Open AccessTowards collaboration as learning: evaluation of an open CPD opportunity for HE teachers
Author(s) -
Chrissi Nerantzi,
Peter Gossman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
research in learning technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2156-7077
pISSN - 2156-7069
DOI - 10.3402/rlt.v23.26967
Subject(s) - collaborative learning , open learning , flexibility (engineering) , context (archaeology) , educational technology , learning sciences , cooperative learning , computer science , synchronous learning , process (computing) , mathematics education , online learning , higher education , active learning (machine learning) , professional learning community , pedagogy , psychology , knowledge management , teaching method , multimedia , artificial intelligence , political science , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , law , biology , operating system
Flexible, Distance and Online Learning (FDOL) is an open online course offered as an informal cross-institutional collaboration based on a postgraduate module in the context of teacher education in higher education. The second iteration, FDOL132, was offered in 2013 using a problem-based learning (PBL) design (FISh) to foster collaborative learning. How this was experienced by participants and how it affected learning within facilitated small groups are explored in this paper. Findings show that authentic learning in groups can be applied directly to practice, and greater flexibility and a focus on the process of collaborative learning has the potential to increase engagement and learning
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