Open	Educa+on	and	
Open	Student	
Dr.	Diana	Andone	
Politehnica	University	of	
Timisoara,	Romania	
h"p://www.slideshare.net/diando70/		 @diando70
NMC	Horizon	2015	
h"p://www.nmc.org/pdf/2015-horizon-he-
preview.pdf	
What	are	the	challenges/trends	for	HE	in	mid-size	countries,		
non-English	speaking	students?
OER	no	longer	on	‘mid-term	impact’	?!	
h"p://www.nmc.org/
publicaPon/nmc-horizon-
report-2016-higher-
educaPon-ediPon/
h"ps://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publicaPon/eur-scienPfic-and-technical-research-reports/promoPng
effecPve-digital-age-learning-european-framework-digitally-competent-educaPonal		
PromoPng	EffecPve	Digital-Age	Learning		-	JRC	Science	Report
h"ps://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-students-digital-literacy
h"ps://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/developing-students-digital-literacy
Digital	Literacy	
Social	
Networking	
Transliteracy	
Maintaining	
Privacy	
Managing	
Digital	IdenPty	
CreaPng	
Content	
Organizing	
and	Sharing		
Reusing	/	
Repurposing		
Filtering	and	
SelecPng		
Self-	
BroadcasPng	
(Steve	Wheeler	h"p://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/		)
need to control - online activity,
communication, eLearning environment
Digital	students
ComputaPonal	thinking
Crea+ve	creators
New	OPEN	life	long	learning	student	
Today	students	will	learn	independent	and	
digital	all	their	life	
21st	century	skills
New	OPEN	life	long	learning	student	
Are	they	ready	to		idenPfy,	access,	learn,	
analyse,	apply,	pracPce	new	knowledge	across	
different	media,	informaPon,	communicaPon,	
tools	as	to	enhance	their	skills	and	develop	
their	careers?	
	
In	tradiPonal	Higher	educaPon	do	we	prepare	
them	for	this?
USING	OER,	MOOCS	IN	EDUCATION	
FLIPPED	CLASSROOM	
BLENDED	LEARNING
Flipped	classroom	with	OER	and	MOOCs		
•  Use	of	OERs	
•  IntegraPng	MOOCs	
•  InternaPonal	co-
operaPon	for	in	
class	acPviPes	
•  Opening	educaPon	
•  Online	study	skills	
for	students	
•  cMOOCs
Flipped	classroom	&	blended	learning	
•  Giving	students	more	opportuniPes	to	work	
collecPvely		
•  new	methods	of	teaching	STEM	subjects	and	
new	approaches	to	engineering	educaPon		
•  Online	Study	skills	for	students’	lifelong	
learning	
•  Awareness	and	experimentaPon	in	a	(some-
what)	supervised	environment
IntegraPng	MOOCs	in	UPT,	Romania	
•  5	professors	
•  11	courses	at	UG	and	Master	level	
•  Since	2013	
•  MOOCs	used	as	OER,	course	addiPonal	
resources,	project	work		
•  Some	students	a"ended	2	courses	with	
MOOCs	integraPon	as	a	flipped	classroom	&	
blended	learning	model
MOOCs	for	Master	students	in	
Mul+media	Technologies	
Study	for	9	months	–	Spring	2014,	Autumn	2014,	
also	in	autumn	2015	
	
To	a"end	acPvely	a	MOOC	of	their	choice,	related	
to	course	subject,	comment,	produce	a	report	and	
analyze	
	–	25%	final	mark
MOOCs	for	Master	students	in	
Mul+media	Technologies	
•  MOOCs	&	OERs:		Course	addiPonal	resources	and	project	
work		
•  Students	own	selecPon	of	the	a"ended	MOOCs	
•  CVUPT	-	University	VLE-	blog,	wiki	for	discussions	and	
analyse	
•  Students	submi"ed	final	evaluaPon	report	of	their	
experience	in	MOOCs,	following	the	topics:	the	technical	
environment,	the	plamorm	usability,	quality	of	learning	
materials,	acPviPes	performed	and	communicaPon	tools	
•  Online	quesPonnaire	and	in-class	discussion
MOOCs	for	Master	students	in	
Mul+media	Technologies	
•  33%	live	MOOCs	
•  93	%	completed		
•  87	%	previously	a"ended	another	MOOC	
•  Online	discussion	in	course	blog,	wiki	and	face-
to-face			
•  EvaluaPon	as	a	MOOC	course	report	
(instrucPonal	and	technological)	
•  Students’	percepPon	of	MOOCs	technical	
environment	and	usability
For	students:	
•  autonomy	in	assessing	their	own	learning	needs	for	
choosing	the	MOOCs	in	which	to	parPcipate	
•  New	digital	skills	
•  Developing	study	skills	for	lifelong	learning	
•  InteracPon	and	collaboraPon		
•  the	curated	use	of	informaPon		
												–	analyze	&	synthesize	
Benefits/Challenges	of	MOOCs	
integra+on	in	flipped	classrooms
ContradicPons	&	Challenges		
	
•  For	teachers:	
•  to	oppose	uniformity	and	self-sufficiency		
New	skills	and	tasks:	
•  complex	course	design/management	
•  OERs	and	MOOCs	curaPng	
•  New	evaluaPon	and	assessments	methods	
•  New	digital	skills	
Image:	h"p://www.spafuturethinking.com/blog/
TalkTech:				
An	Exploration	of		
Technology	Trends,	Digital	Media,	and	Culture	
Across	Continents	
Dr.	Diana	Andone	
E-Learning	Center	
Politehnica	University	of	
Timisoara,		
Timisoara,	Romania	
Mark	Frydenberg	
Computer	Information	
Systems	Department,		
Bentley	University,	
Waltham,	MA,	USA
TalkTech	Project	Goals	
•  Work	with	students	from	another	country	to	
research	a	technology	topic	and	present	those	
results	using	collaboraPve	mulPmedia	tools	
•  IdenPfy	and	use	both	synchronous	and	
asynchronous	tools	to	communicate	with	
internaPonal	partners	
•  Produce	a	tangible	work	product	within	a	
designated	period	of	Pme
Project	Debrief:	Skyping	in
TalkTech	2008	–	2015	Students	
Bentley 	 		
•  IT	101,	Intro	to	InformaPon	
Technology	
•  45	students	per	year	
•  Spoke	English	
•  Frequently	use	the	web,	
computers,	and	mobile	
devices		
•  Age	18-19	
UPT	
• TMM,	Technologies	of	
MulPmedia	
•  50	students	per	year	
•  Spoke	English	
•  Frequently	use	the	web,	
computers,	and	mobile	
devices		
•  Age	21-22	
	
707	students	involved,	no	dropout
TalkTech	2010-2015		
MulPcultural	
Online	–	different	Pme	zones	
Simulate	real	world	work	in	an	IT	company	
Students	freely	choose	the	tools,	
communicaPon,	working	Pme	and	hours	
All	students	finished	and	delivered	the	arPfact
Students projects 2015	
ThingLink
What tools do students use?
Tools	used	by	students	
Task Tools
align time zones timeanddate.com
chat
Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Google
Hangouts
create and host audio SoundCloud
create and host video Vine, Periscope, YouTube, PowToon
create interactive images ThingLink
edit audio Sound Forge
edit images PhotoShop, Paint.net
edit video Windows Live Movie Maker
email Gmail, Outlook
hold video conferences Google Hangouts, Skype
record video mobile phone camera apps
schedule meetings Doodle
search the web Google, Bing
share photos Flickr, Tumblr
share screens join.me, Google Hangouts
Tools	used	by	students:	Periscope,	
Vine	
Vine	
	example	of	
Internet	of	
Things
Tools	used	by	students	
Vine	
	example	of	
Messaging	App
Tools	used	by	students	
Vine	
	example	of	
Internet	of	
Things	2
Tools	used	by	students	
PowToon	
	example	of	
Wearables
Constraint	enhance	crea+vity	
Image	by	AirPano,	Sagrada	Familia	in	Barcelona		h"p://www.airpano.com/Photogallery.php?gallery=11&photo=841
Wicked	
•  eliminaPng	the	confusion	with	distance,	
blended,	MOOCs,	open	educaPon,	–	it	is	just	
21st	century	learning	or	LEARNING	
•  for	MOOCs	in	HE	facilitators,	prior	experience	
in	designing	and	running	online	courses	is	
needed	
•  Need	to	devlop	a	strategy	for	assessment		
•  Credits	transfer	–	soon!		
•  Quality	-	validaPon
Wicked	
•  Strategy	for	co-opera+on	(virtual	mobility,	Erasmus,	
etc)	
•  Transliteracy,	managing	the	digital	iden+ty		
•  We	do	not	listen	to	young	people.	We	think	we	know	
how	they	learn	or	what	literacy	and	digital	literacy	are.	
Young	people,	however,	are	getng	together	and	
construcPng	complex	systems	of	their	own.		
•  Open	educa+onal	resources.	Free,	legal	permissions	
to	retain	and	to	redistribute		
•  Ar+ficial	intelligence	tools		personalised	learning,	
interacPon,	mobility
ENGAGE
Make	learning	OPEN	
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CONTACT
Dr. Diana Andone
Director
e-Learning Center
Email: diana.andone@upt.ro
Web
Elearning.upt.ro/diana.andone
@diando70
h"p://www.slideshare.net/diando70/		
EDEN Fellow 2011

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