Presentation at the EDEN 2014 conference. Open learning with an open culture of sharing
-success factors. The theme of the confernce was From Education to Employment and Meaningful Worl with ICT
5. Commissioner Vassiliou (2) express it as:
The education landscape is changing dramatically, from
school to university and beyond: open technology-based
education will soon be a 'must have', not just a 'good-to-
have', for all ages. We need to do more to ensure that young
people especially are equipped with the digital skills they
need for their future. It's not enough to understand how to
use an app or program; we need youngsters who can create
their own programs. Opening up Education is about opening
minds to new learning methods so that our people are more
employable, creative, innovative and entrepreneurial
6. Creating opportunities for organisations, teachers
and learners to innovate
Increased use of Open Educational Resources
(OER), ensuring that educational materials
produced with public funding are available to all
Better ICT infrastructure and connectivity in
schools (EC 2013)
7. review their organisational strategies
exploit the potential of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
stimulate innovative learning practices such as blended learning
equip teachers with high digital skills and digital competences
equip learners with digital skills and digital competences
think about how to validate and recognise learner’s achievements in
online education
make high quality Open Education Resources (OER) visible and
accessible
8. What does EC mean with
Opening up education?
Opening up education means bringing
the digital revolution into education.
Digital technologies allow all
individuals to learn, anywhere,
anytime, through any device, with the
support of anyone
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9. Main message Xavier Prats-Monne of
the EC
“What can
MOOCs do?” is
not relevant any
longer; rather, we
have to ask
"What should
MOOCs do?”
Will affect higher
education and that the
traditional educational
map must be redrawn
with other structures,
colors, models,
pedagogy, organization,
management
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GLOCALISATION
16. Massive target group
Mixing groups
Learning across contexts
Support self-organization
Declare whats in it
Peer to peer pedagogy
MOOCs support choice based
learning
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MOOC Quality Project:
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17. Openess to learners
Digital openness
Learner centred
Independent learning
Media supported
learning
Quality focus
Spectrum of diversity
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19. … that mobile learning expands the rich and equity of
education, facilitates personalized learning, enable the power
of anytime, anywhere learning and provides the productive
use of time spent in classrooms. Furthermore, UNESCOs
guidelines emphasizes that mobile learning build new
communities of learners, support seamless learning, bridge
formal and informal learning, minimizes educational
disruption in conflict and disaster areas, assist learners with
disabilities, a maximize cost-efficiencies, and improve
communication and administration (UNESCO 2013).
20. …learning /institutional context, learning
resources and learning processes. Success
dimensions, can also be outlined as referring to
course design, learning design, media design,
and content
Curriculum/learning and teaching/assessement
A Question of Rethinking
21. Learner initiated
Externally
set
Learning contextGuided
Learninggoals
§
Self-
guided
Networked knowledge Distributed knowledge
Fit for success My career path
Universities play a key role:
→ As professional training
providers
→ As educational content
providers
Universities play a key role:
→ As educational content
providers
→ For certification and
accreditation
A global open research
arena enables anybody
to engage in research
Universities play a key role:
→ as research hubs
Guided discovery Self-guided discovery
Guided journey Self-guided journey
MOOCs MOOCs
22. Learner autonomy - learning my way
Small and short - bite-sized learning
Continuous - a steady flow of learning
On demand - when I want/need it
Social - community of interest
Anywhere, anytime, any device (Hart 2014)
23. Beyond the MOOCs…
• What key policy issues
does openness pose for
institutions?
• Do institutional quality
practices need to
change?
• Will openness change
the spending priorities
of institutions?
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24. How can we support more autonomy in
learning?
How can we enable shorter learning
experiences?
How can we encourage ongoing learning?
How can we support learning at the point of
need?
How can we balance the need for
authoritative content and knowledge
sharing?
How can we encourage anywhere learning?
I am Ebba Ossiannilsson, Lund University, Sweden
I recently, dec 2012 earned my PhD from Oulu University in Finland and I did it through distance
I work for several international and national organisations on open learning and quality and some of them are represented here by their logos
I will here especially emphazise the work on the Paris declaration by UNESCO, the work with OER Service and the MOOC quality project. I also use to serve as a reviewer for several organisations, such as EFQUEL and Epprobate.
I have been asked to talk about the topic I am happy to share this with you today
As my strong believe caring is sharing
So my footprints and contact details
My slides are available at slidshare where you can find my other presentations as well