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Comparison of selected educational platforms
Kubíčková, Karolina ; Svobodová, Zuzana (referee)
The rigorous thesis is an extension of the diploma thesis of the same name and deals with the comparison of selected educational platforms. Its aim is to analyze the selected online platforms and their functions with regard to the possibility of incorporating modern teaching methods in adult education. The theoretical part is based on the literature search and other available sources and defines the concepts related to the issue, which are andragogy, adult education methods and online education. It also presents current trends and goals of education in the Czech Republic and the European Union. The theoretical part concludes with a summary of the important theoretical background from which the research part of the thesis draws. In view of the need for a detailed examination of the selected platforms, a qualitative research strategy and a content analysis method were chosen. An interview method was additionally chosen. The online learning platforms explored were Knowspread, Thinkific, Miro and BigBlueButton. For the purpose of the rigorous analysis, their course design features were characterized and presented. The interpretation of the data conveys a summary table which shows that all of the above mentioned platforms include the functionality to upload a file, embed a URL to an external...
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Comparison of selected educational platforms
Kubíčková, Karolina ; Svobodová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Tureckiová, Michaela (referee)
The thesis compares selected educational platforms. Its aim was to analyse the selected online platforms and their functions with regard to the possibility of incorporating modern teaching methods in adult education. The theoretical part is based on desk research, relevant literature and other available sources and defines the terms related to the issue, which are andragogy, adult education methods and online education. It also presents current trends and objectives of education in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part concludes with an overview of relevant theoretical background from which the research part of this thesis is based on. In view of the need for a detailed examination of the selected platforms, a qualitative research strategy and a content analysis method were chosen. The platforms chosen for the research are Knowspread, Thinkific, Miro and BigBlueButton. For the purposes of the thesis, their functions for course design were characterized and presented in the analysis. The interpretation of the data conveys a summary table which shows that all the above mentioned platforms include the functionality to upload a file, embed a URL to an external multimedia/website and the functionality to download the embedded file. Other features differ based on whether the platform is synchronous or...
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