Developing a platform for the integration of informal learning into the formal curriculum of higher education

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Sporer, T., Jenert, T., Meyer, P. & Metscher, J. (2008). Developing a platform for the integration of informal learning into the formal curriculum of higher education. In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008 (pp. 3063-3070). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2008
Vienna, Austria
June 30, 2008
ISBN 1-880094-65-7
  Joseph Luca & Edgar R. Weippl
AACE

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Authors

Thomas Sporer, Tobias Jenert, Philip Meyer, Johannes Metscher, Institute for Media and Educational Technologies, Germany

Abstract

At the University of Augsburg a co-curricular study program has been introduced which makes it possible to integrate informal project activities into the formal curriculum of the bachelor/master program "Media and Communication". This paper gives an overview of the didactic concept of this co-curricular study program and shows how a social software system was designed, which integrates different tools like e-portfolios, social networking and e-assessment, to support this didactic concept. For this purpose the philosophy of design-based research, the modelling approach of usage-centered design and methods of agile software development have been employed.

Keywords

• Research Methods
• Social Studies
• Educational Technology
• Integration
• Software

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