Ευρωπαϊκό ή Αμερικανικό στυλ ΜΥ για την εξΑΜ; Η περίπτωση του ευρωπαϊκού μαθησιακού υλικού του Ελληνικού Ανοικτού Πανεπιστημίου

Abstract

This paper intents to highlight the difference between the European and the American style of creation in the field of Distance Learning and also to pinpoint their unrevealed interrelation. Firstly, the importance of the learning material for the distance learning and consequently for the distance educational systems is mentioned. Then, some basic characteristics of the learning material according to the European style of creation are pinpointed. There is also a brief annotation for the relationship of the learners and the learning material, which is affected mainly by the different characteristics, experiences, skills and the knowledge which the learners already have. After that, there is an analysis of some fundamental points of joint and variation between these two approaches of creating learning material. Two examples of specific learning material are presented to highlight some basic advantages and disadvantages of these two approaches, which were selected from Greece and America.
In the end, some conclusions are drawn and some suggestions are stated in relation with the comparative presentation of the two specific learning materials. The first specific learning material is that of Arts I, of the undergraduate program of Hellenic Cultural Studies, faculty of humanities, Hellenic University of Patras, Greece and secondly, the Survey of Western Art I, of the undergraduate program of Art History, faculty of Humanities, Athabasca university of Canada.