Production of knowledge in LOLA implies a collective action of the group to produce a text that represents acquired knowledge. In this process, each member of the group writes down his/her contributions, which are forwarded to the other members for amendments, additions, or deletions.
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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.