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Web 2.0 supported Higher Education Institutional Learning Scenarios for Collaborative Learning
Start date: Oct 1, 2010,

The Bologna Process has brought about a series of important reforms in Higher Education, having brought about significant harmonisation in recognition, course structure and quality assurance to name but a few examples. However, the concept of harmonisation, is often ill-equated with the concepts of rigidity and non-flexibility.An even cursory look at the instruments created by the Bologna process shows an emphasis on flexible learning pathways, recognition of prior learning, widening access to second cycle studies and a host of other instruments aimed at doing quite the opposite of the negative perceptions of the process. With this in mind, WebWise brings together a range of European higher education institutions active in the field of public health education as well as experts for innovative e-learning, to analyze and experiment as to how highly innovative pedagogical instruments may be used to improve and widen access to public health education, while simultaneously using procedures and tools created by the Bologna Process to maximise their utility and impact. WebWise will identify a list of learning scenarios, each consisting of:o an input: a certain situation and skill-set for entry into public health education (e.g. type of qualification; prior learning/experience; initial, continuing or re-training; characteristics (disabilities, socio-economic limitations etc) of studentso An outcome: the desired set of knowledge, skills and competences which is desired at the end of trainingo A process: the currently applied pathway and process to arrive from input to outcomeand design experiments, each based on the principle of utilising Web 2.0 collaborative learning techniques, to improve the process by which the outcome of the learning scenario is achieved.The project aims to provide a quantifiable evidence base for proposing new techniques within both public health and higher education in general, as well as serve as a poster-child for using the Bologna Process.
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