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Education on the Cloud
CELDA Conference, Maynooth, Ireland, October 24-26 2015
Researching Student-Centred Cloud-Based Learning Prospects in the Context of a European Network
Paper by Hercules Panoutsopoulos, Karl Donert, Panos Papoutsis, Ioannis Kotsanis
Karl Donert, Director: Innovative Learning Network Ltd.Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu
CELDA Conference, Maynooth, Ireland, October 24-26 2015
Education on the Cloud
Paper Aims
• to provide a detailed account of the activities of the European School on the Cloud network (http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu/)
• to focus on issues regarding the methodology through which network members research the potential of the Cloud to facilitate student-centered, personalized learning
Key Questions
• How should formal education establishments respond to Cloud Computing developments?
• What is the impact of available Cloud Computing technologies on exercising educational policy, teaching practices, and on facilitating individualized learning processes?
School on the Cloud Network
http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu@schoolon_cloud
https://www.facebook.com/SchoolOntheCloudLinkedin group schooloncloud-7426807
School on the Cloudhttp://www.schoolonthecloud.eu
School on the Cloudhttp://www.schoolonthecloud.eu
Network of 57 partners: 21 universities, teacher training
9 NGOs, 8 schools, SMEs, research institutes, adult education and VET providers, a European professional
association, a library
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Competences and spatial citizenship
Donert K, Gryl I and Jekel T (2010), GI & Spatial Citizenship, In Jekel T, Donert K, Koller A and Vogler R, Learning with GeoInformation V, Berlin, Wichman Verlag
Spatial Citizenship
The Future of Technology Matt Britland, The Guardian: 19 June 2013,
http://tinyurl.com/o65bvcr
The Future of Technology Matt Britland, The Guardian: 19 June 2013,
http://tinyurl.com/o65bvcr
The Future of Technology Matt Britland, The Guardian: 19 June 2013,
http://tinyurl.com/o65bvcr
Society is different today..
Society is different today..
School On The Cloud Project Aims
SoC will consider answers to three key questions:• What is the impact of the Cloud on education
stakeholders?• How should education respond to the
potential of Cloud-based tools and technologies?
• What might the situation be like in the future?
SoC: Four Working Groups
WG 1 Lead/manage the Cloud: transition
WG 2 i(nnovative) Teacher
WG 3 Learner focus: personalisation
WG 4 Future scenarios for education?
Transition to the Cloud (leadership and management)
Transition to the Cloud (leadership and management)
iTeachers: Getting Smart?
What does it mean to be an iTeacher? (innovative teacher)
iLearner(s)
iLearner(s)
Independent learners
How does the role of learning and the actions of learners change? If at all….
Dealing with the Future
Dealing with the Futurehttp://linoit.com/users/sofiedecupere/canvases/iTeacher%
20Porto
School On The Cloud Project Tasks
• Research the “state-of-the-art”• Produce a series of core publications on the exploitation of
Cloud in different educational contexts• Produce guidance resources• Establish methods and means for network members to share
their findings and expertise• Disseminate outputs within and beyond the confines of the
network, and • Establish links with other European-wide or nation-wide
initiatives.
Project Tasks
Project Tasks
School On The Cloud Project Workflow
School On The Cloud Project Workflow
State of the art survey
Cloud Policy And Action• Huge variation between countries – from
digital and Cloud Strategies, to Public Cloud developments, to nothing
Promoting the Cloud in Education• Many actors – from national and regional
government to private companies and NGOs
State of the art survey
Using the Cloud• Lots of isolated initiatives • Some national and regional developments eg N. Ireland,
Italy, Romania• Some countries lagging a long way behindOther information• Many research groups, publications • Higher education is very active• Lots of events about education and the Cloud
SoC: How should the Cloud be used in education? (n=57)
Perceived Cloud definitions
number of partners
SoC: How should the Cloud be used in education? (n=57)
Perceived Cloud definitions Cloud characteristics for education
number of partners
SoC: How should the Cloud be used in education? (n=57)
Perceived issues that may hamper using the Cloud in education
Relative importance (scale 0-9)
SoC: Why should the Cloud be used in education? (n=57)
Easy access.Stability.Security.
Shareability.Trackability.
Collaboration.No more photocopying
Chances of losing content are quite small.
SoC: State of the art• Partners could not define what the Cloud was• They were not aware of all Cloud Computing
characteristics (4/57)• They confused reality with perception in
characteristics• They used the Cloud themselves• But not within their organisations
State of the art / User needs
On the other hand, Cloud computing promises to: • improve the efficiency of education
organizations • optimize the technology-enhanced
learning experiences in an affordable way
Future of managing, leading
http://tinyurl.com/kr4rzcq
Skill needs of staff
Skill needs of staff
Future of learning & teaching
http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/iteacher
Role of teachers and the Cloud
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TOTAL CHANGE
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Degree of impact scale -2 (less) to +2 (more)
0
Role of teachers and the Cloud
[1. Reso
urce Provid
er]
[2. Classr
oom didactics]
[3. Le
cturer]
[4. C
urriculum Sp
ecialist
]
[5. C
lassroom Su
pporter]
[6. Learning Fa
cilitator]
[7. M
entor /
coach
]
[8. A
ssesso
r]
[9. S
chool Le
ader]
[10. Inform
ation manager]
[11. C
atalyst fo
r Change]
[12. Le
arner]
TOTAL CHANGE
-1.50
-1.00
-0.50
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
Degree of impact scale -2 (less) to +2 (more)
FacilitatorMentor/coachInformation managerCatalyst for changeLearner
0
Tools for iTeachers, iLearners
http://tinyurl.com/nha2fv7
Future Perspectives (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)
• Paradigm shift (fundamental change in methods of delivering education) (Koutsopoulos & Kotsanis, 2014)
• Vision = a Cloud-based pupil-centred approach• Link use of services and tools to individual
learners – specified by instructional strategies• Exploit powerful services like video-on-
demand and simulations (Gonzalez-Martinez et al., 2015)
Gonzalez-Martinez J.A. et al, 2015. Cloud computing and education: A state-of-the-art survey. In Computers & Education, Vol. 80, pp 131-152.Koutsopoulos, K. and Kotsanis, Y., 2014. School on the Cloud: Towards a Paradigm Shift. In Themes in Science & Technology Education, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp 47-62
• Facilitate inquiry-based learning in social contexts (Denton, 2012)
• Share, access data for anytime anyplace learning (Abrams, 2012)
• Quality learning experiences (Silva & Donert, 2015)
• Teachers create, edit, share innovative learning scenarios, with the use of media-rich content
Abrams, N.M., 2012. Combining Cloud Networks and Course Management Systems for Enhanced Analysis in Teaching Laboratories. In Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 89, No. 4, pp 482-486 Denton, D.W., 2012. Enhancing instruction through constructivism, cooperative learning, and cloud computing. In TechTrends, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp 34-41 Silva, D. and Donert, K., 2015. Communicating Geography Through the Cloud. In GI_Forum ‒ Journal for Applied Geoinformatics, Vol. 1, pp 315-319
Future Perspectives (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)
• School on the Cloud network was formed to explore how education should respond to developments
Learn from:• available Cloud technologies • existing Cloud-based educational initiatives • network expertise and experiencesTo provide guidance and support to stakeholders
Future Perspectives (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)
• Seeking links with other research initiatives• Stimulation of further research, such as: (i) evaluate future education scenarios on the Cloud(ii) design, application, and evaluation of context-
specific Cloud-based educational solutions that span across all levels of education, and
(iii) develop and test Cloud-based services and tools able to cater for special educational needs
Future Perspectives (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)
School on the Cloud 2015
Palermo, Sicily 29-31 October 2015 for the Second School on the Cloud Summit • Find out more on our Web site and keep in
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