Video as a learning tool : Creating a tutorial for Magento
Liimatta, Tuomas (2015)
Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015052710833
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015052710833
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This thesis covers the process of creating a video tutorial series teaching how to install and use the e-commerce content management system Magento. Thesis also has a developmental look into using video material as a learning tool and what it brings to modern teaching. The tutorial series focuses on teaching the learner how to set up a basic web store and how to personalize it with the tools featured in Magento.
The aim of the tutorial is to teach the subject to understand the possibilities that Magento offers and how to implement them. The tutorial teaches creating a category and a product as well as how to set up shipping and payment options for that product. Personalization tool covered are changing and editing a theme and using CMS static blocks and widgets.
Theoretical part of the thesis looks into using video material as a learning tool. The research looks at the advantages and disadvantages that video lectures and tutorials bring to studying. Video will be looked at from a pedagogical angle and what it brings to teaching, with a deeper look into using video in the flipped classroom teaching method.
The thesis will be used as teaching material to support future courses at the Oulu University of Applied sciences. Option for learning of Magento is being introduced to the curriculum in the fall of 2015.
The aim of the tutorial is to teach the subject to understand the possibilities that Magento offers and how to implement them. The tutorial teaches creating a category and a product as well as how to set up shipping and payment options for that product. Personalization tool covered are changing and editing a theme and using CMS static blocks and widgets.
Theoretical part of the thesis looks into using video material as a learning tool. The research looks at the advantages and disadvantages that video lectures and tutorials bring to studying. Video will be looked at from a pedagogical angle and what it brings to teaching, with a deeper look into using video in the flipped classroom teaching method.
The thesis will be used as teaching material to support future courses at the Oulu University of Applied sciences. Option for learning of Magento is being introduced to the curriculum in the fall of 2015.