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<body background="images/paper4.gif"> <div align="center"><center><table cellpadding="7" width="100%"> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" width="20%"></td> </font><td valign="top" align="left" width="80%"> <h2 align="center">ICO Theme I</h2> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="6" color="#000080"><b>Innovative Learning Arrangements<br> </b></font></p>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" width="20%"> <p><a href="index.htm"><img src="images/home.gif" alt="home" border="0" width="118" height="40"></a><font size="2" face="Verdana"><br> <a href="peoplenoframes.htm"><img src="images/people.gif" alt="people" border="0" width="118" height="40"></a><br> <a href="projectsnoframes.htm"><img src="images/projects.gif" alt="projects" border="0" width="118" height="40"></a><a href="indexnoframes.htm"><br> </a><a href="publicationsnoframes.htm"><img src="images/publications.gif" border="0" width="118" height="40"></a><a href="indexnoframes.htm"><br> </a><a href="resourcesnoframes.htm"><img src="images/resources.gif" alt="resources" border="0" width="118" height="40"></a><a href="indexnoframes.htm"><br> </a><br> <br> <a href="ledennoframes.htm"><img src="images/infoleden.gif" alt="informatie voor leden" border="0" width="118" height="40"></a></font></p>  </td> <td valign="top" align="left" width="80%"> <p align="left"><font size="4" color="#000080" face="Verdana, Arial">home</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2">Innovative Learning Arrangements is one of the research thematic groups within ICO, the Dutch Interuniversity Center for Educational Research (<a href="http://projects.edte.utwente.nl/ico/" target="_blank">http://projects.edte.utwente.nl/ico</a>). The mission of such a groups is to create a place where researchers discuss research results and research plans, prepare joint grant proposals and joint article submissions. Both researchers and PhD students participate in these groups. The groups are coordinated by one or more experienced researchers</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2">The central focus of this theme or special interest group is the functioning of new learning arrangements that basically are typified by collaborative, constructivist, and situated characteristics. This theme explores the question: How can various types of self-directed, collaborative, and situated learning environments, such as problem-based learning, case-based learning, project-learning, situated learning, experiential learning, collaborative learning, and tacit learning, be designed to optimally facilitate learning and what is their effectiveness? The educational contexts in which the investigations are conducted vary from classroom educational setting, to training on the job, to work environments. Within this team there is also specific attention for new assessment methods that come with innovative learning arrangements (which gives a relation to Theme Group VI: "Assessment, evaluation and examination"), for the implementation of new learning arrangements in the school organisation or at the workplace (which gives a relation to TG V: "Schools and the social context of education"), and for the role of ICT in realising these innovative learning arrangements (which gives a relation to TG IV: "Educational design and development"). The new theme Innovative Learning Arrangements combines the previous ICO themes "Interactive Learning" and "Active and self-directed learning" and has taken the ICT component from the former theme "ICT tools and design". </font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">This website contains information on the people in the group, their research projects, relevant publications, and resources recommended by the members. If you want more information please contact one of the coordinators:</font></p> <div class="wh-normal" style="PADDING-LEFT: 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: -107pt; PADDING-TOP: 8pt"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Prof. dr. <a href="mailto:jeroen.vanmerrienboer@ou.nl"> Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer </a> (Open University)            <br> </font> </div> <div class="wh-normal"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Dr. <a href="mailto:G.Erkens@fss.uu.nl"> Gijsbert Erkens</a> (Utrecht University)                                  <br> </font> </div> <div class="wh-normal"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">Prof. dr. <a href="mailto:pieters@edte.utwente.nl"> Jules M. Pieters </a> (University of Twente)</font><br> </div> <p> </p> <h5 align="left"><font size="1">Last modified: juni 18, 2004 by </font><font face="Verdana" size="1"><a href="mailto:gemma.corbalan@ou.nl">Gemma Corbalán</a></font></h5>  </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><p> </p> </body>