TY - CHAP
T1 - Knowledge media tools to foster social learning
AU - Okada, Alexandra
AU - Shum, Simon Buckingham
AU - Bachler, Michelle
AU - Tomadaki, Eleftheria
AU - Scott, Peter
AU - Little, Alex
AU - Eisenstadt, Marc
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The aim of this chapter is to overview the ways in which knowledge media technologies create opportunities for social learning. The Open Content movement has been growing rapidly, opening up new opportunities for widening participation. One of the Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives is the OpenLearn project, launched by the Open University, which integrates three knowledge media technologies: Compendium, FM and MSG. In this chapter, the authors analyse some examples, which show how these tools can be used to foster open sensemaking communities by mapping knowledge, location and virtual interactions. At the end, they present some questions and future horizons related to this research.
AB - The aim of this chapter is to overview the ways in which knowledge media technologies create opportunities for social learning. The Open Content movement has been growing rapidly, opening up new opportunities for widening participation. One of the Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives is the OpenLearn project, launched by the Open University, which integrates three knowledge media technologies: Compendium, FM and MSG. In this chapter, the authors analyse some examples, which show how these tools can be used to foster open sensemaking communities by mapping knowledge, location and virtual interactions. At the end, they present some questions and future horizons related to this research.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84898136223&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-60566-208-4.ch024
DO - 10.4018/978-1-60566-208-4.ch024
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84898136223
SN - 9781605662084
SP - 357
EP - 380
BT - Handbook of Research on Social Software and Developing Community Ontologies
ER -