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A pattern language for design development process of a web-based online course

Chan, Peter Kwok
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1073668262

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2003, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Art Education.
This dissertation is a descriptive and qualitative case study of the design development process of a Web-based online course. The main goal concerns the What Is and What Was for the design development process of a select art education online course teaching art criticism at a major university in the United States. First, this study examines the development effort and design focus from the perspectives of the faculty and graduate research associates. The findings focus on the design problems and solutions occurring throughout this course development process, one of the first developed in an art education department. A literature review of distance education, Web-design, instructional design, information design, and visual design provides information for consideration of the topic. Second, this study formulates a Web-based online course design development process framework based on the findings from: the case study of the development of the art criticism course; development of other online courses in the same art education department; interviews of developers from other colleges in the university; and adaptations of design processes from my review of pertinent literature. The overall process includes five key phases: DISCOVER, DEFINE, DESIGN, DEVELOP, and DELIVER. Third, this study identifies design development issues of concern to the art criticism course developers and other course developers in the department under consideration in the case study. This document also discusses team collaborations, online course interactions, and development approaches. Fourth, this study presents a pattern approach based on the pattern language of Christopher Alexander et al. (1977). This approach provides a shared vocabulary for design team members and offers a way of capturing and transmitting Web-based online course design development processes. Finally, the study proposes a pattern Web site to provide a platform in the department of art education for capturing collective experiences, cultivating and sharing ideas among developers and administrators of distance education. This study offers suggestions for shared practices, insights, knowledge, and alternative approaches for What could have been and What could now be in the design development process of the selected online course, and for future online courses within the art education discipline and similar environments.
Terry Barrett (Advisor)
265 p.
Education, Art
Web Design; Online Courses; Pattern Language; Design Development

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  • Chan, P. K. (2003). A pattern language for design development process of a web-based online course [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1073668262

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Chan, Peter. A pattern language for design development process of a web-based online course. 2003. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1073668262.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Chan, Peter. "A pattern language for design development process of a web-based online course." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1073668262

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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