Keywords : Folk Culture, Educational Programs, E-Learning, MOOC Digital Folklore, Internet
Abstract
The subject of this essay is the evaluation of the e-learning programs “Introduction to Folklore” which was a part of a 3-year program “Introduction to the science of Folk Culture”. In particular, the research which focuses on the evaluation of the semester course “Introduction to Folklore” was conducted under the scientific supervision of the Folklore Laboratory and Social Anthropology of the Department of History and Ethnology of Democritus University of Thrace with the collaboration of the Department of Preschool Sciences Education and Educational Planning of the University of the Aegean. Τhis attempt was supported by the Academy of Folk Culture & Local History of the Cultural Organization “Magniton Kivotos’’, in aid of the rescue of the cultural inventory of the Holy Metropolis of Demetrias and Almiros. The purpose of the research was to investigate whether the trainees in the first semester understood the introductory knowledge of folklore in order to acquire a theoretical background and other useful skills so that they could continue to understand other, more specialized subjects related to the science of folklore in the course of the next five semesters of the program. The semester course “Introduction to Folklore” follows the logic of Massive Open Online Courses throughout the thematic units of folk culture.
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