Web 2.0 communities for lifelong learning: a case analysis
1. Antonio Fini & Maria Ranieri [email_address] [email_address] Web 2.0 Communities for Lifelong Learning. A Case Analysis AACE E-Learn 2009 – Vancouver (BC)
4. Group, Network, Collective Dron e Anderson, 2007 Group Conscious Membership Leadership and organization Rules Time limited Network Shared interests Fluid Membership Friend of a friend.. Reputation and altruism Rules and structures are emergent Collective Synergic aggregation Lack of membership Lack of rules Wisdom of crowds
This is our working ipotesis: we try to bridge the formal way of intending e-learrning, by using Moodle as LMS, and the informal way, by providing our “users” (in a very wider sense) with personal tools, such as blogs, e-portfolio, social networking, file repository and so on We called this integrated system (integrated, since single sign-on is supported and there is a certain grade of communication between the two systems) LTEver, that is a little pun with LTE and “ever”, in the sense of “for ever”: a system beyond and after the course.