Dr Helen Jelfs using Cohere for mapping literature about Deeper Learning
Channel: olnetchannel
Date: 2012-04-25

The focus of Helen's OLnet Fellowship was on developing and extending the evidence hub emerging from current OLnet research around the impact of Open Educational Resources, and to respond to the Hewlett Foundation's new priority on Deeper Learning. "Deeper Learning" covers the theory, methods, practice and impact of education which takes seriously the dispositions and skills of learning to learn and enquiry-based learning, two of the most fundamental concepts for learner engagement which sit at the heart of the 21st Century challenges which many now recognize as pivotal to the future mission of education: preparing "K-Life" learners (i.e. from early school days, to the current workforce, and beyond) to cope with dilemmas and levels of complexity that will make unprecedented demands on them intellectually, emotionally, and socially.

She worked with Simon Buckingham Shum and Anna de Liddo, aiming to use and evaluate Cohere as a tool for enhancing the literature review process and its potential for collaborative learning around issues of shared significance with interested partners.

The premise is that by annotating and mapping deeper learning literature it will make OLnet even more relevant to the needs of the OER community in general, and to the Hewlett Foundation in particular, especially given they will need a quality research site to direct people to around this new thematic priority.

Fellowship period from April -- July 2011, and visited OU on 12th and 13th July 2011

This presentation took place on 13 July 2011 see: http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2326 and http://www.olnet.org/content/helen-jelfs

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