UP TO UNIVERSITY PROJECT PILOT OUTCOMES FROM LITHUANIA: ANALYSIS OF GATHERED DATA AND LESSONS LEARNT Presentation at Edulearn2019 conference

1. UP TO UNIVERSITY PROJECT
PILOT OUTCOMES FROM
LITHUANIA: ANALYSIS OF
GATHERED DATA AND LESSONS
LEARNT
Gytis Cibulskis, Ausra Urbaityte
Kaunas University of Technology
Edulearn2019, July 1, 2019, Palma

2. Up to University
To bridge the gap between secondary schools and higher
education by better integrating formal and informal learning
scenarios and adapting technologies and methodology that
students will be facing in universities
1. To assess the use of public and private cloud-based infrastructure services
2. To design and develop a scalable and flexible integrated “application toolbox”
3. To build and train the learning community for the specific learning context
4. To test the infrastructure service components and the application toolbox
through very large-scale pilots
5. To define an effective sustainability and exploitation framework
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3. School vs. University
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4. Up2U Consortium
18 partners
• Universities
• NRENs
• Infrastructure providers
• Commercials
12 countries
• EU
• Switzerland
• Israel

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6. www.up2university.eu 6
Next Generation Digital Learning Environment
From LMS to NGDLE
From a Walled Yard...
...to an Open Garden.

8. Application Toolbox Up2Universe
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9. Challenges for offering services
to Schools
GDPR
Every school wants it’s own VLE
Different Identity Providers are used (Google Apps for Education,
MS O365, epaslaugos.lm.lt)
Support and the updating of the infrastructure
Scalability of infrastructure to handle big amounts of users
Luck of teachers skills in using tools
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10. Setting up of Up2U infrastructure
Multi-tenant Moodle platform is established and offered to schools as
part of Lithuanian ENREN (LITNET) services
GDPR covered in service agreement between school and LITNET
Integration of tools from Up2University toolbox:
WebRTC based videoconferencing
H5P tool for interactive content creation
Owncloud
Nationalwide IdM (IdP currently via LDAP, in future – Saml2)
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11. up2universe

12. Identity Management
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13. Site with school
registration and
FAQ
vma.lm.lt

14. Maintenance
dashboard

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17. Pilot users and scalability testing
~130 schools activated VLE at vma.lm.lt
~ 60 of them are using VLE with students
~15000 registered users on the platform
~100K visits
~2,7 Mln page views during the 2018-2019 academic year
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18. Up2U Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) for teachers
Module 1 - Introduction and Orientation
Module 2 - Hands-on implementation and practice (Teachers who
complete the first module will apply in their own classrooms, with their own
students, what they learned in Module 1.)
Module 3 - Cascade or ‘train-the-trainer’ model to facilitate
scaling up to
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19. CPD Module 1 in Lithuania
CPD in Lithuanian language is approved as official qualification
development program
Dedicated VLE established at https://mokymai.vma.lm.lt
Face-to-face CPD Module 1 delivered in November-December
2018 with 15 selected teachers
Fully online CPD Module 1 is developed and delivered in 2
iterations this year:
January - February - 166 enrolled teachers
March– April - 352 enrolled teachers
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20. mokymai.vma.lm.lt
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21. Online CPD Module 1
Number of resources and activities
inside Moodle course dedicated to
CPD Module 1
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22. Badges and certificate
1st badge is earned after
self-introduction in the
forum;
2nd – for active
participation and filling in
the survey;
3rd – for completion of all
activities.
Certificate - after
compulsory activities are
completed and own
practice course is created
and peer reviewed
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23. Results of CPD Module 1
Successful graduates
Face-to-face – 14 out of 15
1st online iteration – 107 out of 166
2nd online iteration – 220 out of 352
Overall success rate – 64%
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24. Online courses created by CPD
participants
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Activities Resources

25. Teachers’ pre and post survey
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3.4
3.2
3.7
3.7
3.8
3.6
3.3
3.7
3.7
4
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
select and use different media to support teaching and
learning
evaluate software to support teaching and learning
integrate technology in the teaching of your discipline
determine why and how to use the technology in your
class
incorporate technology to improve teaching and learning
in the lessons that you will hold in class this or the next
semester
post pre
Pre- post-difference in perception about integrating technologies in practices

26. Teachers’ pre and post survey
Pre- post- difference in teachers’ confidence with didactical
strategy/pedagogical approach
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3.4
2.9
2.5
2.4
3
3.3
3.4
3.2
2.7
2.7
3.7
3.7
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
Collaborative Learning
Project-based learning
Structured Discussion
Role Taking
Reciprocal Teaching
Formative assessment
post pre

27. Teachers’ pre and post survey
Pre- post- difference in teachers’ confidence regarding enhancing
students’ skills
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3.3
3.6
4
3.6
3.6
3.9
4.1
3.9
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration
Information, Media and Technology Literacy
Self-regulation
post pre

28. Teachers’ pre and post survey
Pre- post- difference in confidence with Up2U tools
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3.4
1.9
1.5
1.5
1.3
0.6
0.7
2.7
3.9
3.6
2.7
2.6
2.7
2
2.2
3.3
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
Moodle
H5P
eduEOR
PersonalRecorder
KnockPlop
SelCont
SWAN/Jupyter
Other digital tools
post pre

29. Conclusions
Success factors of high completion rates:
• right motivation for teachers
• effective organization of the learning process
• good learners support
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