Going in Cycles
Courseware and Material Development for Written Communication
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11139/cj.27.3.554-563Keywords:
Courseware Development, Material Development, Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), Activity Theory, Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Online Learning, GermanAbstract
The development of both the materials for an intermediate-level hybrid German writing course and the software in a virtual learning environment for the course may be viewed as activity systems. Viewing the individual components of each system as interrelated enables us to conceptualize the complexities of the development process, which goes well beyond traditional software documentation.
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