Stavros Panagiotis Xanthopoylos is the Vice-President of the Brazilian Association for Distance Education - ABED, Professor, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP) in Brazil. See his presentation at the #EDEN2015 Annual Conference here. His talk is captured on video and will be published on the EDEN Youtube channel. Read about EDEN: http://www.eden-online.org

1. The New Role of ODE:
An insight from the
Emerging Educational and
Corporate Scenarios in the
Newly Industrialized
World
Prof. Dr. Stavros Panagiotis Xanthopoylos
Vice President ABED/Vice Dean FGV-IDE
Barcelona, 12th June, 2015

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 ABED – Brazilian Distance Education Association
 The New Learning Scenario
 Educational perspectives and strategies
 The Corporate world in the game
 The Paradigm shift in Corporate Education
 Characterizing the Corporate Educational Environment
 Final Remarks
Topics

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The Internet’s role – new cyberspace
The Internet, the icon of this revolution, is a communication means
that made possible, for the first time in the history of mankind, “the
communication of many among many, at a chosen time, and in
global scale,” besides having constructed and unconstructed a new
notion of time and space, making the world look infinitely smaller
and globally connected, not needing 80 days to go around the
world, as this happens in a matter of seconds... (Castells, 2003).
 New dimension of communication – Cyberspace
 heterogeneous space composed by complex forms of
interaction
 works as an extension of relations established in the real
world

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Network Technology
“It is not about getting organized in network
technology, but the organization of human beings
in networks through thje technology. It is not
about of na era of intelligent machines, but of
human beings that, through the networks, can
combine their intelligence.” Don Tapscott
 Society as a Network
 mediated through computers and other ICT’s
 establishes new sociabilities built in a space of
integrated communication

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 What do we practice today?
 Continuum
 Face to Face
 Face to Face with ICT’s
 Semi-presential
 Blended
 Tutored Elearning
 Elearning
 Correspondence courses
Blend of Open, Online and Flexible Education
Education Today

7. • Some new perspectives in the learning environment
• Connectivism, for example
• Knowledge Management perspective
• Offers freedom and flexibility for the adoption of learning
strategies for the individual or, collectively, for groups
Fonte: CTAE/FGV
Impact on Learning

8. • More involvement by all stakeholders – Teacher
(mentor), Student (researcher) and Peer evaluation
• A market of “ideas” is developed
• Knowledge created in a network environment,
debated and not necessarily consensual
• More time to collaborate
• Call for a new approach – Digital Citizenship
Impact on Education

9. Possible Strategies
 As far as some observed strategies go, we can include the
following, which are not mutually excludent:
 New fully online players have come into the Market
which will increase with time, business models not
matured in many cases
 Tradiotional universities can take advantange of the
knowledge and experience accumulated and enhance on
campus education with technology, introduce fully online
programs and courses, as well as, blended education
 Flexible educational models are starting to be
considered as a strategy

10. Perspectives and Challenges
 Educational Model
 Digital Citizenship
 Professors/Teachers – Learning transformation agent
 Students/Learners– Effectiveness in the use of the connectivism
emviroment – new learning culture
 Learning networks: informal and formal networks to form knowledge
networks – leverage networks of learning that will become networks of
research, consolidating knowledge management;
 Network technology - access to open sources, web 2.0, etc;
 University and school networks: using the networks as supplements,
complements, for online or for blended learning;
 Learning networks and open education – possibility to use networks to
transform learning, research and knowledge from global to universal.

11. Challenges in Corporations:
Scenario faced in developing environments
• Educational Gap - Only 25% of newly graduated engineers,
15% finance professionals and 10% of all new graduates in
other fields of knowledge are preparedd to perform in multi
national companies (Source: McKinsey & Company, 2010)
• “Last mile of employability” Vijay Govindarajan. Professor da Tuck School of
Management, Darthmouth.
• “Teach Math and Portuguese is not part of our core
business, but, because of the failing educational system,
we, frequently, find ourselves assuming the part” (Desiê Ribeiro,
Educational Manager at Vale)

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Corporate Education
Adapted from MEISTER, J. Educação corporativa: gestão do capital intelectual através
das universidades corporativas. SP: Makron Books, 1999.
Paradigm shift from T&D to Corporate Universities
T&D Corporate Universities
Building Place Anywhere
Update skills Content Develop business
competences
Learn by hearing Methodology Learn by acting
Workforce Target public stakeholders
Teachers/consultants from
external universities
Faculty Senior managers/specialists,
teachers and consultants
Event Frequency Continuous learning process
Develop qualifications Goal Solve real problems and
increase performance

13. • Communities of Practice and knowledge/research
networks are created and developed
• Update and perpetuate the content – economic and
strategic value
• Digital citizenship is developed
• Personalized access to knowledge
• Redefinied educational model – form, develop, enable
and train
Webs of Knowledge - Outcomes

14. • Brazil’s educational gaps and continental size justifies the
implementation of online, open and flexible educational models to
reduce costs and increase access for professional development
• Take advantage of the ICT educational solutions and tools to
manage and implement the corporate development strategy and
plans through CU:
• Over 150 implemented in the country out of the four thousand plus
in the world with impact on over 4 million professionals’
development
• Best CU in the world, recently ranked, Banco do Brasil - UniBB
Corporate Universities and Corporate Education Scenario in Brazil

15. Resulting impacts
Advantages of the new models:
o Increases interaction;
o Facilitates access to knowledge;
o Group supported;
o Democratic enviroment;
o Convenient access
o More motivating;
o Active and co-operative learning;
o Digital citizenship
These new models are here to promote better quality of life and
citizenship. This discussion is demanding so we can accelerate the
education of our digital citizens in this new knowledge economy world.

16. Final Remarks
• One the greatest democratic movements in the world –
in our day to day life, in education and in the
organizations;
• No way back – New dimension of communication
• New Value Chains in education
• A never ending process …

17. Prof. Dr. Stavros Xanthopoylos
Vice President ABED
Vice Dean – FGV-IDE
stavros@fgv.br
www.fgv.br/fgvonline
www.abed.org.br
Thank You

18. Asociação Brasileira de Educação a Distância – ABED
2011 – 2015

19. Facts about ABED
Scientific Association for the development of
Open, Flexible and Distance Education
Free principle for association, through mission
identification by the potential associate
Private not for profit legal organization
Founded in 1995 – 20th Anniversary in 2015

20. ABED
• Mission:
Contribute for the development of concepts,
methods and skills to promote open, flexible and
distance education to improve education as a whole
in Brazil
• Goal:
ABED’s main goal includes the discussion and
deepening the knowledge of distance education by
institutions, enterprises, universities and individuals
interested in doing so.

21. Internacional Memberships
ICDE – International Council for Open and Distance
Education
OEC – Open Educational Consortium

22. ABEC: Brazilian Associaton off Scientific Publishers
SBPC – Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science
Internacional Memberships

23. RBAAD Brazilian Journal of
Open and Distance Learning
Both, online and paper
edition. Published in
Portuguese, English and
Spanish. Covers all levels of
educational level, both
formal and informal.
Articles are selected
according to ABED’s
editorial’s objectives,
defined by the editorial
committe and specific
editorial directives.

24. CensoEAD.br
CENSUS ABED
• UNIQUE in the whole world

25. Educação a Distância: The State of Art
2009 2011

26. ABED Trophy
This award is given
by ABED to honour
personilities of the
DE Community in
Brazil as well as the
pioneers in the
modality

27. Some of our services
• Website
• Reference base
• Mediaspace for publications,
papers, articles and media
• A vast collection of scientific papers
made available
• Meeting facilities

28. Events
• CIAED - ABED International
Congress of Distance Education
• SENAED – ABED National Seminar
of Distance Education
• JOVAED – ABED Virtual Journey of
Distance Education
• Cycles of courses and
presentations
• Expo-EAD

29. ABED
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Liberdade São Paulo – SP - Brasil
abed@abed.org.br
WWW.abed.org.br
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