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Innovation of Learning systems:which implementation strategies

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2 of October 2007

Claudio DondiSCIENTER - EFQUEL

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Is eLearning in crisis?

eLearning in policy discourse

eLearning in practice

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The concept of eLearning

Too general

Not an aim in itself

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Differentiation

Objective differentiationthe eLearning territories:• Aims, Contexts, Learning patrimonies

Subjective differentiationRoles, values, visions of the world

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eLearning Territories

Evolved distance

education

FORMAL LEARNING

INFORMAL LEARNING

INTRA-MUROS

EXTENDED LEARNING CONTEXT

Non professional learning

communities

e-Learning as a side effect in communities

Virtual Professional

networks

Individual development

throught e-learning

TTT via e-L

Inter-organisational development through e-

Learning

e-L workplace

e-L in tertiary

education

e-learning in VET

e-L in schools

ICT for virtual

mobility

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From eLearning 2000 to ii eLearning 2010

i as innovative i as intelligenti as integrated i as inter-personal i as imaginative i as inclusive i as international i as I – that is ownership of learning

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Which eLearning for the future? - 1/2

e-L 2000… i-eL 2010…distributes consolidated knowledgeis still e-Teachingmay isolate the learneris delivered by a single provider/institutionignores the learner’s context and previous achievements

generates new knowledgeis owned by the learnercreates learning communitiesis the result of and a tool to support partnershipbuilds on the learner’s contexts and previous achievements

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Which eLearning for the future? - 2/2e-L 2000… i-eL 2010…

depresses the learner’s creativity by transmissive logicssqueezes the role of teachers and learning facilitatorsfocuses on technology and contentssubstitutes classroom sessionsprivileges those who already learn

stimulates the learner’s creativity by enhancing the ludic dimension of learningenriches the role of teachers and learning facilitatorsfocuses on quality, processes and learning contextis embedded in organisational and social processes of transformationreaches and motivates those who were not learning

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High speed / Low speed

Speed of thought

Speed of trends

Speed of institutional change

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eLearning territories...

... as meta-contexts for innovation development

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The place for eLearning

E-learning

ICTLifelong learning

Innovation processes

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The place for eLearning

The ideal place for new eLearning is not where consolidated knowledge has to be spread but where new knowledge is developed, where

innovation objectives are to be shared and achieved in aparticipative way

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ODL and new eLearning

ODL can offer much to new eLearning ...

... But some eLearning territories are really different

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The human touch

Quality of interaction

Recognition and motivation

Services, processes, learning context

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The human touch

“Much of learning quality depends on the relevance of embedded teaching”

Nicholas Balacheff

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The human touch

“The chance of joy through emancipation and control of the learning process has to be shared with others”

Walter Kugemann

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Which policies are relevant?

Education and Training, Lifelong Learning

Information society, regional development, employment, eInclusion, eGovernment, eHealth…

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eLearning 2.0?

“Huge potential of ICT to unbound and multiply the opportunities of learning informally”

“Research and policy have concentrated on reproducing formal teaching processes in a technology-supported way”

From HELIOS:

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eLearning 2.0

Some concerns:Not all learners are digital natives Not all digital natives are good learnersNew manipulation opportunities

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Is Future Nogotiable?

1.Understanding Change

2.Adapting to

Change

3.Shaping the future

0.….?

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Thank you for your attention…

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