The importance of open, distance, flexible and online
education, including e-learning in educational policy
Gard Titlestad, Secretary General
International Council for Open and Distance Education
Det Digitale VUC
VUC Årsmøde 7. – 8. April, Hotel Nyborg Strand, Danmark
Disposisjon
• Introduksjon
• Hva er trendene for fremtidens utdanning?
– Behov
– Trender online og open
– Drivere for tilgang til læring
• Hvor står Norden i kunnskapsutfordringen?
– Konkurranseevne og innovasjon
– Human kapital
– Nettverk og teknologiutnyttelse
• Hva med Det Digitale VUC?
– Online
– Open – Open Education Resources
– Learning Analytics
• To be the leading global network for making quality learning
accessible throughout the world using online, open, distance and
flexible 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
inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning 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 – global balance.
Support
From
Norway
25 years
Why is ICDE here?
UNESCO
Partner
50 years
Platinum
open access
ONLINE, OPEN, FLEXIBLE AND
TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED HIGHER AND
ADULT EDUCATION
ICDE Focus
The Gaps
Education
Average years of education
The world Africa south of SaharaYears of education West-Europe
This is our
Challenge
Source: Aftenposten/OECD. How Was Life?
Shows long-term progress in key areas of well-being
Teachers are
a key
20442030
320
400
2007 - 2030
Mill. students
EU/OECD projections
the need for HE
by 2030: 410 mill.
This is our Global
Challenge
Cannot be solved by
bricks and mortar
Combine Bricks and Clicks
+ 300 mill for MOOCs?
Informell – uformell utdanning
”TOWARDS INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE
QUALITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG
LEARNING FOR ALL”
SEIZE DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES, LEAD EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION
Sustainable Development Goal 4 Education 2030
Target 3, point 43.:
A well-established, properly-regulated
tertiary education system supported by
technology, Open Educational Resources
(OERs) and distance education modalities
can increase access, equity, quality and
relevance, and narrow the gap between
what is taught at tertiary education
institutions and what economies and
societies demand. The provision of tertiary
education should be progressively free, in
line with existing international agreements.
Framework for Action
Education 2030:
November 2015
endring
Globalisering
Teknologi
Demografi
From the information age to the connected age
From the knowledge driven to the knowledge intensive economy
Den 4. Industrielle Revolusjon
The BIG Picture
• Online, Open and Flexible Education is steadily
increasing all over the world
India Sweden
Russia
South America
The US
Africa
Australia
China
Giving birth to a new learning landscape
Creative Commons
The BIG picture
• Online, Open and Flexible and on Campus
Learning are converging => Blended
BlendedOnline
Campus
• And as a result – an even more diverse
educational landscape……
Hvorfor?
Open
knowledge
Societal needs
Technology
Students needs
and
expectations
OERCost
Trends, within
the framwork of globalisation
and internationalisation
HE needs – 1 U a week
Demographics
Globalisation
Enabling economic growth
Access
Open Access
eInfrastructures
eScience
Automation
Robots Sensors
2020 – 80% connected
Internet of things Open Research
Open Data
Open Innovation
US quadruppling
Southern Europe….
Developing economies
ICT Habitus
Flexibility
Employability
Lifelong
Education is on the
brink of a revolution.
Collaborating on
learning-related work
across disciplines
through an integrated
research agenda could
yield powerful advances
in optimizing online
learning experiences.
MIT Online Education Policy Initiative.
April 2016.
And down along the
road..........
http://news.mit.edu/2016/mit-releases-online-education-policy-initiative-report-0401
Endring er nå
Komparative fortrinn:
• Gamle forvitrer
• Nye må etableres
• Gode må forsterkes
Kan utdanning og
teknologistøttet
læring bli et
fremtidig
komparativt
fortrinn?
Sverige, Skandinavia,
Norden:
I ledelsen når det gjelder
utbredelse og bruk.
Midt i flokken (OECD) når
det gjelder verdiøkende
anvendelse
Where the Digital
Economy Is Moving the
Fastest
Bhaskar Chakravorti
Christopher Tunnard Ravi
Shankar Chaturvedi
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
Hvilke utvikling kan
Det Digitale VUC
være særlig oppmerksom på?
How is Online learning
enabling change?
• 1. ACCESS TO IDEAS , KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION
• 2. COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS
• 3. MOBILE MENTORING
• 4. ADAPTIVE CURRICULUM
• 5. DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING
Change in the design of college and university programs and
their delivery:
– MORE JUST-IN-TIME AND ON DEMAND LEARNING
– MORE CREDIT TRANSFER AND CREDIT RECOGNITION
– MORE USE OF ADJUNCT FACULTY AND PEER NETWORKS
http://teachonline.ca/trends-directions/evolving-pedagogy/5-ways-online-learning-enabling-change-post-secondary-education
Contact North, Canada
Policy fora, influencing the
future:
20 November 2014: Open Education
Key issues in policy for governments
and senior management in higher education
ICDE High Level Policy Forum 17 October 2015:
“Higher education for the sustainable future we want. The way ahead for
Online, Open and Flexible learning: Opportunities and Actions.”
In partership with UNESCO, CoL and OEC
Interventions, from UNESCO, ICDE and
key experts and senior management:
The Bali Message
Global High Level Forum in Paris
9 – 11 JUNE 2015:
Online, open and flexible higher
education for the future we want
UNESCO – in partnership with ICDE
Policy fora, influencing the
future:
20 November 2014: Open Education
Key issues in policy for governments
and senior management in higher education
ICDE High Level Policy Forum 17 October 2015:
“Higher education for the sustainable future we want. The way ahead for
Online, Open and Flexible learning: Opportunities and Actions.”
In partership with UNESCO, CoL and OEC
Interventions, from UNESCO, ICDE and
key experts and senior management:
The Bali Message
Global High Level Forum in Paris
9 – 11 JUNE 2015:
Online, open and flexible higher
education for the future we want
UNESCO – in partnership with ICDE
SURVEY RESULTS
What We Heard – Perspectives and
Experiences from 105 Educational
Leaders from 53 Countries
June 2015
Online, Open, and Flexible Higher Education
for the Future We Want: Policy Challenges
A Background Report Prepared by the
International Council of Open and Distance
Education (ICDE) for the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
Open Educational
Resources
“... are teaching, learning and research materials in any
medium that reside in the public domain and have been
released under an open licence that permits access, use,
repurposing, reuse and redistribution by others with no
or limited restrictions.” (UNESCO 2011)
1.Retain – i.e. no digital rights management restrictions (DRM), the content is yours
to keep, whether you’re the author, instructor or student.
2.Reuse – you are free to use materials in a wide variety of ways without expressly
asking permission of the copyright holder.
3.Revise – as an educator, you can adapt, adjust, or modify the content to suit
specific purposes and make the materials more relevant to your students. This
means making it available in a number of different formats and including source
files, where possible.
4.Remix – you or your students can pull together a number of different resources to
create something new.
5.Redistribute – you are free to share with others, so they can reuse, remix,
improve upon, correct, review or otherwise enjoy your work.
David Wiley
From the UNESCO OER
Declaration
• Foster awareness and use of OER
• Encourage the development and adaptation of
OER in a variety of languages and cultural
contexts
• Encourage the open licensing of educational
materials produced with public funds.
ICDE work shouder to shoulder with UNESCO and
other stakeholders to have this implementet
More BC Open Textbook Stats
As of December 4, 2015 As of March 17, 2016
General Stats
Student Savings $985,700- 1,214,092
Number of participating institutions 24 (19 Public, 5 Private)
Number of students affected 9,857 12,540
Number of textbooks on open 137
http://open.bccampus.ca/2015/09/10/more-bc-open-textbook-stats/
http://open.bccampus.ca/about-2/
http://open.bccampus.ca
$1,254,000 – $1,604,425
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/11/10/major-study-finds-oer-students-do-just-as-well-or-better.aspx
The Future is Near
But not as near as you hoype
In Norway, one of the most
connected countries in the
world, if a professor want to
use OER in public health for
nurses - she will find nothing
or very few open resources,
and no organized
connected, collaborative
opportunities.
If the same professor in France engaged, she
would find more than 200 licensed education
resources regarding public health for nurses,
all linked to the higher education curricula. In
fact, a student in France can use collaborative
free quality assured educational material for
her grades, e.g. bachelor and master within
the equational system, all made possible and
digitalized by collaborative thematic
universities in a connected French
educational system.
Hvor er den fremste nordiske
utdannelse?
http://www.unisim.edu.sg/Pages/UniSIM.aspx
• Learning Analytics can be the base for
achievements in several fields;
– Adapted and personalized learning
– Improved completion and retention rates
– Improved student success
– Quality learning in general
– (Possibly) Better and more focused deployment
and management of resources
• “Learning Analytics is the measurement,
collection, analysis and reporting of data
about learners and their contexts, for
purposes of understanding and optimising
learning and the environments in which it
occurs”
• Wikipedia, March 2016.
Mitt FitBit
Learning analytics
Teknisk infrastruktur
https://www.surf.nl/en/knowledge-base/2016/whitepaper-how-data-can-improve-the-quality-of-higher-education.html
Mars 2016
Hvor er vi nu?
”TOWARDS INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE
QUALITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG
LEARNING FOR ALL”
Sustainable Development Goal 4: Education 2030
THANK YOU
titlestad@icde.org
www.icde.org
Seize digital opportunities, lead education transformation
Gå digitalt - Go digital

Gå digitalt - Go digital

  • 1.
    The importance ofopen, distance, flexible and online education, including e-learning in educational policy Gard Titlestad, Secretary General International Council for Open and Distance Education Det Digitale VUC VUC Årsmøde 7. – 8. April, Hotel Nyborg Strand, Danmark
  • 2.
    Disposisjon • Introduksjon • Hvaer trendene for fremtidens utdanning? – Behov – Trender online og open – Drivere for tilgang til læring • Hvor står Norden i kunnskapsutfordringen? – Konkurranseevne og innovasjon – Human kapital – Nettverk og teknologiutnyttelse • Hva med Det Digitale VUC? – Online – Open – Open Education Resources – Learning Analytics
  • 3.
    • To bethe leading global network for making quality learning accessible throughout the world using online, open, distance and flexible 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 inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning 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 – global balance. Support From Norway 25 years Why is ICDE here? UNESCO Partner 50 years Platinum open access
  • 5.
    ONLINE, OPEN, FLEXIBLEAND TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED HIGHER AND ADULT EDUCATION ICDE Focus
  • 6.
  • 7.
    Education Average years ofeducation The world Africa south of SaharaYears of education West-Europe This is our Challenge Source: Aftenposten/OECD. How Was Life? Shows long-term progress in key areas of well-being Teachers are a key
  • 8.
    20442030 320 400 2007 - 2030 Mill.students EU/OECD projections the need for HE by 2030: 410 mill. This is our Global Challenge Cannot be solved by bricks and mortar Combine Bricks and Clicks
  • 9.
    + 300 millfor MOOCs? Informell – uformell utdanning
  • 11.
    ”TOWARDS INCLUSIVE ANDEQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING FOR ALL” SEIZE DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES, LEAD EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION Sustainable Development Goal 4 Education 2030
  • 12.
    Target 3, point43.: A well-established, properly-regulated tertiary education system supported by technology, Open Educational Resources (OERs) and distance education modalities can increase access, equity, quality and relevance, and narrow the gap between what is taught at tertiary education institutions and what economies and societies demand. The provision of tertiary education should be progressively free, in line with existing international agreements. Framework for Action Education 2030: November 2015
  • 13.
  • 14.
    From the informationage to the connected age From the knowledge driven to the knowledge intensive economy Den 4. Industrielle Revolusjon
  • 15.
    The BIG Picture •Online, Open and Flexible Education is steadily increasing all over the world India Sweden Russia South America The US Africa Australia China
  • 16.
    Giving birth toa new learning landscape Creative Commons
  • 17.
    The BIG picture •Online, Open and Flexible and on Campus Learning are converging => Blended BlendedOnline Campus • And as a result – an even more diverse educational landscape……
  • 18.
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    Open knowledge Societal needs Technology Students needs and expectations OERCost Trends,within the framwork of globalisation and internationalisation HE needs – 1 U a week Demographics Globalisation Enabling economic growth Access Open Access eInfrastructures eScience Automation Robots Sensors 2020 – 80% connected Internet of things Open Research Open Data Open Innovation US quadruppling Southern Europe…. Developing economies ICT Habitus Flexibility Employability Lifelong
  • 20.
    Education is onthe brink of a revolution. Collaborating on learning-related work across disciplines through an integrated research agenda could yield powerful advances in optimizing online learning experiences. MIT Online Education Policy Initiative. April 2016. And down along the road.......... http://news.mit.edu/2016/mit-releases-online-education-policy-initiative-report-0401
  • 22.
    Endring er nå Komparativefortrinn: • Gamle forvitrer • Nye må etableres • Gode må forsterkes Kan utdanning og teknologistøttet læring bli et fremtidig komparativt fortrinn?
  • 26.
    Sverige, Skandinavia, Norden: I ledelsennår det gjelder utbredelse og bruk. Midt i flokken (OECD) når det gjelder verdiøkende anvendelse
  • 28.
    Where the Digital EconomyIs Moving the Fastest Bhaskar Chakravorti Christopher Tunnard Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi FEBRUARY 19, 2015
  • 29.
    Hvilke utvikling kan DetDigitale VUC være særlig oppmerksom på?
  • 30.
    How is Onlinelearning enabling change? • 1. ACCESS TO IDEAS , KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION • 2. COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS • 3. MOBILE MENTORING • 4. ADAPTIVE CURRICULUM • 5. DIFFERENTIATED TEACHING Change in the design of college and university programs and their delivery: – MORE JUST-IN-TIME AND ON DEMAND LEARNING – MORE CREDIT TRANSFER AND CREDIT RECOGNITION – MORE USE OF ADJUNCT FACULTY AND PEER NETWORKS http://teachonline.ca/trends-directions/evolving-pedagogy/5-ways-online-learning-enabling-change-post-secondary-education Contact North, Canada
  • 34.
    Policy fora, influencingthe future: 20 November 2014: Open Education Key issues in policy for governments and senior management in higher education ICDE High Level Policy Forum 17 October 2015: “Higher education for the sustainable future we want. The way ahead for Online, Open and Flexible learning: Opportunities and Actions.” In partership with UNESCO, CoL and OEC Interventions, from UNESCO, ICDE and key experts and senior management: The Bali Message Global High Level Forum in Paris 9 – 11 JUNE 2015: Online, open and flexible higher education for the future we want UNESCO – in partnership with ICDE
  • 35.
    Policy fora, influencingthe future: 20 November 2014: Open Education Key issues in policy for governments and senior management in higher education ICDE High Level Policy Forum 17 October 2015: “Higher education for the sustainable future we want. The way ahead for Online, Open and Flexible learning: Opportunities and Actions.” In partership with UNESCO, CoL and OEC Interventions, from UNESCO, ICDE and key experts and senior management: The Bali Message Global High Level Forum in Paris 9 – 11 JUNE 2015: Online, open and flexible higher education for the future we want UNESCO – in partnership with ICDE
  • 36.
    SURVEY RESULTS What WeHeard – Perspectives and Experiences from 105 Educational Leaders from 53 Countries June 2015 Online, Open, and Flexible Higher Education for the Future We Want: Policy Challenges A Background Report Prepared by the International Council of Open and Distance Education (ICDE) for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • 39.
    Open Educational Resources “... areteaching, learning and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain and have been released under an open licence that permits access, use, repurposing, reuse and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.” (UNESCO 2011)
  • 40.
    1.Retain – i.e.no digital rights management restrictions (DRM), the content is yours to keep, whether you’re the author, instructor or student. 2.Reuse – you are free to use materials in a wide variety of ways without expressly asking permission of the copyright holder. 3.Revise – as an educator, you can adapt, adjust, or modify the content to suit specific purposes and make the materials more relevant to your students. This means making it available in a number of different formats and including source files, where possible. 4.Remix – you or your students can pull together a number of different resources to create something new. 5.Redistribute – you are free to share with others, so they can reuse, remix, improve upon, correct, review or otherwise enjoy your work. David Wiley
  • 41.
    From the UNESCOOER Declaration • Foster awareness and use of OER • Encourage the development and adaptation of OER in a variety of languages and cultural contexts • Encourage the open licensing of educational materials produced with public funds. ICDE work shouder to shoulder with UNESCO and other stakeholders to have this implementet
  • 43.
    More BC OpenTextbook Stats As of December 4, 2015 As of March 17, 2016 General Stats Student Savings $985,700- 1,214,092 Number of participating institutions 24 (19 Public, 5 Private) Number of students affected 9,857 12,540 Number of textbooks on open 137 http://open.bccampus.ca/2015/09/10/more-bc-open-textbook-stats/ http://open.bccampus.ca/about-2/ http://open.bccampus.ca $1,254,000 – $1,604,425
  • 44.
  • 45.
    The Future isNear But not as near as you hoype
  • 47.
    In Norway, oneof the most connected countries in the world, if a professor want to use OER in public health for nurses - she will find nothing or very few open resources, and no organized connected, collaborative opportunities.
  • 48.
    If the sameprofessor in France engaged, she would find more than 200 licensed education resources regarding public health for nurses, all linked to the higher education curricula. In fact, a student in France can use collaborative free quality assured educational material for her grades, e.g. bachelor and master within the equational system, all made possible and digitalized by collaborative thematic universities in a connected French educational system.
  • 49.
    Hvor er denfremste nordiske utdannelse?
  • 52.
    http://www.unisim.edu.sg/Pages/UniSIM.aspx • Learning Analyticscan be the base for achievements in several fields; – Adapted and personalized learning – Improved completion and retention rates – Improved student success – Quality learning in general – (Possibly) Better and more focused deployment and management of resources
  • 54.
    • “Learning Analyticsis the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimising learning and the environments in which it occurs” • Wikipedia, March 2016.
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    ”TOWARDS INCLUSIVE ANDEQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING FOR ALL” Sustainable Development Goal 4: Education 2030 THANK YOU [email protected] www.icde.org Seize digital opportunities, lead education transformation