The task 2 of unit 1 Course “Processos Pedagógicos em Elearning” aims to create a learning object (LO) on the Cooperative Freedom Theory  Lisbon, March 24, 2010 Nuno Miguel Oliveira

1. LearningObject Mestrado em Pedagogia do Elearning – 4.ª Edição – PPEL

2. Introduction The task 2 of unit 1 Course “ProcessosPedagógicos em Elearning” aims to create a learning object (LO) on the CooperativeFreedom Theory Lisbon, March 24, 2010 Nuno Miguel Oliveira

3. What is a learning object? A learning object is a resource, usually digital and web-based, that can be used and re-used to support learning; Learning objects offer a new conceptualization of the learning process: rather than the traditional "several hour chunk", they provide smaller, self-contained, re-usable units of learning; They will typically have a number of different components, which range from descriptive data to information about rights and educational level. At their core, however, will be instructional content, practice, and assessment. A key issue is the use of metadata; Learning object design raises issues of portability, and of the object's relation to a broader learning management system;

4. Theories on the Distance Education Theories of Autonomy and Independence; Theories of Industrialization; Theories of Interaction and Communication.

5. Comparison of individual learning, collaborative and cooperative Individual learning promotes a greater individual flexibility, which rules out participation but virtual learning communities; Colaborative learning requires a participation in a learning communities and limit a individual flexibility; Cooperative learning requires participation in virtual learning communities, combining this intervention with the flexibility of students;

6. Comparison individual learning, cooperative and collaborative

7. Theory of Cooperative Freedom

8. Theory of Cooperative Freedom TheTheoryofCooperativeFreedomisbasedbased on three pillars: Promoting individual flexibility; Promoting affinity with the learning community; Voluntaryparticipationbutattractive.

9. Theory of Cooperative Freedom The Theory of Cooperative Freedom was developed by MortenFlate Paulsen; It is influenced by Knowles´s theory of andragogy; TheoryusedbyNKIDistanceEducation; It is based on the Theory of Autonomy and Independence; Focuses on the tension in distance education between individual independence and collective cooperation;

10. Theory of Cooperative Freedom The challenge Theory of Cooperative Freedom is the availability of online education that combines individual flexibility with the cooperation and social unity; Development of virtual learning communities that allow cumulative participation in virtual communities of learning and individual autonomy of and flexibility; The Theory of Cooperative Freedom is developed based on the six axes are given in the following hexagram.

11. Theory of Cooperative Freedom

12. Transparency Supports Cooperation Transparency is very important for promotion cooperative on-line education; Transparency should never put in question the issues of individual privacy; The students determine the level of personal information you transmit to teachers, class and other students; The cooperation should be fully transparent to students, teachers and schools.

13. Transparency Supports Cooperation

14. Conclusion In the future the adult learners will increasingly seek the flexibility and individual freedom. At the same time many of them prefer to group collaboration and social unity. On the online instruction is very difficult to combine these characteristics but is possible to join individual freedom and collective unity. For this it is essential to develop education plans and / or training at a distance where there is cooperation between the group members.

15. Bibliography This work was basead on the fllowingbibliografy: Paulsen, MortenFlate, “Cooperative Online Education” http://www.seminar.net/images/stories/vol4-issue2/paulsen_-_cooperative_online_education.pdf (March 2010) Paulsen, MortenFlate, “The Hexagon Of Cooperative Freedom: A Distance Education Theory Attunedto Computer Conferencing.” The Distance Education Online SynposiumDEOSNEWS, 1993, VOL. 3, N.º 2 http://www.nettskolen.com/forskning/21/hexagon.html (March 2010) Paulsen, MortenFlate “Online Education and Learning Management Systems Global E-learning in a Scandinavian Perspective” , NKIForlaget, (2003);