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Computer Mediated Conferencing and E-moderating:
Creating Knowledge Ecologies in Cyberspace(c)
Author:
Carolina
Ruiz Montani.
Delivered at TET
2001, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract
In
building a knowledge ecology we need to move from a generation which
handled traditional resources and the sense of ownership of
information and knowledge to one where the emphasis is on effective
use and usefulness of information in order
to create, use, share and advance knowledge. In the future
successful teachers in Latin-America
might be those who can mediate knowledge online. However,
the traditional information transmission model will
play a crucial role and lots of digitalized information will
be transmitted by telematics.
Knowledge
ecologies might develop at an amazing speed. The most challenging
role of teachers
might be to redefine their roles as e-moderators and promote change
in how knowledge is built, used, disseminated, shared and recycled.
Online education will foster learning through participation in
debates and information exchange, and knowledge will be built on
critical thinking and collaborative work.
Education
and economic growth are already being fueled by knowledge and ideas.
Documents are the vehicle for sharing information and knowledge,
conducting and publishing research. Discussion groups with
e-moderators are plagiarism-free think tanks where people exchange
ideas and construct knowledge on the basis of critical thinking.
Telematics
provides education with the opportunity to become a highly networked
organization. It is a very powerful tool to deliver
education and training, because in the field of education it
enables parties to
conduct interactions of
any kind. As a result, students may learn or supplement formal
curricula at their own pace.
Teachers
who mediate their students work
through e-moderated threads may have a
thorough assessment of how learners build knowledge. My
hypothesis is : students who are
active participants in
online discussion are members of knowledge ecologies : the
gatekeepers of the future.
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