Modern communication and collaboration technologies empower learners to self-organise their learning activities within groups that transcend physical and temporal boundaries. These emergent learning networks can provide new ways of accessing and acquiring knowledge and competences.

Working Paper for a talk at the Learning Communites Conference, Klagenfurt/Austria 2006 - do not cite - worked out and published in different version: IN: Schachtner/Höber(2008): Learning Communities, Das Internet als neuer Lern- und Wissensraum. Campus

Die Neuen Medien ermöglichen neue Formen der Kommunikation und des Zusammenwirkens und so auch neue Formen des Lernens. Lernen in multimedialen Umgebungen ist heute interaktiv – interaktiv im Sinne eines gemeinsamen Wissensaufbaus im sozialen Miteinander. Die digitalisierte Form von Bild, Schrift und Sprache erfordert andere Werkzeuge und findet andere Ausdrucksformen als herkömmliche Lehr...

Abstract PEACE WOMEN IN CYBERSPACE: The use of computer-mediated communication in gendered peace building efforts. RESEARCH TOPIC: The use of computer-mediated communication in gendered peace building efforts focused on the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005 project. The study analyses the temporal structure of the project, the group purpose of the concerned team, the external co...

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) enjoys growing popularity in higher education and leads to substantial changes in traditional delivery strategies. This is in our opinion not an indigenous change but has to be recognised as a wider development within the so-called Information Society. Equipping students with the necessary skills and experiences for this new society is an essenti...