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COLLABORATIVE AND SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING IN A VIRTUAL CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT: A POTENTIAL SOLUTION FOR OUR YEARS?

Ecoforum Journal

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Title COLLABORATIVE AND SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING IN A VIRTUAL CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT: A POTENTIAL SOLUTION FOR OUR YEARS?
 
Creator DAMIAN, Alina Cristina; "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi
GEORGESCU, Mircea; "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi
 
Subject collaborative learning; future education; lifelong learning; self-directed learning; virtual campus.
 
Description In the current society, where the information flow has a big impact on the learner, and the learning methods differ from student to student, it is important to understand a virtual campus and its benefits. Nobody can doubt the impact of the new technologies on the educational system. In this new reality, universities must learn to work and collaborate with other universities or groups of interest in order to prepare learners to meet the requirements of the 21st century.  The solution can be a virtual campus that offers powerful tools, access to content and services, personal learning environment, enabling the student to acquire information and learn new skills. This article offers on overview of a virtual campus and the prototype of learner that is suitable for it. The accent falls on two of the skills that a learner must have: self directed learning and of course collaborative learning. The first concept refers to the learner’s capabilities to be responsible of his decisions regarding the learning process and to take the initiative while the second one is based on the fact that a virtual campus is built on collaborative processes that engage stakeholders to interact and learn from each other.
 
Publisher Association of Educational and Cultural Cooperation Suceava from Stefan cel Mare Universit
 
Date 2014-02-06
 
Type Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ecoforumjournal.ro/index.php/eco/article/view/52
 
Source Ecoforum Journal; Vol 3, No 1 (2014); 4
 
Language en
 
Relation http://www.ecoforumjournal.ro/index.php/eco/article/download/52/142
 
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