Connecting Multiple Intelligences through Open and Distance Learning: Going Towards a Collective Intelligence?

• Authors: Leandro Mauricio Medeiros Vieira , Marcos Ferasso , Christine da Silva Schröeder
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This theoretical essay is a learning approach reflexion on Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences and the possibilities provided by the education model known as open and distance learning. Open and distance learning can revolutionize traditional pedagogical practice, meeting the needs of those who have different forms of cognitive understanding. This tool has in itself the potential to build knowledge collectively. The conclusions raise new questions for future discussion, shedding some light on the open and distance learning not as a mere tool to spread education, but as a means to reach new levels of comprehension and consciousness, reflecting on the role of education itself.

Keywords

EN

Distance learning; multiple intelligences; knowledge; open learning; pedagogical practices; cognitive understanding

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 108-117

Dates

published

2014-07-01

online

2014-12-11

Contributors

author

Leandro Mauricio Medeiros Vieira

• Administradores Digital Business Website, Joao Pessoa, Brazil

author

Marcos Ferasso

• Federal University of Technology of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil

author

Christine da Silva Schröeder

• Santa Cruz do Sul University, Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/eurodl-2014-0007