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Education on the Cloud Karl Donert, Director: Innovative Learning Network Ltd. Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu [email protected] Niamh Armstrong, Lecturer: Department of Mathematics & Computer Studies, MIC, Limerick [email protected]

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Education on the Cloud

Karl Donert, Director: Innovative Learning Network Ltd.Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu

[email protected]

Niamh Armstrong, Lecturer: Department of Mathematics & Computer Studies,MIC, Limerick

[email protected]

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Presentation Aims

• Provide an account of the main activities of the European School on the Cloud network (http://www.schoolonthecloud.net/)

• Overview of working groups• Review the ‘State of the art” publications • Review case studies publications

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School on the Cloud Network

http://www.schoolonthecloud.net/@schoolon_cloud

https://www.facebook.com/SchoolOntheCloudLinkedin group schooloncloud-7426807

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School on the Cloudhttp://www.schoolonthecloud.net/

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School on the Cloudhttp://www.schoolonthecloud.net/

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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Partners from 20 countries

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School On The Cloud Project Aims

SoC considers answers to three key questions:• What is the impact of the Cloud on education

stakeholders? (policy, teaching practices, and facilitating individualized learning processes)

• How should education respond to the potential of the Cloud?

• What might the situation be like in the future?

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School On The Cloud Project Tasks

• Research the “state-of-the-art”• Establish methods and means for network members to share

their findings and expertise• Produce a series of core publications on the exploitation of

Cloud in different educational contexts• Develop guidance resources• Disseminate outputs within and beyond the confines of the

network, and • Establish links with other European-wide or nation-wide

initiatives.

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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

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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

State of the art survey

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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.

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SoC: State of the art• Partners could not define what the Cloud was• They were not aware of all Cloud Computing

characteristics • They confused reality with perception in

characteristics• They used the Cloud themselves• But not within their organisations

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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

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State of the art: PolicyCloud Policy And Action• Huge variation between countries – from

digital and Cloud Strategies, to Public Cloud developments, to nothing

• European policy is focused on economic development and sustained growth in Europe

• Cloud Computing can be a key driver for innovation and transformation

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DG CONNECT: European Cloud Computing Strategy

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https://www.enisa.europa.eu/events/enisa-events/cloud-security-conference-reaching-the-cloud-era-in-the-eu

ENISA: European Cloud Computing Strategy - Security

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ETSI: Cloud Standards CoordinationThe Cloud Select Industry Group on Service Level AgreementsDevelopment of model 'safe and fair' contract terms and conditionsThe Cloud Select Industry Group on Certification SchemesThe Cloud Select Industry Group on Code of ConductEstablishing a European Cloud Partnership

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/cloud-computing-strategy-working-groups

Digital Agenda: European Cloud Computing Strategy

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European Cloud Computing Strategy

• ”Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe”

• outlines actions to deliver a net gain of 2.5 million new European jobs, and an annual boost of €160 billion to the European Union GDP (around 1%), by 2020

• designed to speed up and increase the use of Cloud Computing across all economic sectors

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European Cloud Computing Strategy

• ”Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe”

• outlines actions to deliver a net gain of 2.5 million new European jobs, and an annual boost of €160 billion to the European Union GDP (around 1%), by 2020

• designed to speed up and increase the use of Cloud Computing across all economic sectorseducational perspectives are not included

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DG Education & Culture

Where is education on the Cloud?

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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?

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WG1: Managing, leading the Cloud in education

http://tinyurl.com/kr4rzcq

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WG1: Managing, leading the Cloud in education

• Leaflet: promoting the Cloud (for leaders/managers)

• Report: policy, leadership and management issues

• Guidelines for support – change management• Workshop on the leadership and management

of Cloud-based education

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WG2: iTeachers: Getting Smart?

What does it mean to be an iTeacher? (innovative teacher)

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iTeacher future questionshttp://tinyurl.com/gu8cncx

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Collecting ideas: Wiki

http://tinyurl.com/zkfkqnb

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iTeacher Workshop: Symbaloo

http://tinyurl.com/jehtyun

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Brainstorming: Linoit

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Linking skills and tools: Thinklink

http://tinyurl.com/jburln2

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Toolkit: iTeachers, iLearnersMindmup

http://tinyurl.com/nha2fv7

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iLearner(s) in the Cloud

Independent learners

How does the role of learning and the actions of learners change? If at all….

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iLearner(s) in the Cloud

• Literature review of personalised learning (PL)

• PL Case Studies • Guidance for others on PL• PL Workshop

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WG4: Dealing with the Future

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Dealing with the Future

Future scenarios for education• Review of ‘futures research’: methodology• Futures workshop – potential / drawbacks• Scenarios for the future • Presentation

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Workshop ice breaker• As experts in the field …. • What do you (your organisation) want from

the Cloud in the future? • Try to write down ONE thing• Share it on http://tinyurl.com/socfuture

Future Perspectives

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• 59 examples of Cloud Computing developments • tested, piloted, implemented in education

around Europe • varied from national assessments and reviews,

to public and private sector developments. • advantages and benefits of Cloud Computing

illustrated, as potential barriers are overcome

Education on the Cloud 2015: State of the Art

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• National e-learning platform

http://www.scoilnet.ie

Scoilnet – portal for Ireland

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• School district Cloud, Unna• Sustainable infrastructure• 21 schools, 10,000 students

http://www.unit21.de/medientag-unit21/

Unit.schule.21

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Living Schools Lab

• whole-school approach to ICT• highly innovative pedagogical practices• rethink learning and teaching strategies• network of living schools

http://tinyurl.com/o6kvxvp

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Alphabets of Europe

• multilingual awareness• creative language learning • kindergarden• digital books and activities

http://www.alphaeu.org/

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• learning design tool, graphical personalisation • conceptual and flow models

http://cadmosld.com

CADMOS LD: personalised learning

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• app designed and developed for the American Museum of Spain

http://www.mecd.gob.es/museodeamerica/espacio-interactivo/Tanto-que-disfrutar-jugando---/

RACMA.html

RACMA: Augmented Reality

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• app designed and developed for the American Museum of Spain

http://www.mecd.gob.es/museodeamerica/espacio-interactivo/Tanto-que-disfrutar-jugando---/

RACMA.html

RACMA: Augmented Reality

How sustainable are these initiatives?

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Conclusions• local, regional, national and international• funded projects to support experimentation

and development• private sector developments• innovative products (entrepreneurs) and

mobile access to information

Education on the Cloud 2015: State of the Art

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Conclusions:• Cloud Computing is being used as a delivery

method for IT services• wide range of customised solutions and

individual / collective actions • piecemeal rather than coordinated• some teachers and learners are enjoying

education benefits

Education on the Cloud 2015: State of the Art

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Some conclusions (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)

• Paradigm shift (fundamental change in methods of delivering education) (Koutsopoulos & Kotsanis, 2014)

• Vision = Cloud-based learner-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

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• 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

Some conclusions (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)

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• School on the Cloud network formed to explore how education should respond

Learn from:• available Cloud technologies • existing Cloud-based educational initiatives • network expertise and experiences

To provide guidance and support to stakeholders

Some conclusions (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)

Panousopoulos H, Donert, K., Papoutsis, P, Kotsanis I. 2015. Education on the Cloud: Researching Student-Centred, Cloud-based Learning Prospects in the context of a European Network, Proc. CELDA 2015, http://tinyurl.com/nghy5ay

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• Seeking links with other research initiatives• Stimulation of further projects, 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)

Panousopoulos H, Donert, K., Papoutsis, P, Kotsanis I. 2015. Education on the Cloud: Researching Student-Centred, Cloud-based Learning Prospects in the context of a European Network, Proc. CELDA 2015, http://tinyurl.com/nghy5ay

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School on the Cloud 2016Join us for a one day workshop@ Third School on the Cloud Summit, Brussels, Belgium, 18th November 2016 Follow SoC on social media

http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu

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Karl Donertwww.innovativelearning.co.uk

[email protected]@karldonert

Niamh Armstrongwww.mic.ul.ie

[email protected]