Open learning, part 2
I am focusing now on three topics within open learning, namely 1) what is it, 2) how to assess it, and 3) the knowledge transfer. Open I am thinking what does open learning mean. I mean the open -part there. Typically open courses are not open to everyone. So open does not mean that the courses would be open to the whole world. Also, there might be restrictions on the number of students allowed to an open course. This can be e.g. on the basis of total participants or based on allowed participants per institution. Typically the courses are free of charge but if one wants to have a certificate, then it is many times not anymore free. So perhaps in the end, open learning is somehow pointing towards interactive learning; learning from each other -type of courses and teaching. So, should we actually talk about social learning ? Assessment It is a known fact that in courses where the assessment is based on the performance of groups of students as opposed to individual students, it is easier