SV-508 Learning Platforms and Tools (Spring 2025)
- ECTS Credits:
- 7.5
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Course Leader:
- Oddgeir Tveiten
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- English
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
Teaching language
English
Recommended previous knowledge
SV-430 Multimedia pedagogy I – Perspectives on learning and instructional design.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the courses the participants will have the ability to:
- evaluate and select appropriate pedagogical approaches for online learning
- evaluate and select LMS systems based on the user’s needs
- analyze and assess online courses
- plan courses according to international requirements (ECTS)
- design, develop and implement own online course modules
- understand the most common standards for distributing online learning material
- establish basic student support systems
The participant will improve skills in:
- developing courses according to the ECTS framework and quality assurance
- organising online learning environments, with our without study guides
- participation in professional online networks
- the use of authoring tools for creating and distributing online learning content
- peer assessment and giving appropriate feedback to peers
- implementing their designs in practice
- reflecting on learning processes and improvement of learning skills
Contents
Designing and implementing online courses with detailed study guides or relevant alternatives with learning tasks and activities, learner focused approach with tutor support, many-to-many communication, group work, negotiation of meaning in asynchronous threaded discussions, video lectures, peer tutoring and online quizzes. Group hand-ins in addition to individual hand-ins. Estimated student workload: 200 hours.
- Module 1: Introduction to transformative pedagogy
- Module 2: Course design
- Module 3: Development, implementation and evaluation of interactive learning designs
Teaching and learning methods
Detailed study guides with learning tasks and activities, learner focused approach with tutor support, many-to-many communication, group work, negotiation of meaning in asynchronous threaded discussions, video lectures, peer tutoring and online quizzes. Group hand-ins in addition to individual hand-ins. Estimated student workload: 270 hours.
Examination requirements
Information about the requirements for the portfolio will be given in Canvas.
Examinations
Portfolio assessment counting 40 % of the total grade and a final project counting 60 %. Graded A-F. Information about the requirements for the portfolio will be given in Canvas. Postponed exam can be arranged.
Student evaluation
Program coordinator together with elected student representatives decide on evaluation strategies and whether the course will have midterm and/or end of term evaluation, in accordance with the quality system chapter 4.1. Information about evaluation forms is published in Canvas.
Offered as a free-standing course
Yes, subject to availability (limited number of available places).
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| SV-503 – Learning Platforms and Tools. | 10 |
| INF900 – E-teaching 1: Pedagogy in Online Learning. | 10 |
| MM-412 – E-Teaching II - Learning Platforms and Tools. | 7.5 |
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Oct. 15, 2026 7:38:58 AM