Name - Date Technology-enhanced Learning: tomorrow’s school and beyond Pat Manson Head of Unit Technology Enhanced Learning Directorate General Information Society Technology-enhanced Learning: tomorrow’s school and beyond Pat Manson Head of Unit Technology Enhanced Learning Directorate General Information Society

Name- Date Technology-enhanced Learning Overview of presentation Context for EU research in ICT for learning Context for EU research in ICT for learning Policies Relationships to non-research programmes Research pre 2002 in innovating ICT in schools Research pre 2002 in innovating ICT in schools Results, strengths and challenges Research post Research post Vision, challenges, and priorities Where we stand today - & issues for the future Where we stand today - & issues for the future

Name- Date Context for EU research in ICT for learning

Name- Date EU research in ICT for learning Research policies - European Research Area Research policies - European Research Area Structuring and integrating European research. Mobilising critical mass Information Society policies - Lisbon Agenda and eEurope Action Plans Information Society policies - Lisbon Agenda and eEurope Action Plans Technology Enhanced Learning firmly anchored as a societal and an economic challenge

Name- Date Information Society - eEurope 2005 Targets impacting on learning Broadband connection – schools & universities Broadband connection – schools & universities eLearning Action Plan eLearning Action Plan Virtual campus for all students Virtual campus for all students Research computer-supported co-operative systems – based on high-performance infrastructures such as GRID Research computer-supported co-operative systems – based on high-performance infrastructures such as GRID Re-skilling for the Knowledge Society Re-skilling for the Knowledge Society Building on eEurope ICT in schools

Name- Date Research & non-research in technologies for learning Research - pre-competitive, longer term (5-10 years to market) Impact – links to issues of adoption by practitioners organisational change and practices translation into affordable & usable market tools Non-research programmes - eLearning, eTEN, eContent MS initiatives re eEurope

Name- Date eLearning Programme Digital divide – digital literacy, good practices & awareness actions Digital divide – digital literacy, good practices & awareness actions European virtual campuses – eLearning dimension to initiatives in Higher Education European virtual campuses – eLearning dimension to initiatives in Higher Education School inter-twinning via Internet School inter-twinning via Internet Support eLearning Action Plan, eLearning portal, cooperation and networking Support eLearning Action Plan, eLearning portal, cooperation and networking Supporting the mainstreaming of eLearning services and systems in education – formal and informal

Name- Date Research pre 2002 in innovating ICT in schools

Name- Date Multimedia applications for education & training: IST Focus – integrating ICT in education & training environments and processes Focus – integrating ICT in education & training environments and processes Improve the learning process Improve the learning process Foster the development of high quality learning material Foster the development of high quality learning material Ensure broad access to learning resources and services Ensure broad access to learning resources and services Enhance the scientific base for ICT based learning Enhance the scientific base for ICT based learning

Name- Date Multimedia applications for education & training: IST 1998 – 2002 Supporting innovation in learning through: Supporting innovation in learning 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

Name- Date Emerging results School of Tomorrow: New models of collaborative learning – focus on sharing knowledge and on learning as social process contributions towards a European school interoperability framework Repositories of resources and toolsCharacteristics Innovation in context – new approaches to pedagogical methods but standard technologies Developing new paradigms – but tension between technological and pedagogical Solutions tend to be fragmented

Name- Date Research post Vision, challenges, and priorities

Name- Date Technology-enhanced Learning research: IST in FP 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” Driven by - vision Driven by - ambient intelligence vision ERA imperatives - critical mass to maximise impact; co-ordination between national and European initiatives

Name- Date Technology-enhanced Learning Intrinsic links of Pedagogical Pedagogical Technological Technological Organisational aspects Organisational aspects Target Groups Higher education ……. Organisational aspects Pedagogical aspects Technical aspects Focus on the learning process and where we have the most impact

Name- Date Technology-enhanced Learning Virtual Learning Communities Virtual Learning Communities Access Knowledge Creation, Management and Transfer Knowledge Creation, Management and Transfer Content and services Content and services INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS Approach Placing the learner in the centre

Name- Date Technology-enhanced Learning Research foci Leading edge technologies (eg broadband, mobile, GRIDs, ubiquitous computing) - but applied according to insights from pedagogical research Interoperability of technology components for new architectural models using commodity products

Name- Date Technology enhanced Learning Research foci Knowledge modelling, representation and visualisation for learning - creating interoperable and widely accessible knowledge pools Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - flexible communities of practice

Name- Date Technology-enhanced learning Improve quality and learning-effectiveness Improve quality and learning-effectiveness Reflect the nature of learning as a social process (collaboration, interaction, tacit knowledge) Reflect the nature of learning as a social process (collaboration, interaction, tacit knowledge) Support learners to construct their own knowledge according to their learning needs Support learners to construct their own knowledge according to their learning needs Link organisations objectives and learning goals of individuals Link organisations objectives and learning goals of individuals New pedagogical approaches that ‘blend’ new and old ways of learning New pedagogical approaches that ‘blend’ new and old ways of learning Challenges

Name- Date Technology-enhanced Learning – emerging focus Innovative learning: personalisation - adaptive learning for individuals and groups; dynamic mentoring system integrating experience-based learning into the classroom emerging emphasis on using technology for new learning processes and on improving our understanding of these formal and informal learning intertwine – breaking barriers between fixed (organisational) learning context Underpinned by networks of researchers – building new communities & contexts for TeL resarch

Name- Date Technology-enhanced Learning – results targetted Learning resources & next generation learning platforms Learning resources & next generation learning platforms dynamically adapt learning resources to individual needs and preferences (in schools) digital learning resources and (professional) learning for work GRID-based services supporting collaborative learning Interoperability and Standards Interoperability and Standards take-up and adoption, implementation and compliance test, pre-competitive standardisation focus on learning objects, learner modelling, metadata, semantic web

Name- Date Technology-enhanced Learning next steps Identify which topics Identify which topics need to be addressed or require further research priorities in short term if longer term vision is to be realised How to take best advantage of new instruments (Integrated projects and Networks of Excellence) How to take best advantage of new instruments (Integrated projects and Networks of Excellence) Scope, dimensioning, stakeholders How to maximise impact of EC funded research How to maximise impact of EC funded research Critical mass Synergies / complementary role of national and EC initiatives