participatory learning
Designing for learning in an open world
Gráinne Conole's book argues that in today’s technologically rich context, where content and services are increasingly free, we need to rethink approaches to the design of learning activities and content.
She introduces the concept of ‘open design’ and argues that making the design process more explicit and shareable will enable teachers to develop more effective learning contexts for learners and help make the intended design more explicit and shareable with other teachers and learners. It will help learners to make more sense of their educational provision and associated learning pathways.
Conole provides a number of illustrations of adopting an ‘open design’ approach, from a set of design representations through to the use of open, social and participatory media for sharing and discussing designs. She draws on the areas of learning design, pedagogical patterns and OER (Open Educational Resources) research to explore the creation, sharing and discussion of learning and teaching ideas and designs.
Aprovechar la confianza para apoyar la creatividad del aprendizaje en línea: Estudio de caso
Este artículo da cuenta del uso de datos en tiempo real para ayudar a los profesores en la evaluación y el seguimiento de la confianza de los estudiantes. El estudio descrito pretende entender cómo se puede aprovechar la confianza para apoyar la colaboración creativa del aprendizaje en línea.
El documento precisa esta interpretación desde la perspectiva del profesor y analiza los compromisos de confianza de los estudiantes en situaciones reales, en las que personas en distintos países colaboran (a distancia) y articulan sus tareas y habilidades de aprendizaje. La presente línea de investigación busca identificar vulnerabilidades del grupo para fortalecer la cooperación y la colaboración en el mismo.
Creemos que al encontrar la mejor manera de evaluar la confianza de los estudiantes y tener un seguimiento de la misma, los profesores pueden utilizar esta información para intervenir (cuando sea necesario) y proporcionar un apoyo positivo, reforzando de esta manera la autonomía de los estudiantes y la motivación de los mismos para participar creativamente en el desarrollo de habilidades e innovaciones cotidianas. Los principales resultados obtenidos hasta ahora muestran el grado de influencia del nivel de confianza en el comportamiento de los estudiantes.
Dichos resultados indican tres aspectos fundamentales de la observación de la confianza y su papel en el fomento de acciones positivas y de apoyo; estos incluyen observar: (1) la manera en que los estudiantes perciben las intenciones de los demás en ciertos contextos, (2) los cambios en los compromisos de los estudiantes en relación con una actividad específica (nivel de cooperación), y (3) la percepción que los estudiantes tienen del uso de los medios de comunicación con fines de aprendizaje (reacciones, intenciones de uso y uso real).
WissensWerte – animated video clips for political education
Within the project WissensWerte, the german nonprofit organisation /e-politik.de/ e.V. publishes and distributes a series of innovative animated video clips for political education. Technically state of the art and didactically elaborated, the clips offer an exciting way to learn about politics.
Designing for participatory learning in open educational environments
“The openEd 2.0 project brings together stakeholders in formal and informal education from different countries aiming to increase the speed of innovation in education, to ensure continuous provision of up to date and relevant learning materials, and to promote participatory learning, including active learning, creative problem solving, learning by doing, critical thinking and creativity.
The openEd 2.0 project proposes to test a cost-efficient, geographically unlimited, free and open educational framework on business and management, providing formal learners and individuals outside formal education with an efficient and sustainable lifelong learning infrastructure. This framework will be implemented and tested by means of 3 consecutive pilot courses which will take place during Fall 2010, Spring 2011 and Fall 2011. The design of the openEd 2.0 course - Business and management competencies in a Web 2.0 world - is currently on its way, and in the light of openness, we highly welcome you to contribute to put this course together.
The openEd 2.0 course
The openEd course on “Business and Management Competencies in a Web 2.0 world” will start on April 26th 2011 in its 2nd edition!
openEd is a FREE/OPEN course targeting business students and practitioners alike. The course consists of 10 modules allowing participants to choose the individual modules they are interested in. This is to say that you can either take all of the 10 modules, or just those ones that you are interested at.
openEd offers something to all: You can either TAKE IT or TEACH IT - make the course suit your needs!!!
TAKE IT
The 2nd edition of the openEd course comes with updated course contents and improved guidance & navigation! Based upon the comprehensive feedback we received from 1st edition course participants all of the course contents, guides and navigation have been carefully reviewed and improved!
TEACH IT
The 2nd edition of the openEd course now provides educators around the globe with the opportunity to offer individual / extra services to course participants, such as In-class lessons, private virtual support or marked assessment and accreditation / certification. Educators can choose to offer such extra services against "fee" of for "free"!!! This is to say that we invite ***YOU*** to join us and to teach the course on a local base!
For more information please see the attached flyers or visit the course website at http://www.open-ed.eu!”