How to create opportunities for adults in distance education
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The webinar discusses how Europe is responding to the latest challenges in distance education provision: 1. Developing national policies, regulations and strategies regarding distance education; 2. Adapting to the latest developments in technology; 3. Embracing developments in pedagogical theories Better understanding adults as learners
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How to create opportunities for adults in distance education
- 1. How to create opportunities for adults in distance education?
- 2. STATEOFAFFAIRS approximately 3 million students are enrolled in distance teaching universities in Europe (IDEAL - Distance education offer of European higher education institutions); 29%of the adult population in OECD countries in Europe have completed tertiary education (OECD); In 15 years an expected increase to 400 million HE students worldwide from today 200 million. 2
- 4. IDEALAIMS http://idealproject.eu/ Offer insights on the needs of adult learners to both policy makers and distance education providers; Strengthen the social dimension of higher education by better meeting the needs of adult learners; Increase the participation of adult learners in higher education through distance education. 4
- 5. IDEALSTUDIES http://idealproject.eu/ 5 Study 1: European distance education offer Study 2: Enrolled distance education students Study 3: Potential distance education students Final report with META analysis of the three studies and recommendations.Also includes: Overview of previous findings; Overview of distance education (historical note, world scenario, European landscape); Concept clarification.
- 6. DATASOURCES Institutional survey Distance Learning Portal Prospective students survey Enrolled student survey Study choice analytics Case studies 6
- 8. DEMANDAND OFFER IN DISTANCE EDUCATION 8 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Offer and interest of different disciplines in distance learning Offer Interest Source: Upcoming research report Data based on DistanceLearningPortal.com – 9 million page views and 750,000 log information about student browsing behavior and offered programmes.
- 9. DISTANCE EDUCATION NEXT 5YEARS 9 Source: Distance Education in European Higher Education -The Offer Survey – 167 leaders of Higher Education institutions
- 10. MOTIVATIONTO ENTER DISTANCE EDUCATION 10 Source: Upcoming research report Survey – 427 potential students (DistanceLearningPortal.com visitors)
- 11. BARRIERSTO ENTER DISTANCE EDUCATION 11 Source: Upcoming research report Survey – 427 potential students (DistanceLearningPortal.com visitors)
- 12. RECOMMENDATIONS The provision of online education as the main mode of distance education responded to most adult learners’ requests for more flexible learning opportunities. 12
- 13. PRESSUREON HIGHER EDUCATION 13 HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS INTECHNOLOGY DEMANDS FROM LEARNERS INCREASED FLEXIBLITY POLICIES DEVELOPMENTS IN PEDAGOGICALTHEORIES
- 14. CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FORADULTS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION POLICY Finland – no separate open or distance teaching universities Greece – mentioned with “Education and Lifelong Learning” policy Hungary – no DE on Master level; no laws mentioning e- learning UK – laws that indirectly influence DE (QA framework) 14
- 15. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN DISTANCE EDUCATION RECOGNITIONOF PRIOR LEARNING Finland – status of degree student can be obtained after pursuing courses in open university Germany – highest degree from the school system, or degree from vocational sector; recognition of degree from vocational training Greece – graduation from secondary education; no systematic procedure for recognition of prior learning or work experience Hungary – school leaving examination certificate and enough entry points; no alternative admission; no systematic procedure for recognition of prior learning or work experience UK – “access diplomas” programmes; recognition of credit transfer from equivalent level of study elsewhere; accreditation of (prior) experiential learning 15
- 16. RECOMMENDATIONS POLICIES National higher education policies were not in place but should be developed and implemented. That could lead to reduced regulative barriers and to developed standard procedures on the recognition of prior learning. 16
- 17. RECOMMENDATIONS TECHNOLOGY Higher education institutions should be advised to better communicateand use new mediafor providing further access possibilities. 17
- 18. RECOMMENDATIONS LEARNERS Limitationsin possibilities for interaction hampered learning and may prevent adult learners to participate in distance education. 18
- 19. RECOMMENDATIONS PEDAGOGY Implement teaching methods appropriate for the needs of adult learners in higher education Shift towards student-centered teaching modes that support adult learner’s autonomy and self-direction (especially with regards to putting theoretical knowledge into practice) Continuous teacher support for Distance HE students and empathetic dialogue 19
- 20. RECOMMENDATIONS PEDAGOGY It is highly recommended to improve teaching methods and skills and to embed learning with good study guides, improved possibilities for interaction and support structures meeting the needs of adult learners. 20
- 21. 21 GET INTOUCH Carmen Neghina – Education Intelligence Specialist (StudyPortals) Carmen@studyportals.com Carl Holmberg - Senior Adviser (InternationalCouncil for Open and Distance Education) holmberg@icde.org
Notes de l'éditeur
- Good afternoon everyone and thank you for joining today’s webinar on adults and distance learning. Our goal today is to provide a better understanding of the state of distance learning within Europe, and how we can increase the participation of adults in higher education via distance learning. My name is Carmen and I will be presenting the main findings of our research on the topic, after which my colleague Angela from the UNESCO Institute for lifelong learning will take over and present the different in more detail the different policies within Europe concerning distance education and discuss the challenges faced in this area. At the end of this presentation, we would also like to have a lively discussion with our audience members from around the world, and listen to your stories, answer questions, and openly debate how we can allow more adults access to higher education via distance learning options. You are also invited to ask questions during the presentation, and Luuk – our moderator – can forward them to the presenters.
- Let’s start by discussing a bit the state of affairs in distance learning and adult learning. We estimate that there are approximately 3 million students enrolled in distance teaching universities within Europe. And, according to the latest OECD statistic, approximately 29% of adults within Europe have completed a tertiary education. Our goal is of course to raise that number.
- In order to do so, the UNESCO institute for lifelong learning, the international council for open and distance education and StudyPortals have joined forces under the ideal task force. All project partners have the same overall goal, which is to increase adult participation in higher education, and for ICDE to make education more open and flexible.
- Our goal is to ..
- In order to do so, we have devised three studies looking at ..
- DistanceLearningPortal data
- A lot of the data was collected via the DLP, operated by Studyportals. The portal offers visitors interested in distance learning the chance to browse through all the program available and search for one meeting their interest. Within Europe, the distancelearningportal offered approximately 3,000 programs in 2013, and has an average of 200,000 visitors. When students come to the website, they can search for a specific program. For instance, my search for business and marketing resulted in the following page.
- Access to the portal also allowed us to compare the offer and interest per discipline. More precisely, we looked at 9 million page views of visitor statistics, to see what disciplines they’re interested in, and compared it to the general distribution of programmes within Europe. That allows us to for instance say that the offer of applied sciences programmes and social sciences is currently higher than the interest in them/ At the opposite end, the interest in business and economics programs and engineering and technology is higher than the current offer, and would be an interesting avenue for growth in the future.
- What they said was actually very encouraging, in that 167 of them thought that indeed adult enrollemnts in distance education will rise to some extent within the next 5 years, and 15% actually believed it will be a sharp rise.
- Why are potential students interested in a distance learning program? Mostly because it is easier to combine with a job, allows them to study at their own pace, without leaving their home, and to combine it with family duties.
- What barriers do they face when entering distance education? Their most important barrier was funding, that over half of the respondnets mentioned as important, followed by time, the recognition of prior qualifications, distance education and technology, and the program language. I will now ask my colleague, angela to take over and discuss the future developmetns in distance education.