Education has been experiencing new trends in the recent years. Learners known before as students are embracing the knowledge through a new de-centred pedagogy based mainly on self-learning, open learning and peer to peer interaction. They are shifting away from being passive receivers of knowledge to being more accountable and more independent in actively searching [...]
The Open Educational Quality Initiative will focus on provision of innovative open educational practices and promote quality, innovation and transparency in higher and adult education. The OPAL Initiative is a partnership between seven organizations including the ICDE, UNESCO, European Foundation for Quality, the Open University UK, Aalto University and the Catholic University Portugal. It is [...]
The “Peer 2 Peer University” (P2PU) is an online community of open study groups for short university-level courses having a strong commitment to openness that enables high-quality education opportunities at a lower cost. The mission of P2PU is to take to another step the power of the Internet and social software, and enables communities of [...]
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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