Infographics experiences of international baccalaureate teacher candidates in educational technologies

Authors : Özlem ÜZÜMCÜ

Pages : 740-755

Doi:10.31681/jetol.1310400

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Publication Date : 2023-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aims to investigate the process of designing infographics through participants\` knowledge construction in the assessment and evaluation process of IB Educator Certificate insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IBEC); educational technologies education. The study, in which the case study method was used, was conducted with 12 participants who attended the educational technologies and material design course in IBEC education. 7 infographic assignments were given in 14 weeks and 42 hours of online training and analyzed according to the relevant analytical rubric. To measure the development in the training process, pre-test and post-test were measured with the Web 2.0 tools usage competencies scale. At the end of the training, the participants\` views on the effect of infographics on their learning processes and its use in education were analyzed by descriptive analysis. Accordingly, it was observed that the participants produced designs with effective content in their infographic assignments during the process. At the end of the training, there was a significant increase in their use of web 2.0 tools, which is the scope of the course, in support of this. According to the participants’ views, results such as facilitating learning, permanent learning and having fun while learning were also obtained.
Keywords : Educational technologies, infographics, international baccalaureate, online learning, web 2 0 tools