International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (Mar 2011)

EduCamp Colombia: Social networked learning for teacher training

  • Diego Ernesto Leal Fonseca

DOI
https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v12i3.884
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3

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This paper describes a learning experience called EduCamp, which was launched by the Ministry of Education of Colombia in 2007, based on emerging concepts such as e-Learning 2.0, connectivism, and personal learning environments. An EduCamp proposes an unstructured collective learning experience, which intends to make palpable the possibilities of social software tools in learning and interaction processes while demonstrating face-to-face organizational forms that reflect social networked learning ideas. The experience opens new perspectives for the design of technology training workshops and for the development of lifelong learning experiences.

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