8 Social learning

Introduction

In this part of the course you will look at what social learning is and how it can be included in an open course. You will also explore the benefits of using social learning methods in an open course and also consider the potential problems than can come from learning in a social environment.

Listen to the following audio recording in which Simon Hull introduces the session.

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8 Social learning