professionals, education, ICTs and technology: partners in co-ownership of inclusive health care provisions in low-to-medium income countries (LMICs).

Ilse Wambacq; Koen DePryck; Diana Gaddum-Riedewald; Maryrose McInerney; Janet Koehnke; Joan Besing; Jerry Oldenstam

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 442–448

Universities are very aware of the attention paid to global education. This pushes them towards a comprehensive education model incorporating global goals for learning. At the same time, global educative goals are increasingly handled at the local...

Topics: Contextualized innovation (accessibility, scalability, usability, & sustainability)

I AM L3. A tool for analysing the need for distance learning developed in the context of a European Grundtvig 1 Project

Koen DePryck; Sophie Van der Avort; Christiane Andries; Felix Mertens; Danny Neelen

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 257–262

In 2002, the European Commission approved a project, "I AM L3" (I AM LifeLong Learning), dealing with open and distance learning in adult education. The goal of this project is the provide prospective providers with tools to analyse their needs and...

Topics: Distance Education

E-learning for paramedic telehealth: Audiology in New Jersey, Paramaribo and the Amazon forest.

Ilse Wambacq; Koen DePryck; Jerry Oldenstam; Rachel Scheperle; Maryrose McInerney; Janet Koehnke; Joan Besing

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 1164–1167

Hearing loss is a global health concern, but expertise and care are not globally available. We present a 3x3-tier (geographical x educational) approach of using E-learning as a tool to build onsite- and tele-healthcare. Three geographical tiers...

Topics: collaborative learning, Innovative online learning and educational programming

Blogging: an engaging E-Learning tool in adult education

Debra De Pryck; Jeroen Hendrickx; Liesbeth De Paepe; Koen DePryck; Glenn Vermeiren; Kathleen Van Landeghem

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 535–538

In this Best Practice session I want to introduce participants in the use of blogging by students as an engaging E-Learning tool, particularly in adult education. Centre for Adult Education 'CVO Antwerpen', in Antwerp, Belgium, uses blogging by...

Generation Z: What are they and what might that mean for education? A pilot study in Belgium and Suriname.

Koen DePryck; Ward Aldelhof; Ilse Wambacq; Freya Konings; Jerry Oldenstam; Nele Adriaenssens

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2020 (Jun 23, 2020) pp. 303–309

Based on marketing research, Generation Z (born roughly between 1995 and 2012) is hyped as different from previous generations (generations Y and before). They are, for example, often labelled ‘digital natives,’ (which scares especially older...

Topics: Policy issues and trends, Authentic, contextualized, and real-world learning, Contextualized innovation (accessibility, scalability, usability, & sustainability)

Developing a Maturity Model to support innovation in Higher Education. The case of Challenge Based Learning.

Leonie Chapel; Koen DePryck; Adina Imanbayeva; Ilse Wambacq; Gianluca Ambrosi; Luuk Buunk

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2022 (Jun 20, 2022) pp. 183–189

If educational institutions want to be successful in future-proofing their education, an important factor is keeping the educational development aligned with the organisational development. This also includes alignment between the course, the...

Topics: Authentic, contextualized, and real-world learning, Contextualized innovation (accessibility, scalability, usability, & sustainability)

Improving blended learning in teacher education: A multidimensional approach

Jo Tondeur; Stijn Van Laer; Jan Elen; Brent Philipsen; Chang Zhu; Hilde Van Laer; Koen Depryck; Natalie Pareja Roblin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1142–1145

While researchers agree on the general meaning of the term blended learning (BL), a precise operationalization of BL is an issue that generates a lot of discussion. This freedom of defining BL has, on one hand, contributed to the significant...

Topics: Research & Evaluation

Blended learning in Adult Education - Is it the learner, the teacher or quality & design? Findings of the Adult Learners Online (ALO!) project in Flanders – Part 1

Bram Pynoo; Koen DePryck; Chang Zhu; Ellen Van Twembeke; Silke Vanslambrouck; Yves Blieck; Hilde Van Laer; Brent Philipsen; Jo Tondeur

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 2016–2022

Online and blended learning is increasingly being offered in adult education to enhance the accessibility and flexibility of education. In this symposium, five PhD-researchers will highlight the main findings of the ALO project (Adult Learners...

Topics: Blended Learning, Education reform with technology, Innovative online learning and educational programming