© Daniel Schneider
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1. Contents

1. Contents 2

2. Goals 3

3. Introduction and more motivation 4

3.1 Informal open learning is needed in many situations 4

3.2. Pedagogical platforms have problems 5

3.3. Why are pedagogical platforms over-used? 6

3.4. Save the Internet Spirit (Political) 7

3.5. Save the Internet Spirit (Educational) 8

4. Information++ Portals 9

4.1. Information portals in the global communication picture 10

4.2. Structure of a simple collaborative information portal 11

4.3. Typology of Portals 12

4.4. Features 13

5. Current use/state in Education 15

5.1. Best example I found: 16

6. Potential for Education 17

6.1. Portals for classes or topics 18

6.2. Group work / project management 20

7. Other Challenges 21

7.1 Make them participate 21

7.2. Knowledge management 24

8. Portal networks (new Internet) 25

9. Something else ? / Resources 26