ICDE – a Taste of Tomorrow

Moscow, Russia and Curitiba, Brazil 2014 Gard Titlestad, Secretary General

International Council For Open and Distance Education

• Why a taste of tomorrow?– ICDE´s focus – what is underway?– And: What are issues of our concern?– More important: Why are we optimistic, and

about what?

• So, What could we do today, to improve our stakes for tomorrow?

• To be the leading global network for making quality learning accessible throughout the world using open, distance, flexible and online education.

• To connect institutions, organisations and professionals from across the globe so that they can share ideas, resources and best practices, partner on major projects and advocate together.

• To be the official partner of UNESCO, that shares that agency’s key aim – the attainment of quality education for all

• ICDE believes that in pursuing education as a universal right, the needs of the learner must be central.

• To organize members in all regions of the world

25 Years SupportFrom Norway

Why is ICDE here?

Objectives - ICDE• Is a membership-driven networked community of practice

focused on access to quality education for all• Is aligned with the emerging, comprehensive development

goals and works for all nations and systems, public and private• Facilitates members and partners to take lead in

methodologies, pedagogy and technology for open, distance, flexible, online education and elearning

• While closely associated with open and distance learning, its focus is on quality, access and learning outcomes through a lens of equity

Our member-driven agenda

Examples

ICDE OER Chair – global south

The network of ICDE Chairs in OER currently consists of five distinguished and internationally recognized academics in the field of OER:

• Rory McGreal from Athabasca University, Canada

• Wayne Mackintosh from Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand

• Fred Mulder, Former Rector Open Universiteit, The Netherlands

• Martin Weller, The Open University, UK• Maria Soledad Ramirez Montoya,

Tecnólogico de Monterrey, México.

ICDE Chairs in Open Educational Resources - call for proposals from the Global South• ICDE is considering the extension of the network of ICDE

Chairs in Open Educational Resources (OER).

• The network, where possible, works in collaboration with UNESCO and existing UNESCO Chairs in OER.

• Deadline proposals: 15 October 2014

Example initiative

ICDE upcoming eventsThe theme will be scrutinized by keynotes, workshops and interactive discussions. ICDE has many types of member institutions, Open Universities, conventional universities with flexible education offerings, distance teaching institutes and many more. What we all have in common is that we are challenged by the rapid changes caused by the different aspects of open education: Open as free, as the O in the MOOCs, Open as easy access and affordable, Open as no formal requirement for enrolment, Open as Open Content as in Open Access and Open Educational Resources, Open as freedom of choice to learn when you want, where you want and at your own pace.

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http://www.unisa.ac.za/

Carl HolmbergSenior Advisor - IDEAL Projectholmberg@icde.org

Øystein JohannessenSenior Advisor - LangOER Projectjohannessen@icde.org

Inés Gil-JaurenaEditor - Open Praxiseditor@openpraxis.org

On distancePart-time

David Klotz

klotz@icde.org

What’s on the Cooperation Agenda?

ICDE Consultative Committee:The regional member associations of ICDE

advice ICDE and are consulted on:

• The ICDE Action Plan for 2015.• Short exchange of information and a dialogue on

what could be on the joint agenda for 2015.• ICDE Operational Network. • Partnership on information and communication. • The Global Online Higher Education Report.

The regional member associations of ICDE

• Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Superior a Distancia – AIESAD• Brazilian Association for Distance Education - ABED – Brazil• African Council for Distance Education (ACDE)• Association of African Distance Learning Centres• The South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE)• Arab Network for Distance and Open Education (Anode)• Middle East e-Learning Association (MEeA) • The Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE)• The Open and Distance Leaning Association of Australia (ODLAA)• The Open Education Resource Foundation – the Open Educational Resource

university (OERu) • European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL)• European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN)• The European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)

Issues:• Future policies for ODL• Quality oversight and road ahead• Student Success• Global research agenda on ODL• Academic quality

Two policy forum planned, input factors on the issues:

20 November 2014: Open EducationKey issues in policy for governments and senior management in higher education

High Level Policy Forum 17 October 2015: Open Education: Key issues and policy advices for governments and senior management in higher education

Interventions, from UNESCO, ICDE and stakeholders from organisations, public and private sector

Initiatives to forward oriented discussions, example:

•Support Open Education 2.0 – why, what, where, when

– To be discussed at Online EDUCA– http://www.online-educa.com/programme

Ongoing Global Dialogue

Other events in the near future

International ConferenceMoscow, 14-15 OctoberNew Challenges for Pedagogy and Quality Education:MOOCs, Clouds and Mobiles

Participation and keynote, followed by governing board

Participation, keynote and panel on international associations

ICDE Featured Session and Participation. Partner meetings.