November 14-16, 2016 / Washington, DC

A Corporate International Trade & Customs Education Program

An Integrated View where Local Needs, Global Scope, Spiral E-Learning Pedagogies

and Web-based Technologies Converge

Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services Private Institute

(IPCAC)Ana María Andrada (Distance Learning

Director)Jonathan Leonel Pepe (Distance Learning

Coordinator)José Luis González Selmi (President)

South AmericaArgentinaBuenos Aires

Our capital city: Buenos Aires

Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services (CAC)

(>65% Argentine GDP)

Continuing Education Program

The Bottom of the IcebergLocal Needs – Global Scope

Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services Private Institute

(IPCAC)

The main issue we deal withOn one hand, Argentina has a wide

territory with a variety of climates, geography and cultures and its regional production differs substantially. Despite the fact of having a good educational offering throughout the country, there are few people with enough knowledge on International Trade and Customs.

About the Top of the Iceberg

Designing and Implementing an InnovativeHigher Education Program on

International Trade and Customs

Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services Private Institute (IPCAC)

Office of Distance Education and Instructional Technology

Staff previously

belonged to the IPCAC

Theoretical Frameworkpreviously

developed and tested (2005-2015)

Tailor-Madee-learning platform

Our main concern and priorityTo design and implement an ambitious

proposal to address the circumstances of each student and help him/her to achieve excellence.

Provide and keep the necessary motivation to reduce dropout rates as much as possible.

Pedagogical IssuesPedagogy comes first.We do not need students but “partners” willing

to lead together with their tutors lively and meaningful learning processes.

Activities are always designed to pull from the learning materials and make students active participants, that is, we propose “what for” activities, which enliven materials and make them become a powerful tool.

Technological IssuesWe decided to implement our own e-learning

platform. The IPCAC Office of Distance Education and

Instructional Technology specified the system´s required functionalities to ensure that the implementation followed theoretical, conceptual, methodological and operative aspects.

Design and implementation was made on a Moodle platform adequately configured and powered by Hot Potatoes through SCORM.

Theoretical frameworkE-learning Spiral Model

Ana María Andrada – Martín Parselis. Fellow Scholarship and Pedagogical Contributions.

Universidad Católica Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2005/2015.

Creating Tension

Creating Convergence(theory, models, thinkers…)

Convergence, by Jason Pollock

Content Development Methodology. An Example.

Topics : hardware, software, procedures, computed procedures and algorithms. Computing as a discipline.

Building knowledge, instead of understanding and memorizing definitions and examples.

We move first to South AmericaNature´s knowledge and

perseverance: the ovenbird nest (procedure)

Then, we move to Dakar…Fractals functions in African communities

hairstyle (procedure-algorithm-software).

Finally, we move to FranceA digital Stradivarius violin: the 3D-Varius

(hardware - software-algorithms and Computing).

Laurent Bernadac

The Internal ImpactAbout 30% of IPCAC´s teachers showed their

willingness to be trained in order to use the e-learning platform designed for the institution and redesign

their materials and courses.

The Internal ImpactAn initial workshop on “ICT & LKT. Time to learn,

Time to know”. Then, other two courses were offered, “Higher

Education in the Digital Age”. “Virtualization of Learning Materials” and another one on how to manage their own in-campus and distance classes under the b-learning format.

See these activities in the institutional blog http://tictacenelipcac.blogspot.com.

See these activities in the institutional wiki https://lawikisferadelipcac.wikispaces.com.

Content development strategies

Research blogging, Authoring hypermedia to develop “born-to

-the-Web” materials, Online hypermedia conceptual maps

design, Hypermedia interactive boards,Online timelines,Tag clouds.

First conclusionsThis Project, which will be implemented in

IPCAC in 2017, facilitated the creation of a tailor-made e-learning platform not only to implement this program of study, but also to be used for the b-learning format by teachers that until recently only taught at traditional on-campus classroom environments.

First conclusionsThe Office of Distance Education and Instructional Technology became a “power station” for change and enabled:The formal design, implementation and

monitoring of this new project. Teachers´ requirements for the various

programs offered by IPCAC, to convert it from on-campus to b-learning.

FinallyFocused on our project social aspects

(CSR), all stakeholders (CAC and IPCAC staff, teachers and administrators) involved in this program feel that by addresing educational local needs within a global context we are building a better world.

Thank you!

Ana María AndradaMail: amandrada@cac.com.arBlogosphere: tictacenelipcac.blogspot.comWikisphere:

lawikisferadelipcac.wikispaces.comContently:

https://anamariaandrada.contently.com