Finding Your Way into an Open Online Learning Community

Autor/inn/en	van der Baaren, John; Schuwer, Robert; Kirschner, Paul; Hendriks, Maaike
Titel	Finding Your Way into an Open Online Learning Community
Quelle	In: Journal of Interactive Media in Education, (2008), (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1365-893X
Schlagwörter	Independent Study; Lifelong Learning; Educational Environment; Internet; Educational Resources; Foreign Countries; Experiments; Open Universities; Computer Software; Educational Technology; Computer System Design; Web Based Instruction; Computer Mediated Communication; Distance Education; Online Courses; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbststudium; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Bildungsmittel; Ausland; Erprobung; Offene Universität; Unterrichtsmedien; Web Based Training; Computerkonferenz; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Niederlande
Abstract	Making educational materials freely available on the web can be seen as a noble enterprise in itself but as a way to address the call for people to become lifelong learners. The world is rapidly changing, requiring us to continuously update our knowledge and skills. A problem with this approach to lifelong learning is that the free materials that are made available are often both incomplete and unsuitable for independent learning in an online setting. The OpenER (Open Educational Resources) project at the Open Universiteit Nederland makes more than 20 short courses, originally developed for independent-study, freely available from the website www.opener.ou.nl. For our research we start from an envisioned online learning environment now under development. We then apply backcasting to select research topics and experiments that form steps from the current to the ultimate situation. This paper reports on two experiments that are an extension to standard forum software and the use of student notes to annotate learning materials: two small steps towards our ultimate open learning environment. (Contains 3 figures and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University. Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. e-mail: jime@open.ac.uk; Web site: http://jime.open.ac.uk
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10