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In this chapter we will underline the importance of communication concepts and affordances in the research and development of a digital learning environment, the Campus platform. We will argue that its overall design and features reflect a position that finds support in socioconstructivist and connective approaches to learning, approaches that value the social construction of knowledge, the importance of networks, collaboration and sharing. As its uses are very different from content-driven platforms such as the traditional Learning Management Systems, we will also defend that the active promotion of these features contributes to a redefinition of the knowledge construction process, namely in what self-regulated learning is concerned. Along the chapter we will present results of evaluation studies of the platform that allowed us to characterize it as an open communication ecosystem for effective dialogue, participation and engagement.
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The authors would like to express their gratitude to all Campus team members since the beginning of the project in 2008. This platform is a reflection not only of their commitment but also of their shared goal of improving educational technology and make it available to the larger public. We sincerely hope that we have not forget anyone on this (alphabetic) list: Alexandre Gamelas, Alexandre Neves, Bruno Abrantes, Carlos Silva, Catarina Silva, Cátia Amador, Daniel Rodrigues, Dinis Simões, Fábio Maricato, Firmino Alves, Francisco Regalado, Guilherme Cabral, Hadi Zadeh, Helder Santos, Henrique Silva, Hugo Silva, Inês Araújo, João Abreu, João Brandão, João Campos, João Freitas, João Pina, Jorge Braz, José Cunha, José Dias, José Mário Seabra, José Pedro Saraiva, Liliana Vale, Luís Couto, Miguel Antunes, Nuno Simaria, Paulo César, Pedro Correia, Pedro Figueiredo, Ricardo Martins, Rodolfo Costa, Sara Almeida, Sónia Machado, Tânia Pires, Tiago Almeida, Tim Koch-Grunberg and Vasco Silva. We would like also to acknowledge David Oliveira, Fátima Pais and Mónica Aresta as researchers that helped us so much in the assessment and development of the platform. Finally, we want to thank our funding partners throughout these years represented by Benjamin Junior (SAPO), Celso Martinho (SAPO), Bernardo Cardoso (Altice Labs), Paulo Garcez (Fundação Altice) and FCT.
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Pedro, L., Santos, C. (2022). Communication-Driven Digital Learning Environments: 10 years of Research and Development of the Campus Platform. In: Ivanović, M., Klašnja-Milićević, A., Jain, L.C. (eds) Handbook on Intelligent Techniques in the Educational Process. Learning and Analytics in Intelligent Systems, vol 29. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04662-9_16
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