This MESH guide is based on the EU Erasmus+ Pro-VET project. Pro-VET has introduced a systematic approach to continuous professional development of VET teachers (in-service trainers, instructors, mentors etc.) via E-learning tools or Vocational Open Online Courses (VOOC’s, as a vocational counterpart of the well-known Massive Open Online Course, MOOC).
MirandaMods (DrewBuddy) As the years progressed, MirandaNet Fellows knitted together several different technologies so that members in a physical room could debate with members who were unable to travel. The generic term, ‘unconference’ is one in which the input of all the participants has equal weight. This contrasts with a conventional conference with nominated speakers who take questions at the end of their talk.
Braided Learning (Preston) MirandaNet Fellows have adopted a metaphor to describe the theory underlying this collaborative knowledge creation that they call Braided Learning the notion of plaiting ideas together. Some of their research focuses on the ways in which community leaders can identify the stages in the life cycle of an online discussion and also to encourage all the participants to contribute online by giving them different roles in the development of ideas.
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