@article {
	attachments = {ExplorationOfTechnologiesAvailable_OER.pdf, ExplorationOfTechnologiesAvailable_OER.pdf, 174-822-2-PB.pdf},
	title = {Key skills for co-learning and co-inquiry in two open platforms: A massive portal (EDUCARED) and a personal environment (weSPOT)},
	author = {Okada, Alexandra and Serra, Antonio and Ribeiro, Silvar and Pinto, Sonia},
	editor = {Gil-Jaurena, Inés},
	abstract = {This paper presents a qualitative investigation on key skills for co-learning and co-inquiry in the digital age. The method applied was cyber-ethnography with asynchronous observation (forum and wiki) and synchronous discussions (webconference) for analysing skills developed by a co-learning community. This study focuses on participants from different countries who interacted during nine months in two open platforms: the massive educational portal EDUCARED of the “7th International Conference on Education 2012-2013" and weSPOT, an European “Working Environment with Social Personal and Open Technologies for inquiry based learning”. As a result of this study, it was observed that the EDUCARED portal led to the development of more explicit digital literacies, possibly because it was a simpler and familiar interface (forum). And in the weSPOT environment, experienced participants with digital technologies had more opportunities to develop other skills related to Critical-Creative Thinking and Scientific Reasoning.},
	year = {2015},
	month = {03/2015},
	journal = {Open Praxis},
	volume = {7},
	issue = {1},
	pages = {83-201},
	doi = {10.5944/openpraxis.7.1.174},
	url = {http://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/174},
	issn = {2304-070X},
	refereed = {yes},
	keywords = {co-inquiry, co-learning, ELGG platform, NING platform, skills, social networking},
}