This publication is a short description of the research milieu at Aalborg University (Denmark) dealing with open learning and new technology, especially project pedagogy and distance education. Two main projects are described: (1) PICNIC (Project in Computer Networks in Distance Education Curricula), a project in the humanities which focuses on…

Discusses the application of communication and information technologies (C&IT) in education and vocational training for 12 member states in the Commission of the European Communities (CEC). Highlights include funding sources; major activities; the DELTA project, which supports training through new technologies in an open learning environment;…

This report describes TNP (Technology and New Pedagogy in Open Learning), a 3-year cross-disciplinary research project undertaken with collaboration from all three main areas of the Aalborg University Center (humanities, social sciences, and technical sciences). Noting that TNP combines insight from educational policy, communication theory, and…

Contends that folk (independent) high schools in Denmark have reduced the barriers between education and employment for adults who left school early. Claims that independent schools embody the principles of open education. Examines the current reform work taking place in adult education. Assesses the establishment of self-administration and…

Danish "efterskoles" are "continuation schools" following elementary school--residential schools that allow students aged 14-16 to defer going to high school while they make choices about their educational future. Efterskoles are based on the principles of N.F.S. Grundtvig, who started folk high schools in about 1850 to educate…