The Pythagorean School, a Model of Reference for Knowledge Building and Learning Communities in eLearning Contexts

During the last decades came up several epistemological and didactical models, and even many methods trying to explain how to improve learning or how to better teach in online learning or eLearning situations. The real fact is that these theoretical frames, generally suitable a priori, show paradoxi...

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Authors: Seoane Pardo, Antonio Miguel, García-Peñalvo, Francisco J.
Format: article
Publication Date:2008
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repository:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/123219
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/123219
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Learning Communities
e-Learning
Pythagorism
Epistemological Foundings
1203.10 Enseñanza con ayuda de ordenador
58 Pedagogía
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Summary:During the last decades came up several epistemological and didactical models, and even many methods trying to explain how to improve learning or how to better teach in online learning or eLearning situations. The real fact is that these theoretical frames, generally suitable a priori, show paradoxical results when they are applied within real situations. In many cases these frameworks appear to be simply inoperative. The aim of this paper is to illustrate some defining characteristics of a networking learning community and to demonstrate how the Pythagorean School, whose origins date back to 2.500 years, practiced such characteristics in the Ancient Greece and, consequently, they constitute a theoretical (an very up-to-date) model for building learning communities for eLearning situations