Lessons learned from the development of an e-circle for munipalities

Per Flensburg

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012 (Oct 09, 2012) pp. 577–585

A case study is analyzed and lessons learned from the emergence of the Sambruk Academia for Swedish municipalities are discussed. The case study of an e-learning project was part of the Innoveta project, supporting and evaluating the establishment...

Conceptualizing the Essence of Presence in Distance Education through Digital Dasein

Amir Haj-Bolouri; Per Flensburg

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 16, No. 2 (April 2017) pp. 149–173

"** Invited as a paper from E-Learn 2014 **" Abstract: In order to learn, presence is necessary. If we experience a genuinely rich presence, exams, tests and other forms of evaluating knowledge are not crucial for learning. In distance learning,...

Conceptualizing the Essence of Presence in Distance Education through Digital Dasein

Amir Haj-Bolouri; Per Flensburg; Lars Svensson

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 746–754

In order to achieve learning, presence is necessary. If we have good presence, no tests are necessary. In distance learning, the concept of presence is not obvious. Presence in distance and network contexts usually means being active on social media....

Topics: research, Other, Designing, Developing, and Assessing E-Learning

Designing a Web-based Education Platform for Swedish Civic Orientation

Amir Haj-Bolouri; Per Flensburg; Lennarth Bernhardsson; Thomas Winman; Lars Svensson

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 755–764

Newcomers in Sweden face a problem of learning the Swedish society with respect to laws, culture, democratic values, education system, labor market and aspects of taking the role as a parent. The municipality of Gothenburg and the county...

Topics: Social & Cultural Issues, Designing, Developing, and Assessing E-Learning