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MOOCs as Supplement of Informal Education

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  • Malgorzata B. Pankowska

    (Information Systems Department, University of Economics in Katowice, Katowice, Poland)

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The contribution covers discussion on informal university learning, which is a part of heutagogy. In the paper, the university learning is considered as autopoietic organization development as well as development of business organization strongly dependent on external knowledge resources. In general, university education space covers formal, informal, and non-formal learning. Nowadays, informal learning has an excellent opportunity for development, because of Web 2.0 ideas and solutions. In the paper, the architecture of informal learning environment is visualized in ArchiMate 4.0 beta version language. The main goal of the paper is to present informal learning architecture as supplement to the formal learning. The MOOCs (massive open online courses) are included in the architecture model for informal learning support.

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  • Malgorzata B. Pankowska, 2017. "MOOCs as Supplement of Informal Education," International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA), IGI Global, vol. 9(1), pages 10-25, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jea000:v:9:y:2017:i:1:p:10-25
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