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Slide no 3 EU research in ICT for learning Research policies - European Research Area –migration from small projects to large scale and comprehensive initiatives that can generate critical mass and impact - for researchers, for eventual markets, and for public sector actors Information Society policies - Lisbon Agenda and eEurope Action Plans –ICT in schools to broadband, eLearning Action Plan, virtual campuses, GRID and skills Technology Enhanced Learning firmly anchored as a societal and an economic challenge
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Technology-enhanced Learning:EU research and its role in current and future
ICT based learning environments
Pat Manson Head of UnitTechnology Enhanced Learning
Directorate General Information Society
Slide no 2
Technology enhanced Learning
Overview of presentation Context for EU research in ICT for learning
– Policies– Relationships to non-research programmes
Research pre 2002 in innovating ICT in schools– Results, strengths and challenges
Research post- 2002– Vision, challenges, and priorities
Where we stand today - & issues for the future
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EU research in ICT for learning
Research policies - European Research Area– migration from small projects to large scale and
comprehensive initiatives that can generate critical mass and impact - for researchers, for eventual markets, and for public sector actors
Information Society policies - Lisbon Agenda and eEurope Action Plans– ICT in schools to broadband, eLearning Action Plan, virtual
campuses, GRID and skillsTechnology Enhanced Learning firmly anchored as a
societal and an economic challenge
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Research & non-research in technologies for learning
Research - pre-competitive, longer term Impact – needs adoption by practitioners,
organisational change and practices, translation into affordable & usable market tools
Other programmes - eTEN, eContent + MS initiatives in context of eEurope and ERA pilots, and
eLearning Programme – seeing the mainstreaming of e-learning
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Research pre 2002 in innovating ICT in schools
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Multimedia applications for education & training: IST 1998 -
2002Focus – integrating ICT in education & training
environments and processes Foster broad access to quality learning resources
and services Improve learning and support innovation through
– New organisational scenarios for universities and schools– New experimental delivery systems for life-long learning– New pedagogical approaches
New experiences for different communities of learners
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Emerging resultsSchool of Tomorrow:
– New models of collaborative learning – focus on sharing knowledge and on learning as social process
– contributions towards a European school interoperability framework
– Repositories of resources and toolsCharacteristics
– Innovation in context – new approaches to pedagogical methods but standard technologies
– Developing new paradigms – but tension between technological and pedagogical
– Solutions tend to be fragmented
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Research post- 2002Vision, challenges, and
priorities
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Technology Enhanced Learning in FP6
Ubiquitous access to personalised learning through life
“Work on e-learning will focus on personalised access to, and delivery of, learning as well as on advanced learning environments at schools, universities and in the workplace that take advantage of the development of ambient intelligence”
Driven by - ambient intelligence visionERA imperatives - critical mass to maximise impact;
co-ordination between national and European initiatives
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Technology enhanced Learning
Intrinsic links of Pedagogical Technological Organisational aspects
Target GroupsHigher
education…….
Organisational aspects
Pedagogical aspects
Technical aspects
Focus on the learning process and where we have the most impact
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Technology enhanced Learning
Virtual Learning Communities
Access
KnowledgeCreation,Management
and Transfer
Content and services
INDIVIDUALS
ORGANISATIONS
ApproachPlacing the learner in the centre
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Technology enhanced Learning
Research foci Leading edge technology (eg broadband,
mobile, GRIDs, ubiquitous computing) to be applied according to insights from pedagogical research
Interoperability of technology components for new architectural models using commodity products
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Technology enhanced Learning
Research foci Knowledge modelling, representation and
visualisation for learning - creating interoperable and widely accessible knowledge pools
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - flexible communities of practice
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Technology enhanced Learning
Improve quality and learning-effectiveness Reflect the nature of learning as a social process
(collaboration, interaction, tacit knowledge) Support learners to construct their own knowledge
according to their learning needs Link organisations objectives and learning
goals of individuals New pedagogical approaches that ‘blend’ new
and old ways of learning
Challenges
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Technology Enhanced Learning – focus of FP6 projects
Innovative learning:– personalisation and adaptive learning for individuals
and groups– dynamic mentoring system for math teaching– integrating experience based learning into the
classroom– NoEs: research on new methods and new approaches to
learning with ICTEmerging emphasis on using technology for new learning
processes and on improving our understanding of these
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Technology Enhanced Learning – focus of FP6 projects
Learning resources & next generation learning platforms– dynamically adapt learning resources to individual needs
and preferences (in schools)– digital learning resources and (professional) learning for
work– GRID-based platform supporting collaborative learning
Interoperability and Standards– take-up and adoption, implementation and compliance
test, pre-competitive standardisation– focus on learning objects, learner modelling, metadata,
semantic web
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Technology Enhanced Learning - focus of FP6 projects
Overall comments– balanced mix of generic solutions and domain specific– links with national projects and synergies with international
initiatives – Formal and informal learning intertwine – breaking barriers
between fixed (organisational) learning context– Lack of presence of mobile and wireless technologies as core
enablers of “ubiquitous learning”– Professional learning - underrepresented
Community building– bringing together researchers, stakeholders / users, commercial
companies– consensus building is also part of NoEs attributions
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Technology Enhanced Learningnext work-programme (2005-
2006) Which topics
– need to be addressed or require further research?– Where are the priorities in short term if longer term vision is
to be realised? How to take advantage of new instruments
– Integrated Projects (IPs)– Networks of Excellence (NoEs)?
How to maximise impact of EC funded research – Critical mass– Synergies / complementary role of national and EC initiatives