NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Tschofen, Carmen; Mackness, Jenny – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2012
Connectivism has been offered as a new learning theory for a digital age, with four key principles for learning: autonomy, connectedness, diversity, and openness. The testing ground for this theory has been massive open online courses (MOOCs). As the number of MOOC offerings increases, interest in how people interact and develop as individual…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Identification, Motivation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Fonseca, Diego Ernesto Leal – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2011
This paper describes a learning experience called EduCamp, which was launched by the Ministry of Education of Colombia in 2007, based on emerging concepts such as e-Learning 2.0, connectivism, and personal learning environments. An EduCamp proposes an unstructured collective learning experience, which intends to make palpable the possibilities of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Lifelong Learning, Workshops, Information Technology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Woods, Robert H., Jr.; Baker, Jason D. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
This article presents the concepts of interaction and immediacy and discusses their theoretical frameworks, implications, and relationship with one another. The authors propose the development of a new conceptual model and recommend additional antecedent research. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Online Courses, Interaction, Distance Education, Computer Uses in Education