Title: Lesson diary and personal workbook: collaborative services in a learning virtual communities' platform

Authors: Luigi Colazzo, Francesco Conte, Andrea Molinari, Nicola Villa

Addresses: Department of Information and Management Sciences, University of Trento, Via Inama 5 – 38122 Trento, Italy. ' Laboratory of Maieutics, University of Trento, Via Inama 5 – 38122 Trento, Italy. ' Department of Information and Management Sciences, University of Trento, Via Inama 5 – 38122 Trento, Italy. ' Laboratory of Maieutics, University of Trento, Via Inama 5 – 38122 Trento, Italy

Abstract: The paper describes the development of a new service within the collaboration platform |Online Communities|, entirely designed and implemented by our working group at the University of Trento. The system is able to track the activities performed by each participant of a learning community. The service, called |workbook|, represents the first of a series of innovations that we will introduce in the system to improve the collaboration level between its participants. The metaphor of virtual communities, in fact, allows us to develop and expand the services| scenarios. Even the workbook service itself benefits of this community approach.

Keywords: virtual communities; web based communities; online communities; online learning; e-learning; electronic learning; learning communities; life-long learning; internet; world wide web; lesson diaries; personal workbooks; collaborative services; collaboration platforms; universities; Trento; Italy; higher education; activity tracking; educational innovations; collaboration levels; technology enhanced learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2011.040221

International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2011 Vol.3 No.3, pp.229 - 241

Published online: 26 Feb 2015 *

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