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Designing for transformations : Designing an online learning experience on the evaluation method: Outcome Harvesting: Designing an online learning experience on the evaluation method: Outcome Harvesting

Author

Term

4. term

Publication year

2019

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Pages

48

Abstract

Dette speciale tager en praktisk tilgang til at skabe en digital læringsoplevelse, der introducerer evalueringsmetoden “Outcome Harvesting”. Vi anvender designbaseret forskning—en iterativ proces med at designe og afprøve i virkelige kontekster—og kombinerer menneskecentrerede designtraditioner fra USA og Nordeuropa som afsæt for dataindsamling og -analyse. Parallelt bruger vi aktivitetsteori og ekspansiv læring—teoretiske rammer om, hvordan mennesker, værktøjer og aktiviteter udvikler sig sammen—til at udvikle klare designprincipper. Disse principper bruges til at forme designet af en prototype på læringsoplevelsen.

This thesis takes a practical approach to creating a digital learning experience that introduces the evaluation method “Outcome Harvesting.” We use design-based research—an iterative process of designing and testing in real contexts—and draw on human-centered design traditions from the United States and Northern Europe to guide data collection and analysis. In parallel, we apply activity theory and expansive learning—frameworks that consider how people, tools, and activities evolve together—to develop clear design principles. These principles inform the design of a prototype for the learning experience.

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