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Personal technologies in user-centred design of collaborative activities for decentralised education

Higher education has in recent years transformed towards virtual universities with students participating in courses and educational programs located outside campus. Students in decentralised education develop very strong study groups and most of the learning process takes place within these groups. Interaction between teachers and students are relatively low due to the distance between the actors and the time delay between questions and answers. Therefore most of the problem solving and interaction occurs horizontally, i.e. between students. This interaction is performed in an informal way and as a consequence, students use other media than those pointed out by the educator. For teachers the new setting challenges the way to teach since decentralised education is a hybrid form of distance and campus education. The teacher has to develop new forms of learning strategies and adopt new technologies into his work practice. The project intends to develop pedagogical methods and models that are adapted to decentralized education. With a socio-cultural approach we will strengthen the study groups developed by the students. We will build upon existing communication behaviour and technology among students. Personal technologies are here important as well as local tutors, learning centre personnel, facilitators and technicians to include in the setting. The project has a clear student perspective and focuses on design of learning environments supporting both a socio-cultural approach of learning and the use of personal technologies based upon students' way of interacting and