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E-Learning for Widening Participation in Higher Education
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Author(s): Irina Maslo (University of Latvia, Latvia), Svetlana Surikova (University of Latvia, Latvia)and Manuel Joaquín Fernández González (University of Latvia, Latvia)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 22
Source title:
E-Learning as a Socio-Cultural System: A Multidimensional Analysis
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė (Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania), Edita Butrimė (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania), Daiva Vitkutė-Adžgauskienė (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania), Vladislav Vladimirovich Fomin (Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania)and Kathy Kikis-Papadakis (Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6154-7.ch002
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Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to conceptualize e-learning as a socio-cultural ecological system and to explore the empirical evidences of the objective and subjective conditions for using this concept in practice for increasing the participation in higher education. The components of this new concept are a systemic-constructivist competence, pedagogical leadership, life- and workforce learning, and self-evaluation. The objective conditions for its implementation are the integration of informal knowledge of information and communication technologies, implementing pedagogical leadership in tandems for developing students' intrapreneurship, self-evaluation, and self-enhancement. The subjective conditions are personal involvement, supportive social climate, and eagerness for transforming challenges into new learning opportunities. E-learning as a socio-cultural ecological system fosters students' and faculty staff's participation, producing new knowledge and pedagogical solutions that create synergy between science, education, and politics. This enhances economical growth and sustainable development that benefits the whole ecological system in local, regional, national, European, and global socio-cultural contexts.
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