Manuscript received March 13, 2023; revised March 28, 2023; accepted April 16, 2023.
Abstract—This paper raises the question of the importance of
syllabus structure. The research conducted on syllabus
components allowed for a thorough analysis of the learning
analytics literature, leading to the identification of the main
components of the course model and the interrelationship
between them. Based on these findings, a web service called the
Educational Program Maker was developed. This tool has
proven to be notably useful at ITMO University in Saint
Petersburg, Russia since its launch in March 2021. It has
gradually become the primary instrument for creating academic
courses at the university, playing a crucial role in effective
communication among educational process participants during
the design, development, coordination, and approval of the
syllabus. The Educational Program Maker follows a course
model that is presented and discussed in this study. Feedback
from faculty members who have used the tool has been evaluated,
and the results are promising. The Educational Program Maker
is not only making the process of creating syllabi and academic
documents easier, but it is also improving the quality of these
documents and fostering collaboration and communication
among educators.
Index Terms—Learning analytics, syllabus structure,
academic course development, educational program maker
The authors are with Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies, ITMO
University, St. Petersburg, Russia. E-mail: avchernysheva@itmo.ru (A.C.),
antongovorov@gmail.com (A.G.), khlopotov@itmo.ru (M.K.)
*Correspondence: polina.in.tech@gmail.com (P.S.)
Cite: Polina Shnaider*, Anastasiia Chernysheva, Anton Govorov, and Maksim Khlopotov, "Composing a Syllabus via Educational Program Maker: A Web Tool for Academic Documents Creation," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 1761-1768, 2023.
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