1. Cooperative Freedom as a Guiding Star for Online Education Morten Flate Paulsen Professor of Online Education NKI Distance Education The slides are available via: http:// home.nettskolen.com/~morten / A presentation (30 +15 min) Universität Hildesheim, Germany, November 8, 2007

3. www.studymentor.com The presentation is based on my Theory of Cooperative Freedom which is described in my book about Online Education Cooperative Freedom: An Online Education Theory. In Online Education and Learning Management Systems: Global E-learning in a Scandinavian Perspective . Page 39 . This presentation focuses on means to implement the theory

10. Individual flexibility Affinity to learning community Individual Learning Environment Cooperative Learning Environment Collaborative Learning Environment

12. NKI’s LMS supports individual progression plans

15. Imaginary student catalogue with information about next submission number and planned submission date

16. Evaluation of planning system How satisfied are you with the planning system? The system was referred to as simple and motivating. Some state that it makes planning easier and results in improved progression. A typical comment was: It helps me keep up a steady study progression so that I finish the work before my exam. In his master thesis, Fagerberg (2005) interviewed 15 online students who studied psychology about their evaluation of NKI’s online tools. He concluded that systems and tools for planning and supervision were perceived as more important than tools for collaboration and social interaction.

18. How satisfied are you with NKI’s follow-up system?

19. Student interface for submission of assignments

20. Information from teacher’s start page:

25. NKI’s suggestion for personal presentation Options for learning partners and privacy

26. The search showed 229 students in postal region 13 (Asker og Bærum) Sample search for learning partners Overview of learning partners

32. Questionnaires with dynamic reports adapted to various users Questionnaires Database Individual reports for thousands of students Individual reports for hundreds of teachers Misc. reports for the administration Per class/ teacher Per course Other reports My class My course All courses My class My course All courses

33. Results after 403 answers, student survey fall 2007

34. Thank You! Questions? The presentation and contact information is available via: http:// home.nettskolen.com/~morten /