Research articles
Key skills for co-learning and co-inquiry in two open platforms: a massive portal (EDUCARED) and a personal environment (weSPOT)
Authors:
Antonio Roberto Coelho Serra,
Universidade Estadual do Maranhao, BR
Silvar Ferreira Ribeiro,
Universidade do Estado da Bahia, BR
Sônia Maria da Conceição Pinto
Universidade do Estado da Bahia, BR
Abstract
This paper presents a qualitative investigation on key skills for co-learning and co-inquiry in the digital age. The method applied was cyber-ethnography with asynchronous observation (forum and wiki) and synchronous discussions (webconference) for analysing skills developed by a co-learning community. This study focuses on participants from different countries who interacted during nine months in two open platforms: the massive educational portal EDUCARED of the “7th International Conference on Education 2012-2013” and weSPOT, an European “Working Environment with Social Personal and Open Technologies for inquiry based learning”. As a result of this study, it was observed that the EDUCARED portal led to the development of more explicit digital literacies, possibly because it was a simpler and familiar interface (forum). And in the weSPOT environment, experienced participants with digital technologies had more opportunities to develop other skills related to Critical-Creative Thinking and Scientific Reasoning.
How to Cite:
Okada, A., Serra, A. R. C., Ribeiro, S. F., & da Conceição Pinto, S. M. (2015). Key skills for co-learning and co-inquiry in two open platforms: a massive portal (EDUCARED) and a personal environment (weSPOT). Open Praxis, 7(1), 83–102. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.7.1.174
Published on
01 Jan 2015.
Peer Reviewed
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