Using Patterns to Guide Teachers and Teaching Materials Evolution

摘要

Computer-novice teachers can face various problems when using e-Learning systems. Computers and the internet are a vital part of our lives nowadays, and teachers cannot avoid using this kind of technology in reaching their students. The problem became more interesting when we try to find how can the teachers that have little experience with computers be helped to handle this technology? Usually institutions that have e-Learning platforms have separated technical group to operate the technology, however it takes too much time for the contents to be updated, and the students that really needed the updates may never see it. The employment of utilisation patterns can help teachers learn from the teaching experiences of their colleagues that have more experience with computer as they use the system, allowing them to evolve and become better professionals by learning, for example, how their colleagues are overcoming device or system interface barriers. The implementation of a system that allows the teachers themselves create and update content in real-time, allowed the teachers to adjust teaching materials which were out of context for the students, making them easier to understand in time for the students that really needed.