Planning and Developing Courses in Distance Learning Environments: a training course for HiEdTec Project

Abstract

∗The adoption of active and technology-enrichedmethodologies is a widespread reality worldwide in higher education. Didactic models based on active methods prove to be effective in promoting students’ learning and are emerging in the context of the professional development of university teachers. Teacher training is fundamental for the promotion of innovative and effective teaching practices and didactic models in the teaching-learning process. This article aims to describe the instructional designing, developing and executing of a distance learning course, developed within the scope of the HiEdTec Project, for teachers from Middle Asia universities. This is a descriptive article focusing on one of the project’s outputs a distance learning course.