New models of learning: The role of an e-leaning Centre in Higher Education Institutions

New models of learning:
The role of an e-leaning Centre in
Higher Education Institutions.
Miguel Gea
Director of Virtual Learning Centre
http://cevug.ugr.es
University of Granada
Spain
mgea@ugr.es

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International Distance Education Conference, Prague 24-27 June 2012

New models of learning:
The role of an e-leaning Centre in Higher Education Institutions

Summary
1. Introduction: the information society

2. Digital-enhanced Learning

3. Opportunities

4. Conclusions

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1. THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

N. Negroponte
Being Digital, 1984

"The best way to appreciate the merits and consequences of
being digital is to reflect on the difference between bits and
atoms …

This is the transition from an industrial age (age of atoms) to
an information age (bits)”.

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Your (current) Digital Identity

and digital activity
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Technology trends
User
Profile:
scientific consumer producer

PC Ubiquity computing
1 computer, 1 user Many computers, 1 user

Mainframes
1 computer , many users

1950 1980 2000 year

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The evolution…

Social
Technology
Growing faster and many (relevant) changes…
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eLearning Centres at (traditional) Universities

Motivations:
- Unit as a service
- Towards digital (institution) identity
- Support to the student / staff in the transition process
- Transforming the future classroom

Current activities:

- Visibility (website)
- Content management (LMS)
- Digital content production (streaming, media)
- Presence in Social networks
- Promoting Creative Commons license
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University of Granada
Founded by Charles V in 1531
Face2Face Online
Teachers 3.641 217
Administrative 1.283 2
Students 80.216 5.733
Undergraduated 56.131 5.179
Masters 24.085 554
Foreigners 11.776 -
Faculties 28 -
Courses (*) >5.500 138
Masters 88 11
(*) 85%, ICT enhanced
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2. DIGITAL ENHANCED LEARNING

B. Shneidermann
Leonardo Laptop, 2002

“The old computing was about what computer could do;
the new computing is about what users can do.

Successful technologies are those that in harmony with user's
needs”

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Old question…
Which (LMS) platform to choose?

Defining the information architecture
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Digital enhanced learning
ICT-enhanced learning space. Beyond LMS…

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Digital enhanced learning
ICT-enhanced learning space. Beyond LMS…
Higher
Education
Institution
Partly in the
Univ services

Internet
Web 2.0
tools
Partly in the
cloud
Internet & Web 2.0 as a learning space
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SWOT ANALYSIS
PEDAGOGY TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION
STRENGHT e-learning is part of the Improve access to Unit of elearning in universities
mainstream learning resources,
Better communication, Support to the teacher
Students – more active as Accessibility
learner, use of ICT Repositories sharing
WEAKNESS Technology driven rather than Different learning solutions Institutional strategies
pedagogy ? (LMS) (ICT support, teach vs research)
Management&changes
Staff resistance of change Plagiarism?
OPORTUNITIES Internacionalisation Scope for innovation National/International cooperation
(mlearning, social
Need of good practices, and networks, gaming) e-University
collaborations Flexible programs
THREADS Need of cultural change ICT Obsolescence Copyrights
(digital identity) Fast changes Funding needs
New skills for learning Technology cost

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3. OPPORTUNITIES

P. Lèvy
Collective Intelligence: The nomadic planet, 2004

The nomadic nature of this time is related with the rapid and
continuous transformation of scientific, technical,
professional and mental fields .
Even if we don’t move us, the world change around us.

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPEN CREATIVE LEARNING

1. THE NOMADIC SOCIETY
- mobility, context aware compunting
2. FROM ANALOG TO DIGITAL AGE:
THE DIGITAL IDENTITY
- cultural change
3. THE (TRUE) LIFELONG LEARNING IS COMING
(NEW KNOWLEDGE PROVIDERS)
- online communities, collective intelligence?
- Formal VS informal learning
4. NEW RULES AND CODES
- Openness… OER
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KEY ISSUES OF (CURRENT) LEARNING

The medium is the message (Marshall McLuhan)
“The medium change the form of transmission as well as the way we consume /
assimilate the message. In the future, the (digital) medium will influence how we
think and act”

Example: the Google search engine

- look for instant & accurate searches
- feel confident and reliability on (google-)Internet
- ask for anything (weather, how to, where is..)
- preference of (google) as a knowledge provider!

… Users learning on Internet
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KEY ISSUES OF (CURRENT) LEARNING

OER: Open Educational Resources
• any kind of educational resources include full courses, course materials,
modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, etc.
• access to open content provided free of charge

OER from Universities (i.e. MIT OpenCourseWare since 2001)

https://www.coursera.org/
VS.

OER from the internet community (i.e. Youtube, wikipedia…)

…we can learn from Universities or from the Internet community
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OPEN QUESTIONS - OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

http://www.oer-europe.net/

…testing OER from Universities (quality, recognition, collaboration)
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CONCLUSIONS: THE ROLE OF E-LEANING UNITS

1) CONTENT CREATION / PRODUCTION
OER for a Lifelong Learning society

2) (VIRTUAL) MOBILITY
intercultural exchange,
internationalisation & cooperation

3) DIGITAL COMPETENCES FOR DIGITAL SOCIETY
designing basic digital skills for all

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Next event: innovation & learning
Granada (SPAIN), 5-7th of September
Learning for Open Innovation …. Transformation and
Change for Future Learning

http://eif.efquel.org

THANK YOU

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