Lifelong learning implementations in virtual communities: Formal and informal approaches and their impact on learners

2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1061-1068

  Casagranda, Milena ^a   Colazzo, Luigi ^a   Molinari, Andrea ^a   Tomasini, Sara ^a   Villa, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

collaboration; e learning; formal and informal learning; lifelong learning; web 2.0

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION; COOPERATIVE ACTIVITY; E-LEARNING SYSTEMS; EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INFORMAL LEARNING; LIFE LONG LEARNING; UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; WEB 2.0;

E-LEARNING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; TEACHING; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEB SERVICES;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79960234717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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