Hannu Markkanen

NETPRO: an innovative approach to network project based learning

The development of information and communication technology has lead to the reorganisation of work methods and processes. More and more tasks are accomplished in a collaborative way by geographically distributed teams. These new working methods require proper training and appropriate skills, especially the ability to work in virtual environments. NETPRO (Network Based Project Learning in Engineering Education) is a European pilot project that addresses these issues. Its objective is to elaborate an innovative network based project learning model for engineering education and to develop web-based tools for implementing and supporting this pedagogy. This paper discusses some features of project-based pedagogy and proposes a model of a project-based learning management system.

Emergent Knowledge Artifacts for Supporting Trialogical E-Learning

This article elaborates on scenarios for collaborative knowledge creation in the spirit of the trialogical learning paradigm. According to these scenarios, the group knowledge base is formed by combining the knowledge bases of the participants, according to various methods. The provision of flexible methods for defining various aspects of the group knowledge is expected to enhance synergy in the knowledge creation process and could lead to the development of tools that overcome the inelasticities of the current knowledge creation practices. Subsequently, these scenarios are projected to various knowledge representation frameworks and for each one of them, we analyze and discuss related techniques and identify issues that are worth further research.

KPE (Knowledge Practices Environment) Supporting Knowledge Creation Practices in Education

Many activities have moved to the Web, offering a medium for numerous everyday tasks related to home, community, office, education, etc. A constant flow of new tools, use trends, services and terminologies now forms part of people’s daily lives (Candy, 2002). The landscape of tools changes constantly and the tools are complemented by a new generation of open source and access tools, social media tools, services, and enhancements.

Trialogical e-learning and emergent knowledge artifacts

According to the recently emerged, trialogical learning (TL) paradigm, learners are collaboratively developing shared objects of activity in a systematic fashion. In this paper we propose a basic learning scenario according to the TL paradigm. With this scenario as gnomon, we elaborate the technical issues that are raised for supporting it and we propose a flexible novel method for defining various aspects of the group knowledge.