Open learning resources for business

1. Open Learning and
Business
Gillian Palmer
Director, FBILD
2 October 2012

2. British Institute of Learning and Development
Member benefits
• A professional membership grade
• Networking opportunities through the BILD forum
• 6 free member events per year
• Access to web resources
• Membership directory listing
• A fortnightly membership newsletter
• Email alerts about events and contract opportunities
• Access to the Online BILD membership magazine
• A free copy of Learning Magazine
• Discounts on other BILD and non BILD events
• Discounts on various services
More information: www.thebild.org
or see Rich Wootten here on the stand
2 October 2012 WOLCE, Birmingham, UK

3. What open learning environments can do for you
• Save money
• Personalise learning and training
• Increase expertise
• Make your learning environment respond to your needs
Gillian Palmer, BILD Director and Owner of ElementE
2 October 2012 WOLCE, Birmingham, UK

4. Requirements
SO cial
LO cal
MO bile
AND
* “SoLoMO”, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaXF-eVi-8A
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5. Responsive Open Learning (1)
Helps users/learners to:
• Set their own (learning) goals
• Manage how and what they learn
• Communicate with teams/other learners
Achieve learning goals
Develop continuous learning culture
2 October 2012 WOLCE, Birmingham, UK

6. Responsive Open Learning (2)
Learning takes place
Anywhere
Anytime
in Many Ways
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7. Some resources for professionals
• From Colleges/Universities
– Huge list so ask if need help but includes Udacity, edX,
HewlettFoundation, OpenLearn, Core (China), LibreSavoirs
(Paris), E-Gyankosh (India), etc.
• Collections e.g. iTunesU
• MOOCs (massive open online courses – or groups of sub
courses?)
• Learning communities e.g. Skype, Trello
• Apps: Apple, (i)Google, ROLE
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8. PLE research
Early results n=136
• ALL individuals used more than 1 computer in a week
– 85.6% using 4 or more.
• Of 7 proposed apps, the most popular was
– “Single-app synchroniser for all devices (work, academic
and personal)” which scored 6 or 7 on a seven-point
scale from a combined total of 103 respondents.
– “Key text finder” had an average rating of 1
– “subject expert finder” an average of 3
– “social media groups adviser” a rating of 5.
• These results are consistent with expectations given
other existing tools (FB, GoogleSearch, LI)
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9. No shortage of apps
• Apple iPad – > 200,000 apps
• Apple iPhone – > 500,000 apps
• Blackberry – > 18,000 apps
• Android – > 25,000 apps
• > 300,000 mobile apps have been developed over the
last 3 years
• 29 billion apps downloaded in 2011
• 9 billion in 2010
• Revenue in 2011 – $7.3 billion
• Predicted revenue 2015 – $36.7 billion
(Source: mobiThinking)
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10. Trello
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11. Trello for work
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12. Open Learning – good points
Free
Democratic – open to anyone, comes from anywhere
International – multilingual, multicultural
Just-in-time
User takes responsibility
Not tied to one vendor/set of ideas
Easy to personalise
Communities of users
2 October 2012 WOLCE, Birmingham, UK

13. Open learning – negatives
• Unregulated
• Requires technical knowledge
• Lots of passwords/programs
• User motivation may wane
• Rarely linked to HR systems
• Accreditation?
• „Free‟ is open to interpretation
• Commercial confidentiality hard to police
• Users may sign up for „wrong‟ courses/groups
• Image – all good stuff costs ££££
• Can‟t blame the vendor
• Multiple sharing and privacy issues
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14. UNISO www.uniso.ro
• University IN society
• Learner-centric
– Widget/app bundles per course
– Full interoperability for users
– Sustainability
– Privacy and sharing
– Universities think about need to store assessed material
(and method of that)
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15. Who is
1. Fraunhofer FIT DE
2. RWTH Aachen University DE
3. Technical University of Graz AT
4. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven BE
5. University of Koblenz DE
6. Uppsala University SE
7. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne CH
8. University of Leicester UK
9. Open University UK
10. Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration AT
11. Festo Lernzentrum Saar GmbH DE
12. imc AG DE
13. British Institute for Learning and Development UK
14. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
15. Zentrum für Soziale Innovation AT
16. U&I Learning BE
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17. ROLE psycho-pedagogical implementation model
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18. Widgetstore
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19. MathSpace

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24. Links
Trello
ROLE Showcases
Widget store
Moodle link
Activity, To learn, Binocs
Goal, time spent
Bundle search-and-organize-media
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29. Useful links
British Institute for Learning and Development:
• http://www.thebild.org
ROLE website:
• http://www.role-project.eu/
Contact me:
• gillian@elemente.co.uk
2 October 2012 WOLCE, Birmingham, UK