Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Course Management System Utilization and Implications for Practice: A National Survey of Department Chairpersons.

2004; Volume: 7; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

1556-3847

Charles F. Harrington, Scott Gordon, Timothy J. Schibik,

Online and Blended Learning

Over time, higher education has seen a number of innovations, some revolutionary, others having minimal to no impact (Katz, 2003). Over the last decade, the development of computer software and hardware directed toward education and the teaching and learning process has had tremendous impact on course delivery (Glahn and Gen, 2002; Katz, 2003). During this period, higher education has been witness to fundamental changes from courses delivered in the traditional face-to-face method to those delivered via video cassette and television, to a proliferation of courses and course content delivered via computer technologies. In recent years, the use of Internet resources (i.e. web pages) in course and curriculum development has made a significant impact on teaching and learning. The use of the Internet has evolved from the display of static, dull, and lifeless information to a rich multimedia environment that is both engaging, dynamic, and user friendly (Powel and Gill, 2003).