Supporting Mass Collaborative Learning Communities Through Digital Innovation Hubs

Mass collaboration can bring about major constructive changes in the way in which people can practice learning collectively. Mass collaborative learning communities (MCLCs), for example, can offer a multitude of opportunities for a large number of people to connect, collaborate, and engage in learning activities at an unprecedented level. MCLCs can be assisted and fortified by supporting services such as digital innovation hubs (DIHs). In this direction, this study gives prominence to the most distinctive services and facilities that DIHs can provide for MCLCs. Such services and facilities can, for example, help to integrate diverse perspectives for MCLCs success, increase the number and the contribution of participants in MCLCs, and develop the transversal competences of participants. The considered services and facilities can be provided and delivered by the European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs). This study reports the realization of the considered services and facilities which are verified by 4 European Union projects.