Next week (11.4.2008) our paper, Hernández-Leo, D., Pérez-Sanagustín, M., Santos, P., Sayago, S., Griffiths, D., Blat, J., “Dialogic learning and interactive groups: an IMS LD template integrated in runtime systems”, will be presented at the TENCompetence Open Workshop in Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
Dialogic learning and interactive groups have proved to be a useful methodological approach appliedin educational situations for lifelong adult learners. The principles of this approach stress the importance of dialogue and equal participation also when designing the training activities. This paper adopts these principles as the basis for a configurable template that can be integrated in runtime systems. The template is formulated as a meta-UoL which can be interpreted by IMS Learning Design players. This template serves as a guide to flexibly select and edit the activities at runtime (on the fly). The meta-UoL has been used successfully by a practitioner so as to create a real-life example, with positive and encouraging results.
The paper is available at http://dspace.ou.nl/handle/1820/1213.
A comment to my own post: an extended version of this paper has been published in a special issue of the iJET journal: http://online-journals.org/i-jet/issue/view/30
Pérez-Sanagustín, M., Hernández-Leo, D., Santos, P., Sayago, S., Griffiths, D., Blat, J., “Dialogic learning and interactive groups: an IMS LD template integrated in runtime systems” International Journal: Emerging Technologies in Learning, vol 3 (2008), pp. 38-45
Another paper related to the pilots carried out in the TENCompetence project is also published in this issue:
Schoonenboom, J., Sligte, H., Moghnieh, A., Hernández-Leo, A., Stefanov, K., Glahn, C., Specht, M., Lemmers R.,
“Supporting life-long competence development using the TENCompetence infrastructure: a first experiment” International Journal: Emerging Technologies in Learning, vol 3 (2008), pp. 53-59