Deliverable 3.3 : Best Practices Database

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What is it?

A best practice can be defined as a technique or methodology that leads to a desired result. Best practice holds the means to do things the best way. Best practices can be strategies, activities, or approaches that leads to achieving objectives and goals. Best practice can be found through research, experience or evaluation. Term best practice is an established term, used in various situations, even sometimes in circumstances where one cannot be sure that there is no better practice to be found. “Good practice” and “lesson learned” are the terms used, alongside with best practice, to indicate the best practice in especially in certain situation.

When best practices are implemented, contextual issues should be taken into account. What was the context in which this practice was identified as a best practice? Were there aspects in that context that may have promoted the success? In implementation context, are there blocking factors that may affect the outcome? In this contextual sense best practises can be seen as efficient solutions to a problem encountered or improvements in the state of affairs in e-learning caused by a changed way of doing things. The practise must have been implemented and positively evaluated, demonstrating an effective means of satisfying the users' need, based on explicit quality indicators. The users may be a student, a trainer, a tutor, or any stakeholders.