elearning for innovative lifelong learning

European Commission DG Education and Culture

E-COMPETENCES FOR LIFE, EMPLOYMENT AND INNOVATION

Vienna 14-17 June 2006

e-learning forinnovative lifelong learning

Maruja Gutierrez Diaz

DG Education and Culture


2006-2010: Stepping up a gear

• The revised Lisbon Agenda: the triangle of knowledge

• Innovation as a key process• Innovation in EU policies• Innovation in education and training• ICT as an enabler for innovation


INNOVATION

CIP

3.621mill €

RESEARCH

7th FP

54.582 mill €

EDUCATION

E&T 2010

6.790 mill €

TOTAL COHESION

277.703 mill €

CONVERGENCE

251.330 mill €

COMPETITIVENESS

48.789 mill €

INTERRREGIONAL COOPERATION

7.500 mill €

THE TRIANGLE OF KNOWLEDGE

COHESION POLICY

Mid-term review of the Lisbon Agenda


ICT as a key component of innovation:important presence in all major EU instruments

• 7th Framework programme• Competitiveness and Innovation Programme• i2010• Structural Funds

• European Regional Development Fund• European Social Fund

• Integrated Lifelong Learning Programme ?


EU Strategy and policy development concerning ICT in education

• The Lisbon Council: Education and training as key systems for the knowledge society eLearning: ICT comes of ageFostering awareness and building infrastructures

• Education & Training 2010: an agenda for change ICT cluster: fostering peer-learning in EuropeEmbedding ICT in long range educational objectives

• Mid-term Review of the Lisbon StrategyILLP programme: ICT as innovation

ICT communication: innovation for a learning society


Education & Training 2010:the new stage

• Re-focussing on core educational objectives• Enhancing quality• Increasing accessibility• Connecting to society

• Re-visiting the open coordination method• Peer-learning: clusters, focus groups, study visits• Building on commonalities: European frameworks

• Designing new tools• Integrated lifelong learning programme 2007-2013• Structured linkages with related policies: SF, FP7, i2010


The future: Integrated Lifelong Learning Programme

Integrated Programme

ComeniusSchool

education

ErasmusHigher

education & advanced training

Leonardo da VinciInitial and

continuing VET

GrundtvigAdult

education

Transversal programme4 key activities – Policy development; Language learning; ICT;

Dissemination

Jean Monnet programme3 key activities – Jean Monnet Action; European Institutions;

European Associations


Related policies:Other EU policies that impact lifelong learning

• Information society – i2010, eContentplus, eTen, digital libraries, open source, DRM, FP7-ICT

• Research – ICT for learning, socio-economic research, science and society, foresight, FP7

• Enterprise – entrepreneurship, standardisation, eSkills, Competitive and Innovation Programme

• Employment and social policy – social inclusion, skills and employment, European Social Fund

• Regional policy – regional development, innovation, social inclusion, coordination of Structural Funds


ICT for innovation in education

• Comparative analysis and intelligence• Understanding innovation: an informed debate

• Policy development• The role of education in innovation policies• Innovation within education and training systems• Promoting a culture of innovation

• Using ICT for teaching and learning innovation• Innovative methods, tools and services• ICT as a catalyst for innovation


Understanding innovation

• The successful exploitation of new ideas• Innovative results are those which represent some

new and distinctive features, adding value in relation to existing solutions

• Innovative processes have the objective of answering the needs of new target groups and users

• The aim of the innovation transfer process is the adaptation and/or further development of new ideas and results in view of their integration into public and/or private systems, at any level

• Beyond all possible definitions, innovation is an attitude


The role of education and training in innovation systems

• Innovation research identify E&T systems as consistent factors of successful innovation systems and policies

• A distinctive feature of countries sustaining competitive and innovative firms is E&T systems providing a flow of people with the requisite knowledge, attitude and skills

• E&T systems have core societal roles for building successful innovation systems


The societal roles of education and training systems in innovation

Education and training systems have three fundamental roles for innovation:

• Teaching and valuing innovation• Spotting and nurturing innovative talent• Spreading a culture of innovation


ICT as an innovation enabler

• ICT have a potential for inducing change, they provide a reason and a time for change

• The basics are all in place – it is time to move ahead, to shift ICT from a goal to an engine

• ICT for collaborative learning and teaching, for connecting learning communities

• ICT for creativity, for designing new contents, methods, tools and spaces for learning

• ICT for supporting institutional innovation in education


Lifelong learning as innovation

• Lifelong learning requires re-thinking teaching and learning, considering new learning demands, contents, tools, and approaches

• Lifelong learning embodies and amplifies core educational tensions: quantity vs quality, structured teaching vs self-directed learning, established knowledge vs “contrary” thinking

• The lifelong learning paradigm is probably the most innovative concept, calling for a true transformation of education systems

• Innovation can be risky and uncomfortable – but it is the only way ahead


Thank you for your attention !

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