Supporting Teachers' SRL in a Collaborative Environment for Sharing Learning Objects

This paper analyses the potential to support the development of self-regulated learning (SRL) abilities offered by a collaborative environment for teachers sharing learning objects (LOs). SRL consists in a set of cross-curricular abilities which allow learners to make the most of their learning by controlling the aspects involved in it. The collaborative environment considered is based on our pedagogical conception of LOs, which includes teachers' methodology and experience, so as to model the evolving nature of educational materials and turn the re-use of LOs into a learning occasion for teachers. Within such a view, supporting SRL becomes an essential feature for our collaborative environment. This analysis allowed us to spot strengths and weaknesses of the environment as concerns SRL, and to devise some changes that could improve teachers' learning experiences within it.