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Technology-enhanced Learning:
EU research and its role in current and future ICT based learning environments
Pat Manson, Head of Unit
Technology-enhanced Learning; Cultural Heritage
Directorate-General Information Society
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EU research in ICT for learning
Research policies - European Research Area
– migration from small projects to large scale and comprehensive initiatives that can generate critical mass and impact - for researchers, for eventual markets, and for public sector actors
Information Society policies - Lisbon Agenda and eEurope Action Plans
– ICT in schools to broadband, eLearning Action Plan, virtual campuses, GRID and skills
Technology-enhanced Learning firmly anchored as a societal and an economic challenge
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Research & non-research in technologies for learning
Research - pre-competitive, longer term
Impact needs - adoption by practitioners, organisational change and practices, translation into affordable & usable market tools
Other programmes - eTEN, eContent + Member States initiatives in context of eEurope and ERA pilots, and
eLearning Programme
All contribute to supporting the mainstreaming of e-learning
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Multimedia applications for education & training: IST 1998-
2002Focus – integrating ICT in education & training
environments and processes
Foster broad access to quality learning resources and services
Improve learning and support innovation through
– New organisational scenarios for universities and schools
– New experimental delivery systems for life-long learning
– New pedagogical approaches
New experiences for different communities of learners
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School of Tomorrow
FlexibleHigher
Education
Advanced Training Systems
The Learning
Citizen
Interoperable Tools, Service and Content
Results from RTD projects 1998-2002
Collaborative learning
Learning resources & tools
Brokerage systems
Virtual labs & campuses
Convergence between knowledge management and learning systems
Universal access to self-learning
Informal & mobile learning environments
Building infrastructures for e-learning in Europe
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School-related projects - focus & results
Collaborative learning– ITCOLE - an open source platform for collaborative learning and
knowledge building (FLE3) - and its application in progressive enquiry and problem-based learning (see www.euro-cscl.org)
– Additional tools for collaborative learning and supporting the development of modeling skills (CO-LAB and MODELLINGSPACE)
Learning resources & tools– The provision of tools supporting the authoring of multimedia
learning resources by teachers and students (ITALES, SEED)
– Mobilisation of leading educational publishers (e.g. Hachette, Giunti, Sanoma, Klett) from several European countries to produce learning resources for schools (CELEBRATE, YOUNGNET).
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School-related projects - focus & results
Innovating through ICT– ICT-based toys and pedagogical approaches to science
teaching and learning (LAB of TOMORROW, COLDEX, LAB@FUTURE)
– Interesting work being developed with virtual characters exploring the affective aspects associated to the use of ICT for learning (VICTEC)
– A thematic network addressing the topic of Special Education Needs has been launched providing researchers and practitioners with information on how to address this topic (SEN-IST-NET - www.senist.net)
… these are just a few examples
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University-related projects - focus & results
Virtual campuses and labs– LEDA - sharing knowledge creation and supporting
student/teacher interactions & peer learning.
– PEARL - a collaborative environment for science and engineering students to undertake experiments.
Brokerage systems– CUBER - brokering access to distance learning courses and
modules
– UNIVERSAL - an electronic brokerage system for learning resources. The brokerage platform is marketed under the brand name EducaNext.
Where pedagogy meets knowledge sharing…
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Learning citizenAdvanced training projects
Universal access to self-learning
– brokerage systems (“clearing house” for payments, new business models for service providers, inclusive distance learning services (PedCare, Fellows, METACAMPUS)
Informal & mobile learning environments
– testing the possibilities of mobile learning (mlearning, MOBIlearn)
Advanced training - exploring convergence between training and knowledge management systems
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Key findings
Results to date are characterised by:
– Innovation in context – new approaches to pedagogical methods but standard technologies
– Developing new paradigms – but tension between technological and pedagogical approaches
– Often fragmented solutions
Continuing challenges:
– Metadata and developing (re-)usability of learning objects
– Supporting personalisation & adaptation
– Changing organisational models
– Sustaining the social context of learning
Input to ongoing research issues & targets
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Technology-enhanced Learning in FP6
Ubiquitous access to personalised learning through life
“Work on e-learning will focus on personalised access to, and delivery of, learning as well as on advanced learning environments at schools, universities and in the workplace that take advantage of the development of ambient intelligence”
ERA imperatives - critical mass to maximise impact; co-ordination between national and European initiatives
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Technology-enhanced Learning
Intrinsic links of
Pedagogical
Technological
Organisational aspects
Target GroupsHigher
education…….
Organisational aspects
Pedagogical aspects
Technical aspects
Focus on the learning process- Learner is at the centre- Organisational context: intertwined relationship between learner and organisation &where we have most impact
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TeLearn: our goals for European research
Reinforce learning as a social process through new collaborative models
Customise learning to individual needs - at school, work, throughout life
Build competence - by linking organisations’ objectives and learning goals of individuals
Support (new) pedagogical approaches that ‘blend’ new and old ways of learning
Improve quality and learning-effectivenessputting the learner at the centre
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TeLearn: technology focus of research
Leading edge technologies (e.g. broadband, mobile, GRIDs, ubiquitous computing) to be applied according to insights from pedagogical research - encourage early adoption and influence developments
Interoperability of technology components for new architectural models using commodity products - integration into advanced services & platforms
Knowledge modelling, representation and visualisation for learning - creating interoperable and widely accessible knowledge pools
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - flexible communities of practice
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TeLearn: first projects under FP6
Portfolio - 8 projects (2 Networks of Excellence; 2 Integrated Projects; 3 targetted research; 1 coordination action); 141 organisations; with funding of ca. 41 MEuro
Projects overall show
– balanced mix of generic solutions and domain specific
– links with national projects and synergies with international initiatives
– Formal and informal learning intertwine – breaking barriers with fixed (organisational) learning contexts
Community building
– bringing together researchers, stakeholders / users, commercial companies
– consensus building through the Networks of Excellence
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TeLearn: FP6 1st Call results
Innovative learning:
– personalisation and adaptive learning for individuals and groups (iCLASS; PROLEARN; KALEIDOSCOPE)
– dynamic mentoring system for maths teaching (LeActiveMath)
– integrating experience based learning into the classroom (CONNECT)
– NoEs: research on new methods and new approaches to learning with ICT (KALEIDOSCOPE)
Focus: on using technology for new learning processes and on improving our understanding of these
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TeLearn: first projects under FP6
Learning resources & next generation learning platforms
– adaptative use of resources - schools, workplace (iCLASS; PROLEARN)
– GRID-based platform supporting collaborative learning (ELeGI)
Interoperability and Standards
– take-up and adoption, implementation and compliance test, pre-competitive standardisation (TELCERT; UNFOLD)
– focus on learning objects, learner modelling, metadata, semantic web
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Technology-enhanced Learning
For further and ongoing information:
TeLearn website + mailing list
www.cordis.lu/ist/fp6/directorate_e/telearn/
e-mail: [email protected]