Open Education and Virtual Communities: an Experience

In Fall 2007, Utah State University professor David Wiley held a course about Open Education. That time Dr Wiley's course was followed by an unusual group of students. The Fall 2007 edition, in fact, was available to anybody, free of charge, all over the world. The only requisite required was the possession of a blog for the completion of the weekly assignments. The present paper, whose authors attended the course, is an account of their experience. It can be considered an innovating experience from many different viewpoints and an example of how the world of the formal education can meet the demands of the informal one, in the broader landscape of professional training and lifelong learning.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: SOCRATES
• Authors: Antonio Fini, Andreas Robert Formiconi, Alessandro Giorni, Nuccia Silvana Pirruccello, Elisa Spadavecchia, Emanuela Zibordi
• Keywords: Education, Fall 2007 Edition, Professor David Wiley, SOCRATES 2008, Time Dr Wiley