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The Process of Developing a Digital Repository for Online Teaching Using Design-Based Research
Jennifer C Richardson1, Daniela Castellanos Reyes1, Shamila Janakiraman1
1Curriculum & Instruction Department, Purdue University, BRNG 3142, 100 N University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA.
Abstract:
The Purdue Repository for Online Teaching and Learning (PoRTAL) was developed as an Open Educational Resource (OER) for graduate students and faculty in higher education settings to enhance their online teaching skills and strategies. The PoRTAL team used a design-based research approach (DBR; Wang & Hannafin, Educational Technology Research and Development, 53(4), 5-23, 2005). In this study context, we used Van Tiem et al.'s (2012) model to identify problems faced by instructors who struggled with or were new to online teaching from a Human Performance Technology (HPT) standpoint. To address the identified needs, we created resources for online teaching and embedded our research within practical activities to further study our design process. Our efforts resulted in an HPT-OER Model for Designing Digital Repositories. The purpose of this paper is to share the DBR process that we used to develop an OER repository within an HPT model.
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