2. Facts and figures
Started in 1425
• >40.000 students
o > 6.000 international students
• >18.000 personnel
o 7.000 researchers: 1.500 sr + 5.500 jr
• Research:
o 365 million euro
o 625 doctoral degrees
o 98 spin-off companies
• Education:
o 55 Ba, 133 Ma and 48 advanced Ma
programmes (in Dutch)
o 2 Ba, 48 Ma, 27 advanced Ma programmes in
English
o 2 Ma programmes in French, 1 advanced Ma
programme in Spanish
o > 2.000 courses taught in English
o 8 Erasmus Mundus programmes
5. Millennium student characteristics
• ICT-minded
• Multitasking
• Media literate
• A-linear, a-synchronous
• Explorative, interactive
• With a positive attitude
• Target oriented
• Social, connected
• As partners with educators
• …
Cf. New Millennium, New Student, M. Moonen, MSc Thesis, KU Leuven, 2012
6. Millennium student characteristics (II)
• Special
• Sheltered
• Confident
• Team-oriented
• Pressured
• Achieving
• Conventional
• …
Cf. Millennials Go to College, N. Howe and W. Strauss, 2003
7. Different ways of learning
F2F learning
E-learning
Networked learning
Distributed learning
Game-based learning
Tele-learning
Online learning
Virtual learning
Mobile learning
Computer-assisted learning
Distance learning
Technology-enhanced learning
Blended learning
…
8. Changing world – changing skills
Classical New economic time
Knowledge is information, Knowledge is capacity for action,
i.e. know what, facts i.e. know how
Workers apply the existing Workers contribute to knowledge
knowledge production (creative thinking)
Skills are practical abilities or Skills are generic skills including
technical knowledge for a particular teamwork, problem-solving,
job networked thinking,
communication skills
9. Europe 2020
Smart Growth Sustainable Growth Inclusive Growth
developing an economy based on more efficient, greener and more fostering a high-employment economy
knowledge and innovation competitive economy delivering social and territorial cohesion
Innovation Climate, energy and mobility Employment and skills
« Innovation Union » « Resource efficient Europe » « An agenda for new skills and
jobs »
Education Competitiveness Fighting poverty
« Youth on the move » « An industrial policy for the « European platform against
globalisation era » poverty »
Digital society
« A digital agenda for Europe »
10. Technology trends
• Time-to-Adoption Horizon: <1 Year
o Mobile Apps
o Tablet Computing
• Time-to-Adoption Horizon: 2-3 Years
o Game-Based Learning
o Learning Analytics
• Time-to-Adoption Horizon: 4-5 Years
o Gesture-Based Computing
o Internet of Things
11. Innovating Pedagogy
• New pedagogy for e-books
• Publisher-led short courses
• Assessment for learning
• Badges to accredit learning
• MOOCs
• Rebirth of academic
publishing
• Seamless learning
• Learning analytics
• Personal inquiry learning
• Rhizomatic learning
13. Learning in a changing world
From
learning
to
e-learning,
m-learning,
u-learning
Sorry, no I cannot learning 2.0,…
deliver your pizzas
in an attachment,
back to
but I am learning to learning
14. Vision on teaching and learning
• The University community as a
whole is involved in education
• A stimulating educational culture
ensures the quality of education
• Academically trained students can
play a responsible role in society
• The programmes on offer are
defined by research and social
relevance
• Students, lecturers and teaching
support staff are partners in
education
• The University community fosters
openness and solidarity
15. Guided Independent Learning
Responsibility of
• Students:
The learning process
• Teachers:
Coaching the students’
learning process
• Organisation:
Support students and
teachers in the learning
process
16. Instructional (co-)design
• 4C-ID Model (Jeroen van Merriënboer)
• ADDIE Model (Florida State University)
• Algo-Heuristic Theory (Lev Landa)
• ARCS (John Keller)
• ASSURE (Heinich, Molenda, Russel, and Smaldino)
• Backward Design (Wiggins & McTighe)
• Conditions of Learning (Robert Gagne)
• Component Display Theory (David Merrill)
• Criterion Referenced Instruction (Robert Mager)
• Integrative Learning Design Framework for Online Learning
(Debbaugh)
• Spiral Model (Boehm)
• Rapid Prototyping (Tripp & Bichelmeyer)
• Kemp Design Model (Morrison, Ross, and Kemp)
• Organizational Elements Model (OEM) (Roger Kaufman)
• Transactional Distance (Michael Moore)
• …
18. Instructional (co-)design
Designing for Learning in an
Open World proposes new,
innovative learning pathways,
created to empower learners to
blend formal educational
offerings with free resources
and services. The new approach
and new pathways suggested
by the author force readers to
rethink the entire instructional
design process, enabling both
teachers and learners to take
into account a blended learning
context, now the norm in our
modern educational
environment.
20. New type of universities?
Distance teaching
universities embrace
face-to-face,
synchronous learning
activities, while
traditional campus
universities introduce
more and more
distance learning
activities
32. iLearning
Higher education
is international,
intercultural,
intergenerational,
interdisciplinary,
…
thanks to
(or despite?)
new educational technologies
33. Virtual Mobility: definition
“Virtual Mobility stands for the use of information and communication
technologies (ICT) to obtain the same benefits as one would have
with physical mobility but without the need to travel”
elearningeuropa.info
“ Virtual Mobility is a form of learning which consists of virtual
components through an ICT supported learning environment
that includes cross-border collaboration with people from different
backgrounds and cultures working and studying together, having, as
its main purpose, the enhancement of intercultural
understanding and the exchange of knowledge. ”
Being Mobile Manual
34. Virtual Mobility: definition (II)
Virtual Mobility
describes the set of
ICT supported activities,
organized at institutional level,
that realize or facilitate international,
collaborative experiences in a
context of teaching and/or learning.
36. Intercultural competence
Intercultural competence is about
the ability to understand and respond to cultural
difference in increasingly sophisticated ways.
This ability shows itself in three aspects: it is about
the changes of an individual’s knowledge
(cognition), attitudes (emotions) and skills
(behavious) in order to enable a positive and
effective interaction with members of other cultures,
both abroad and at home.