E-LEARNING, INNOVATION AND CHANGE: LESSONS LEARNT FROM SOME EU PROJECTS

1. E-LEARNING, INNOVATION AND CHANGE: LESSONS
LEARNT FROM SOME EU PROJECTS
Fabio Nascimbeni
UNIR

2. SOME REFLECTIONS ON TEL INNOVATION

3. Limits of
Current
Approach
Availability
of tools
Vision of a
Better future
Incentive to
change
VISIR, 2014VISIR, 2014
Looking at education today:

4. 3 main strands of TEL innovations: STELLAR & TELMAP
projects
 Personal Learning Environments (PLE)
 Open Educational Practices (OEP)
 Personal Learning Networks (PLN)
 Open Educational Resources (OER)
 Massive Online Courses (MOOC)
MassiveCollaboration
Engagement
Awareness
 Models of cognitive sensors
 Text mining
 Haptic & gesture interfaces
 Augmented reality applications
 Simulations
 Serious games
 Big data/learning analytics
 Predictive models Content, context, networks
 Weblog analysis, text mining

5. adapted from: http://readwrite.com/2007/08/06/rethinking_crossing_the_chasm#awesm=~oodCRNvJuAdBAa

7. Kamtsiou, 2014

9. THE VISIR PROJECT

10. VISIR: activities and impacts
Collection, analysis and assessment of
100 micro-innovation practices
(open web showcase)
Network of
grassroots
innovators
Network of
grassroots
innovators
Influence policy and foster
change at system level
Influence policy and foster
change at system level
Seven
workshops
Seven
workshops
Better networking on
meaningful ideas
Better networking on
meaningful ideas
Four
stakeholders
consultations
Four
stakeholders
consultations
New vision on ICT in
education
New vision on ICT in
education
Desk research and experts
validation

11. Micro innovation practices
• 120 collected cases
• Reflecting 25+ trends
• 7 examples…

12. AUTH
http://goo.gl/YOZjD
Innovator:
Ioannis Stamelos
Place:
Salonika, Greece
Type:
Public Initiative - EC
AUTH
Give Students
Work-Experience
by allowing them to contribute to
live code projects
Innovative for:
student motivation, employability

13. The Sentinel
http://goo.gl/jZEvc
Innovator:
Paolo Ferri
Place:
Reggio Calabria, Italy
Type:
Private Initiative
The Sentinel
Teach Energy Saving
by putting students in control
of their school
Innovative for:
learning by doing, student motivation,
use of technologies & visualisation, school governance models

14. Podcasting
http://goo.gl/FhifV
Innovator:
Cinzia Chelo
Place:
Asti, Italy
Type:
Private Initiative
Podcasting – vivere la citta’
Teach History & Geography
by turning students
into virtual tour guides
Innovative for:
learning by doing, student motivation,
student-centred learning

15. Podcasting
http://goo.gl/BAxH4
Innovator:
Yvette van den
Bersselaar
Place:
Espoo, Finland
Type:
Public-Private
Partnership
Ecologically Intelligent
Teach Biology On-Site
Through the use of augmented reality
technologies
Innovative for:
learning by doing, full-immersion learning, augmented reality

16. WiiFiiz
http://goo.gl/6J1Yk
Innovator:
dr. Károly Piláth
Place:
Hungary
Type:
Private Initiative
WiiFiiz
Teach Principles of Motion
by hacking the Wii-Mote
Innovative for:
New uses for tools, simulation

17. QUB Exam Revision
http://goo.gl/jr8TS
Innovator:
Colin O’Hare
Place:
Queens University
Belfast, Ireland
Type:
Public-Private Initiative
QUB Exam Revision
Exam Revision
by creating a video-summary
of the course
Innovative for:
Student-centred learning, new pedagogies

18. LogiAssist
http://goo.gl/UxDJO
Innovator:
Fraunhofer Institute
Place:
Germany
Type:
Public-Private Initiative
LogiAssist
Occupational Training
through contextual mobile
learning for truck-drivers
Innovative for:
mobile learning, contextual learning, learning-at-work

19. What have we learnt?
• Innovation comes from the bottom (and the margins)
• Innovators are connecting communities
• Innovation can be cheap
• Many innovations arise from integration
• Technology works as an enabler it is a means to an end
• Public-Private Partnerships encourage innovation

20. www.visir-network.eu
www.hotel-project.eu
fabio.nascimbeni@unir.net