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Irmeli Maunonen-Eskelinen

Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, Teacher Education, Finland

Jari Hautamaki

Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, School of Information Technology, Finland

6th Int. Conference onEmerging e-learning Technologies and ApplicationsThe High Tatras, SlovakiaSeptember 11-13, 2008

LEARNING IN SEMI-VIRTUAL CAMPUS – DEVELOPING PEDAGOGICAL GROUNDS OF EDINET-PROJECT

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E-learning in Distributed Data Network Laboratory –project (Edinet)

• aims at to establish an e-learning environment which is based on the ideas of life-long learning.

• seven European universities create semi-virtual campus in the field of Information Technology

Why Edinet?

• Work has become more and more distributed and networked since traditional boundaries of work communities disappear.

• Therefore students need to be equipped with skills which enable them to work in such an environment.

• Distributed working and learning mean new pedagogical and technological challenges.

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Implementation of the European education policy in Edinet-project

• The project develops a system of using technical resources of the partner universities in order to increase learning opportunities of students and experts in the field of information technology

• forms an arena to share expertise of each university and an individual teacher and an expert (education systems, curricula and innovations in training)

• mutual learning addresses development of modern competences of students and teachers

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Semi Virtual Campus

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E-Learning

• Effective e-learning context requires following elements (Hamid 2002):

• (1) Information architecture• (2) User interface design• (3) Content strategy• (4) Pedagogical dimensions

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Elements of e-learning

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•Tutoring and learning

management

•Evaluation & feedback

•Pedagogical models for

learning

•Target groups and

skills

•Developing competencies using

flexible, ICT supported learning opportunities

in the framework of life long learning

•Efficiency and recognition of acquired skills

•Contents and design

systems

•Technological mechanisms

•Reliability & accessbility &

scalability

•Learning

•Individual

•Infrastructure

•Value

Blended learning

• refers to the use of resources which combine electronic-learning or mobile-learning with other educational resources

• mix-and-match approach

international context and blended learning strategies increase learning opportunities for students as well as teaching staff

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Pedagogical principles

• Principle of constructing knowledge based on partnerships

• Principle of collaborative learning• Principle of contextuality of learning• Principle of self-directed learning

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Context awareness in e-learning (Zheng and Yoneo 2007)

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Summary

• Edinet Semi virtual campus offers real open educational resources.

• Edinet gives a realistic solution to reduce costs of the expensive individual laboratories.

• In addition it forms rich and interesting educational setting in which the pedagogical ideas, views and strategies could be explored.

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