Session Information
Contribution
Description: Project acronym: BAZAAR
The major aim of the Bazaar project is to develop and support a community of practice for teachers, trainers,
moderators and facilitators in the development, creation, exchange and use of elearning materials. This includes
a) The provision of information and services for teachers and trainers in the development, creation, exchange and use of elearning materials.
B) The facilitation of social networking and the development of social networks.
C) The provision of opportunities to test and use different Open Source Software tools and applications.
D) The provision of opportunities to explore and share experience and practice.
E) The provision of opportunities to share learning materials.
F) Research and dissemination into emergent issues and practice.
G) Networking of projects and initiatives.
H) The provision of peer group advice and guidance and access to expertise and help.
i) Opportunities for discourse and communication between developers and users of elearning applications.
In the early stages of the project, the partners have undertaken a scenario planning exercise looking at the future development of elearning materials. This paper will present the results of the exercise.
Methodology: The Bazaar project is undertaking a wide ranger of activities. The presentation in the seminar will be based on the first nine months of project work., This includes a collaborative scenario setting investigation and research into issues involved in the development and use of open learning resources.
The project is also developing a sandbox application to allow researchers and teachers and trainers in vocational education and training to test social software applications in a real environment.
Conclusions: The symposium will provide participants with access to cutting edge research on the uses of ICT for learning. Participants will be encouraged to discuss and reflect on the implications of these developments for the future development of vocational Education and training. NestaFutureLab have said in a recent report: "The logic of education systems should be reversed so that the system conforms to the learner, rather than the learner to the system."
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