Cooperative Freedom
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A Distance
Education
Theory
Cooperative Freedom (theory introduced by Professor Morten Paulsen) combines freedom for the individual with group cooperation
Check Professor Paulsen's site
http://home.nki.no/morten
Cooperative Freedom
The results provided by NKI's quality control and evaluation system are encouraging.
Independently of
motivational
orientation,
online students
need:
Independence
Autonomy
2- Learning Partner
Cooperation
cooperation
+
Uses personal presentations for
finding and connecting students
who want learning partners
group interaction
and interpersonal dependency
NKI has received awards for its innovation, ex., the
Boldic Award in 2006
Individual freedom
Freedom
Individual
autonomy
Voluntary services:
1- Planning System
NKI Norwegian
Knowledge Institute
facilitates students'
progression
Learning could be:
Individual
Cooperative
Collaborative
How to achieve this?
NKI's LMS
supports
individual
progression
plans
Is it possible to provide online education that combines individual freedom with meaningful cooperation?
NKI Distance Education
facilitates
Individual Freedom
Cooperative
Learning
.
within a
Based on voluntary
participation in
a learning
community.