"uuid","repository link","title","author","contributor","publication year","abstract","subject topic","language","publication type","publisher","isbn","issn","patent","patent status","bibliographic note","access restriction","embargo date","faculty","department","research group","programme","project","coordinates" "uuid:d6eea5c0-d95b-4020-b5fb-db11aa01fd1c","http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d6eea5c0-d95b-4020-b5fb-db11aa01fd1c","Designing an E-learning platform for the Aflatoun Academy","Xue, B.","Van Mourik, F. (mentor); Van Doorn, F. (mentor); Pudjiatie, C. (mentor)","2012","Nowadays, E- learning has became an realistic education alternative to everyone with an internet connection. It is not only about learning, it is also about online socializing, communication and personalizing. There is no teacher and classroom, students have more freedom of time and location. The use of multi-media and ICT (information-communication-technology) makes E-learning more dynamic and interactive than traditional paper-based materials. However, it also takes time and effort to design a good E-learning product. Without face-to -face teaching and introduction, E-learning designs need to be clear enough for learners. A good using experience is also asked by the learners, which can make their learning more fun and motivating. This master graduation project focused on designing an E-learning platform for the Aflatoun Academy. As a part of the Aflatoun program, Aflatoun Academy’s aim is to help teachers through training of teaching the Aflatoun curriculum. Currently Aflatoun teachers are from all around the world and they are usually trained by local trainers in a three-day-workshop. The challenges of this project are to develop a new digital way of processing the educational content to teachers on an E-learning platform, work together with the paper format curriculum; To support and inspire teachers’ work on the platform; And to stimulate the communication between Aflatoun and teachers and also between teachers from different schools. Starting from the preliminary research of the design context, a context analysis was performed, including two parts. The first, an Internal study, was aimed to get a deep understanding of the relevant company information in this project, including the materials they are using, the training activities they are doing and the future strategy. The second part is an analysis of E-learning theories and E-learning products, which could guide the future design. At end of this research, the design opportunities are mapped. After finding the design opportunities, the target user group was studied, for understanding teachers’ behaviors in their current work situation and their behaviors in digital activities. The data gained from this study helps to form the user model for further design’s use. From the design research of the context and users, the design brief has been defined for guiding the conceptualization phase. In conceptualization, a scientific interface design approach has been taken, including 5 steps: Defining functions and features; Building information structure; Sketching flowcharts and wireframes; Preliminary concept evaluation and finally the Design visualization. At end of this phase, the framework of the concept has been formed. Then the concept has been detailed and evaluated. The Evaluation was done with a functional prototype. Insights are gained, about both usability and user experience. Finally design improvements have been made based on the evaluation results. The final design of the Aflatoun Academy E-learning includes four basic elements: Program information, Aflatoun educational content, Communication&socialization and finally Personalization. They have been translated into functional features. These features are arranged into the information structure with some other supporting functions. The final concept has four main functional parts in the information structure. They are ‘About Aflatoun’, ‘Aflatoun Resources’, ‘ Teacher Community’ and ‘Personalizing functions & Others’. About Aflatoun: Includes two sub.-parts, ‘Aflatoun intro.’ and ‘News & Events’. Here users can get to know Aflatoun program and keep updated with the program information. Aflatoun Resources: Includes two sub-parts, ‘Training refreshing’ and ‘ Teacher supports’.‘Training Refreshing’ is aiming to help teachers refresh the content in training workshops. Users can check out the training manual and watch corresponding workshop videos. In ‘Teacher supports’, users can access the teacher manuals’ content and get further materials from Aflatoun. They get tips, teaching aids and other inspirations without hard searching. Because the topics on the platform are all tagged, the system offers a thoughtful way of relevant resources searching too. Teacher Community: Includes two semi-parts, ‘Share & Discuss’ and ‘Groups’. As an important part of the platform, the teacher community stimulates group learning and communications. Teachers’ experience, stories and questions are shared here. Teachers feel getting more involved by participating the online activities. Aflatoun Academy will also hear more from the teachers and make efficiently use of their feedback. Personalizing functions & Others: The platform also offers personalizing functions such as users profiles, editing their tags and manage the information they are interested in by marking it. It gives the users more control. Other supporting functions such as the searching engine and the online guide are also offered on the E-learning platform. The four main parts explained, offer many more functionalities than described. The report presents the research results and design details, which can be used as a basis for the further development and implementation.","E-learning; website design; Aflatoun; teachers; education; interaction design; children; platform; online community","en","master thesis","","","","","","","Campus only","","Industrial Design Engineering","Industrial Design","","Master of Science Design for Interaction","",""