This document discusses the need to rethink education technology in light of changing student cognition and skills demands. It argues that schools must adapt to how students are learning outside of school through technologies like social media that foster multitasking, hyperconnectivity, and immediate gratification. The document proposes developing SAPO Campus, a free and open online platform, to conceptualize, develop and assess technologies better suited for educational contexts and lifelong learning. It describes SAPO Campus features like badges that could promote alternative assessment, engagement and motivation.

1. SAPO Campus on the cloud:
Rethinking Technology in
Learning Contexts
Carlos Santos
Luís Pedro
CETAC.MEDIA, SAPO Labs, DeCA, University of Aveiro, Portugal

2. “Kids' Cognition Is
Changing—
Education Will Have
to Change With It”
multitasking is the real stuff
hiperconnectivity...
lack of patience
lack of concentration
"always on"...
expectation culture
immediate gratification
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/kids-cognition-is-changing-
education-will-have-to-change-with-it/
Elon University and the Pew Internet and American Life Project
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocor/5593190029

3. XXI century skills
collaborative problem solving
crowdsourcing...
online search of information
to know how to assess its quality
to know how to synthesize information
to know how to be focused
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/kids-cognition-is-changing-
education-will-have-to-change-with-it/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/3430131473/sizes/o/in/photostream/

4. what’s the school
role?
“All these skills can be taught. The
question is whether kids will learn them
in school, or outside of it.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/02/kids-cognition-is-http://
www.flickr.com/photos/sweetjessie/2737516882 changing-education-will-have-to-change-with-it/

5. how to innovate?
incremental innovation
disruptive innovation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmr-holdit/5262425897

6. in education?
ministry of education
curriculum
regional boards
editors - school books
school boards
disciplinary groups
teachers
pedagogical practices
evaluations
national exams
teachers unions
parents
students
...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/widdowquinn/5661549271/

7. what’s the role of
technology?
“technology is philosophy” (G. Siemens)
innovation engine?
which stakeholders to involve?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orebokech/107529777/

8. what does the school
offer?
computers/other devices/infrastructure
LMS/moodle
school management systems

9. and outside the
school?
simple and accessible
DIY
device free
but...
privacy
safety
information ownership
Personal Learning Environments
http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/wtm4/

10. our goals
conceptualize, develop and assess
technologies that are fit for educational
contexts
with which goals?

11. … since september 2009
photos
videos
blogs
wiki
my.ua 2.0

12. ThoughtFest 09, Salford
research and innovation
PLE

14. main concepts
• dilution of hierarchy
• free access
• openness
• visibility
• no walls school
• control vs personalization
• lifelong learning
• digital identity
• …

15. What does it take to make
SAPO Campus available
for all teaching levels?

16. The school/
institution

17. Classroom

18. Sharing

19. Outside?

20. School walls

21. People

22. Publishing/sharing

23. Collaboration

24. Confusion? :)

25. Relevance

26. News feed

27. My identity

28. School/institution
identity

29. School history

30. SAPO Campus
short demo

49. SAPO Campus UA
personal, free, open,
no hierarchy, LLL, online
identity,…

50. SAPO Campus Schools

51. SAPO Campus Schools

52. SAPO Campus Spaces

53. Privacy

54. The potential of badges
in educational contexts
• Immediate feedback
• Collaboration
• Control and ownership
• Game-content

55. The potential of badges
in educational contexts
• Democratize learning and promote lifelong
skills
• Promote alternative ways of assessment
• Improve users’ engagement and motivation

56. Main Concept (OpenBadges)

57. Main Concept
issuer learner backpack
recognition (skills)
reputation
competences

58. SAPO Campus approach
• Explore badges for:
• social dimension
• engagement
• communication
• participation
• personal contribution

59. User-generated badges concept
institution
learner
+
issuer
backpack
reputation
recognition
competences
social
engagement
communication
participation
personal contribution

60. Peer-support for badges attribution
concept
issuer
learner
+
issuer
+
endorser
backpack
decision making support
no need to follow everything
informal content
community engagement

61. Badge support/endorsement concept
issuer
learner
+
issuer
+
endorser
backpack
how much support?
who supports?
social dynamics

62. Create, attribute and support badges
on SAPO Campus
Create Attribute Support
Where
Institutions and
groups
Institutions and
groups
Institutions and
groups
Who
School by group
administrators
School by group
administrators
Any user
How
By using the
integrated Badge
Constructor Tool
• The user profile
• The page of the
badge
• Any public
activity item
• The user profile
• The page of the
badge
• Any public
activity item

63. Some examples
Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, UA (higher education)
Escola Secundária Serafim Leite, São João da Madeira
(secondary school)
Agrupamento de Escolas da Boa Água, Sesimbra
Agrupamento de Escolas de Arouca - Pólo Escolar do Burgo
(primary school)
Agrupamento de Escolas Professor Reynaldo dos Santos
(teacher driven)
Laboratório de Ideias para a Sala de Aula (teacher training
lab)
…

64. Thank you/Obrigado!
Carlos Santos, carlossantos@ua.pt, @csantos
Luís Pedro, lpedro@ua.pt, @lfpedro
http://campus.sapo.pt