The document discusses embracing Web 2.0 and 3.0 tools to support lifelong learning and allowing learners to connect. It outlines important skills for lifelong learning like digital literacy, e-skills, research skills, and communication skills. These skills are crucial for a digital society and for learners to create and share knowledge using digital technologies. The document also presents some projects and tools that can help learners connect and achieve these important skills.

1. embracing Web 2.0 & 3.0 tools to support lifelong learning
let learners connect
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas
School of Education - Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal
4th WCES - World Conference on Educational Sciences
University of Barcelona, Faculty of Library and Information Science
2-5 February 2012

2. let learners connect [key words]
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

3. let learners connect [lifelong learning]
“all learning activity undertaken throughout life, with the aim of improving
knowledge, skills and competences, within a personal, civic, social and/or
employment-related perspective” (E.C., 2003)
to do
to know
lifelong to be
learning
to live
together
[adapted from: Europe-based council ]
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

4. let learners connect [skills]
to actually learn and retain knowledge students must acquire relevant skills
e-skills
Research
Select Achieve Knowledge
Learn
soft
Reflect
skills Gather information
Collaborate
Create
Share
digital
literacy
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

5. let learners connect [skills]
What are these skills?
Why are they important?
How to achieve them?
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

6. let learners connect [what are these skills]
Capabilities needed to exploit opportunities
provided by ICT, ensuring more efficient and
e-Business effective performance in conducting and/or
establishing new business
Skills
Capabilites required to research,
develop, design, plan, manage,
produce, consult, maintain and
ICT practitioner skills support ICT Systems
Capabilities required to an
effective application of ICT
ICT user Skills Systems and devices to
support work, by using
common software tools as
Digital Literacy they cover “digital literacy”.
[adapted from: e-Skills pyramid in e-Skills for the 21st Century, Richier, A.]
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

7. let learners connect [why are these skills important]
• Applying learning process: • Evaluating problem situation
transform information to • Identifying elements of
knowledge problem
• Recognising shortages in
requiered knowledge,
informations and skills
action plan
check do
• Finding appropriate
• Evaluating gathered information/knowledge resources
information • Join/make a learning netwrok
• Make/visit appropriate connections
• Information gathering/creating
• Connections gathering
[adapted from: E.Rahimi ]
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

8. let learners connect [why are these skills important]
Know how to collect information
To be persuasive and use In digital Environments.
appropriate medium in ICT Search| Find|Retrieve
Environment Access
Adapt|Present
Organizing information
Communicate Manage for future application
Basic
Elements
Generate Information
in ICT environments
of Digital
Adapt|Apply|Design|
Invent Create
Literacy Integrate Interpret Information
from multiple sources.
Summarize
Evaluate |Compare|Contrast
Make judgements about the information
for a specific porpuse.
Quality|Relevance|Usefullness|Efficiency
[adapted from: Basic elements of Digital Literacy, in California ICT Digital Literacy Assessments and Curriculum Framework
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

9. let learners connect [why are these skills important]
C O M M U N I C AT I O N S K I L L S
Language
Behaviour Conversation Presentation
Proficiency
Dialetic Rhetoric
Local Self-esteem
Foreign Etiquette Dialog Organization
Culture Discussion Media
Listening
Body Language
[adapted from: Communication skills in Schulz, B. (2008)]
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

10. let learners connect [why are these skills important]
[retrieved from: http://www.iftf.org/futureworkskills2020]
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

11. let learners connect [how to achieve the skills]
How to be digitally savyy and a citizen of digital age / networked society
Web
2.0
Virtual
worlds
Social
networks
eLearning
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

12. let learners connect [lifelong learning <-> research]
collaborating
reading achieving
research
reflecting participating
watching
& listening
[adapted from: http://edreach.us/2012/01/01/need-a-new-years-resolution-try-
a-personalized-professional-development-plan/]
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

13. let learners connect [bring web to you]
RSS
Podcast
Web 2.0 &
Webinar
Collaborate
Participate
Communicate
Virtual
Interact Youtube
Worlds
Search
Create
Share
Social Social
networking Bookmarking
Blog
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

14. let learners connect [projects]
“e-raízes_redes” project stimulates reflections towards a plan for global
action. These reflections aim to analyse the impact of ICT, in the scope of
major shifts in society (of social, political, economic, cultural and
contemporaneous order).
“Competences for collaboration and knowledge sharing in a digiatl society”
IP – Looking for partners!
“Digi_ZIP_ZAP” platform intends to be a bridge between users and web 2.0
tools available at Internet, giving solutions and presenting choices for a better
integration in a networked society.
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

15. let learners connect [final reflection]
Digital Society
New learning profiles
New professionals
New ways to create knowledge who master
digital technology tools
New ways for learning
Market
necessities e-Skills
Crutial to create knowledge
with digital technology
Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

16. so... embrace Web 2.0 & 3.0 to support lifelong
learning and...
let learners connect! ;)
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