NetGeners.Net Pilot Course: The ne(x)t generation learner

It was quite a bit of work to pull together the different bits and pieces of the NetGeners.Net space, but now it looks like we have a good base for the start of the pilot course.

The full title of the course is “NetGeners.Net: The ne(x)t generation learner - Skills you need in lifelong learning knowledge and information societies”.

Firstly of all, this course is free: free to attend without any charge, free of cost for books or other materials, free for anyone independently of prior education; and free in terms of your personal time commitment that you decide to dedicate to it (Though we would like you to spend on a minimum 2 hours per week). The only thing you will need is a PC and internet access.

The course is supposed to be an open and participatory learning experience that involves practical ‘hands-on’ sessions where the learners’ learning activities and the things they create will become a part of the course. This is to say that future course participants should be enabled to benefit from earlier learners achievements and build upon the things they started, instead of starting from scratch.

The course will allow participants to act not only as a learner, but to become an active contributor and co-creator. Participants will be asked to establish their own course learning projects or to join into course learning projects of others; and will also have a voice to tell what they think this course still needs.

This course is a pilot course in the light of free and open education. Participants of this course can expect tutoring (support), but will not receive any official degree awarding certificate or credit points from the course team.

As the course is only scheduled to start on March 17th we also invite you to provide us with some initial feedback on what you think could be improved, to report bugs (means to tell us what still doesn’t work as it should), to suggest further learning projects, or to submit already existing ones to our course category.

The Open University
Institute of Educational Technologies (IET)
PO Box 197
Milton Keynes
MK7 6BJ
United Kingdom
www.open.ac.uk

Contact:
Mr. Andreas Meiszner
Mail: A.Meiszner@open.ac.uk
Phone: +351 960 148400

The Open University (OU) is the United Kingdom's only university dedicated to distance learning.

Most OU courses are available throughout Europe. Some of them are available in many other parts of the world. More than 25,000 OU students live outside the UK.

The University itself is ranked among the top UK universities for the quality of its teaching.

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