LOLA is a collaborative methodology for e-learning. It makes use of technology that allows synchronous and asynchronous communication and a pedagogical methodology based on: Active participation by students in the learning process; Learning mediated by tutors/teachers; Collective construction of knowledge that emerges from exchanges between students; Interactivity among all those involved in the process; Encouragement of the processes of expression and communication; Flexibilization of roles in the communication process in order to allow for the collective construction of knowledge; Systematization of the planning, development, and evaluation of activities; Acceptance of the diversities and differences of students; Development of students’ autonomy in the learning process; Valuing of freedom with responsibility; Respect for authorship; and Valuing of the process rather than the product.
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The LOLA Strategy and E-Learning Knowledge Management
Patricia Lupion Torres (Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, PUCPR, Brazil) and Rita de Cassia Veiga Marriott (University of Birmingham, UK)
Copyright: © 2008
|Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-865-9.ch046
Abstract
Economic globalisation and technological changes have led to one of the greatest challenges that education faces – the access to permanent education for all segments of society. In this scenario, there is a need for innovative e-learning methodologies that involve students in the construction of knowledge and make use of the technologies now available. In this chapter, we introduce knowledge management in the context of the Online Learning Lab (LOLA), a methodological proposal for collaborative learning. LOLA represents an advance on most e-learning programs as its methodological approach surpasses traditional proposals for knowledge reproduction and stimulates students to become more active, autonomous, responsible and investigative. The activities in LOLA, described below, give rise to ideas, paradoxes, discussions and the formulation of concepts, all leading to the production of new knowledge while involving students in individual and collaborative work.