E-learning program: «Introduction to the science of Folk Culture»: Evaluation of the semester course: « Contemporary Horizons of Folklore Studies, (Gender, Internet and Education) »

Alexandros Kapaniaris

E-learning program: «Introduction to the science of Folk Culture»: Evaluation of the semester course: « Contemporary Horizons of Folklore Studies, (Gender, Internet and Education) »

Keywords : Folk Culture, Educational Programs, E-Learning, MOOC, Digital Ethnography, Internet


Abstract

The subject of this essay is the evaluation of the e-learning program “Contemporary Horizons of Folklore Studies, Gender, Internet and Education” 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 “Contemporary Horizons of Folklore Studies, Gender, Internet and Education” 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 during the second semester understood notions and terms related to the contemporary horizons of folklore studies, such as gender, internet, and education. The semester course “Contemporary Horizons of Folklore Studies, Gender, Internet and Education” follows the logic of Massive Open Online Courses throughout the thematic units of folk culture.

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