2006_KBTheory. Discover Yourself! Peer-To-Peer Recognition of Learning in Open Education | Schmidt. Jan Philipp Schmidt United Nations University MERIT Christine Geith Michigan State University Stian Håklev University of Toronto Joel Thierstein Rice University Abstract Recognition in education is the acknowledgment of learning achievements. This paper makes the case for a peer-based method of assessment and recognition as a feasible option for accreditation purposes.
Keywords: Open education; assessment; accreditation; participatory learning Background Open education is the combination of open licensing and web-based social media. Enabled by widespread adoption of the Internet, large, self-organized, open innovation communities, such as open source software projects or Wikipedia ( have emerged. Similar open approaches have successfully been implemented in education, creating new models for research publication, textbook development and publication, and teaching and learning. Definitions: Recognition, Accreditation, Academic Credit, and Assessment Open Education. Carl R. Rogers, Freedom to Learn (1969) Personal Thoughts on Teaching and Learning (1952) I wish to present some very brief remarks, in the hope that if they bring forth any reaction from you, I may get some new light on my own ideas. a) My experience is that I cannot teach another person how to teach. I am almost afraid I may seem to have gotten away from any discussion of learning, as well as teaching.
Let me again introduce a practical note by saying that by themselves these interpretations of my experience may sound queer and aberrant, but not particularly shocking. It is when I realize the implications that I shudder a bit at the distance I have come from the commonsense world that everyone knows is right. I can best illustrate this by saying that if the experiences of others had been the same as mine, and if 1 had discovered similar meanings in it, many consequences would be implied: a.)
I think I had better to stop here. Regarding Learning and Its Facilitation (1969) How does a person learn? Learning Facilitation. Cooperative Learning in Distance Learning: Research to Practice | The Sloan Consortium® Researchers and education specialists endorse the view that student learning can be maximized, thus academic performance improved, by developing a sense of "we are all in the same boat together," a basic tenet of cooperative learning (CL). The effectiveness of CL principles and techniques in building a motivating, supportive learning environment is well known.
As the benefits of collaborative learning are clear, using technology to facilitate CL is vital. Distance learning has made possible several innovative means to include CL in virtual pedagogical settings. Researchers have reported that group work through computer-mediated collaboration resulted in improved performance, interaction, and critical thinking.