Time management on the on-line learning platforms. A case study regarding the BSCW platform used by future teacher student

The management of an online learning platform includes coordination of the activities conducted by students under the direct supervision of the teacher. Along with users accounts management activities, organization of virtual work space on the platform, loading of current media and learning tasks, one of the most important activities of the tutor is time management. This paper presents the results of a research on the concrete ways in which a trainer manages the time for online activities developed on BSCW platform. The study is anchored on an experimental research of the future teacher students' work on the platform and is focused on how students and teacher make use of time management facilities provided by the BSCW platform. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu