Cooperative Freedomand Transparency in Moodle

Morten Flate PaulsenCampus.NooA.no

A 30-minute presentation at Gjøvik University College April 3, 2013

1

http://twitter.com/MFPaulsen www.slideshare.net/MortenFPhttp://nettstudier.blogspot.com http://issuu.com/mfpaulsen

www.linkedin.com/in/mfpaulsenwww.facebook.com/mfpaulsen www.eden-online.org/blog/

www.NooA.no

About me

• Worked with online education at NKI Nettstudier 1986 – 2012• Established Campus NooA in 2012• Professor II at Gjøvik University College• President of European Distance and E-learning Network (EDEN)• Doctor of Education from the Pennsylvania State University• American Center for the Study of Distance Education (1990 -1992)• Adjunct Professor Athabasca University (1999 - 2005)• Professor associado Universidade Aberta, Portugal (2009-2010)

2

EDEN-members in Norway

• Campus NooA • eCademy • Folkeuniversitetet Nettstudier • Gjovik University College • Globalskolen AS • Lillehammer University Colleg

e

• NKI Nettstudier • NKS Online Studies• Norway Opening Universities

• Norwegian Association for Distance and Flexible Education - NADE

• Norwegian Institute for Adult Learning - VOX

• Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research

• Sogn og Fjordane University College

• Studiesenteret.no • University of Nordland • University of Oslo

3

Norwegian member institutions

Annual Conferences22. Oslo 201321. Oporto 201220. Dublin, 201119. Valencia 201018. Gdansk 200917. Lisbon 200816. Naples 200715. Vienna 200614. Helsinki 200513. Budapest 200412. Rhodes 200311. Granada 200210. Stockholm 20018. Moscow 19997. Bologna 19986. Budapest 19975. Poitiers 19964. Birmingham 19953. Tallinn 19942. Berlin 19931. Krakow 1992

Open Classroom9. Athens 20118. Oporto 20097. Stockholm 20076. Poitiers 20055. Copenhagen 20024. Barcelona 20003. Balatonfüred 19992. Crete 1997

1. Oslo 1995

4

Research Workshops7. Leuven 20126. Budapest 20105. Paris 20084. Barcelona 20063. Oldenburg 20042. Hildesheim 20021. Prague 2000

Pioneer work in Online Education at NKI Nettstudier1986: First LMS – specifically developed for distance learning1987: First online distance education course

1992: Mandatory course for new NKI tutors on the Internet1996: First web-based courses

2002: First m-learning courses2003: Speech synthesis in all courses2004: Individual planning and follow up according to each student’s plan2004: Continuous tracking of turn-around time2006: Learning partner system2008: Global student profiles

2010: Peer counselling system for tutors2011: Quality barometer for tutors and course materials

5

6

The most interesting pedagogical challenge in our lifetime is to provide online education that combines individual freedom with meaningful cooperation.I have struggled with this challenge since I first introduced my Theory of Cooperative Freedom in 1992.

www.ednews.org/articles/10626/1/An-Interview-with-Morten-Flate-Paulsen-Focusing-on-His-Theory-of-Cooperative-Freedom-in-Online-Education/Page1.html

Six Dimensions of Freedom

It is difficult to combine individual flexibility and cooperation

Compilation of resources made by my students atUniversidade Aberta in Portugal http://ppel4.pbworks.com/

Flexibleindividual learning

is controlled bythe student

Cooperativelearning

takes place innetworks

Collaborativelearning

depends ongroups

Cooperative online educationIndependence with the help of others

Rigidindividual learning

is controlled bythe school

Individual flexibility

Affini

ty to

lear

ning

com

mun

ity

Cooperative learning

• Cooperative learning seeks to develop virtual learning environments that allow students to have optimal individual freedom within online learning communities.

• Cooperative learning is based on voluntary participation in a learning community

• Cooperative learning benefits from transparency

9

http://issuu.com/mfpaulsen

10

Cooperative Freedom is discussed in my books which are available from

More resources on Cooperative Freedom• Cooperative online education

www.youtube.com/user/nki2008#p/a/u/2/HVXtbLg5ycE

• Online education barometers www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyoe7dGIwkE&feature=relmfu

• Transparency in Cooperative Online Education www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/671/1267

• E-viva em Portugal http://nettstudier.blogspot.com/• Cooperative Online Education

http://seminar.net/index.php/volume-4-issue-2-2008-previousissuesmeny-124/100-cooperative-online-education

• Cooperative Freedom and Transparency in Online Educationwww.slideshare.net/MortenFP/futuralia-3400339

• Visualizing student profileswww.slideshare.net/MortenFP/visualizing-student-profiles-through-nkis-online-catalogue-and-student-network

• Transparency for Cooperationhttp://toonlet.com/archive?m=s&i=11245

Transparencyor

privacy?

12

13

Transparency improves quality

14

…of system data, course content, course work etc….

Scandinavian Online Program in Multimedia Journalismwww.webjournalisten.com

Audio Journalism: Berghs School of Communication (Sweden)Video Journalism: UPDATE – Danish School of Media and JournalismText Journalism: NKI Distance Education (Norway)

Transparency promotes cooperation

16

Dalsgaard, C. and Paulsen, M.F. (2009) Transparency in Cooperative Online Education. IRRODL, Vol 10, No 3.

Three degrees oftransparency

1. Low: Private e-mail2. Medium: Class forum3. High: Global web2.0 services

Transparency provides better quality and more cooperation, but both students and teachers should be comfortable with the chosen transparency level.

17

NooA usesMoodle to supportCooperative Freedom and Transparency

Cooperative and transparentcourse in social media

Thank youI care, so I share:

http://nettstudier.blogspot.com

https://twitter.com/MFPaulsen

www.slideshare.net/MortenFP

www.facebook.com/mfpaulsen

www.eden-online.org/blog

21

www.NooA.no