e/b-Learning Activities and High School Pedagogy

This article presents the implementation of several different e/b-Learning collaborative activities, used to improve the students learning process in an high school Polytechnic Institution. A new learning model arises, based on a combination between face-toface and distance leaning. Learning is now becoming centered with the development of collaborative activities, and its actors (teachers and students) have to be re-socialized to a new e/b-Learning paradigm. Measuring approaches are proposed for this model and results are presented, showing prospective correlation between students learning success and the use of online collaborative activities.

Authors:

• Rui Antunes

Keywords:

• e/b-Learning
• Collaborative Learning
• TeachingCommunities
• Web-based Courseware

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