The European experience with MOOCs has been growing but differs from the US in several ways. While the US initially dominated the MOOC movement in 2011, European universities have increasingly developed their own MOOC initiatives and platforms in recent years. Surveys show that the percentage of European institutions involved with MOOCs has risen from 58% in 2013 to over 70% in 2014. However, biases exist in how surveys define and measure MOOC involvement between institutions and countries. While increasing visibility and reputation remain top objectives for European institutions, approaches emphasize diversity over scalability and view MOOCs as a way to provide flexible learning opportunities rather than student recruitment. Governments in Europe see MOOCs as a means to skills development
Presentation during the “Internet of Education 2013” Conference on The role of Computer Science in the Internet of Education. Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 11-12, 2013
Presentation with statements of important aspects and dimensions of MOOC research, as presented during Internal MOOC Confertence, Capri (http://www.di-arezzo.fr/partition/partition+classique/p%C3%A9dagogie+instrumentale/partition-pour-fl%C3%BBte+traversi%C3%A8re/Louis+Drouet/25+Etudes+C%C3%A9l%C3%A8bres/LEDUC00445.html )
Including example of report of macro level Institutional MOOC strategies in Europe ( http://www.eadtu.eu/documents/Publications/OEenM/Institutional_MOOC_strategies_in_Europe.pdf )
MOOCs for Opening Up Education
The role of Quality and Openness
Used at Masterclass MESI - 24 September 2014
Some slides used at ICDE-MESI Conference – panel 27 September 2014
Introduction to MOOCs and some of their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
With emphasis on language learning and teaching (case study of Spanishmooc.com)
Introduction to MOOCs and internationalisation (MID2017)EADTU
Internationalisation of Higher Education: Impact of online, open education and MOOCs by Darco Jansen (EADTU) presented during the Maastricht Innovation In Higher Education Days 2017
This talk was given at a multiplier event organised by the University of Wolverhampton as part of the MOONLITE project (refugees, languages and moocs). In this presentation I share the experiences and approaches used to design one of the first MOOCs allround, and the first MOOC focused on mobile learning. The presentation looks at pedagogy, technology, community and impact of the course.
Presentation during the “Internet of Education 2013” Conference on The role of Computer Science in the Internet of Education. Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 11-12, 2013
Presentation with statements of important aspects and dimensions of MOOC research, as presented during Internal MOOC Confertence, Capri (http://www.di-arezzo.fr/partition/partition+classique/p%C3%A9dagogie+instrumentale/partition-pour-fl%C3%BBte+traversi%C3%A8re/Louis+Drouet/25+Etudes+C%C3%A9l%C3%A8bres/LEDUC00445.html )
Including example of report of macro level Institutional MOOC strategies in Europe ( http://www.eadtu.eu/documents/Publications/OEenM/Institutional_MOOC_strategies_in_Europe.pdf )
MOOCs for Opening Up Education
The role of Quality and Openness
Used at Masterclass MESI - 24 September 2014
Some slides used at ICDE-MESI Conference – panel 27 September 2014
Introduction to MOOCs and some of their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
With emphasis on language learning and teaching (case study of Spanishmooc.com)
Introduction to MOOCs and internationalisation (MID2017)EADTU
Internationalisation of Higher Education: Impact of online, open education and MOOCs by Darco Jansen (EADTU) presented during the Maastricht Innovation In Higher Education Days 2017
This talk was given at a multiplier event organised by the University of Wolverhampton as part of the MOONLITE project (refugees, languages and moocs). In this presentation I share the experiences and approaches used to design one of the first MOOCs allround, and the first MOOC focused on mobile learning. The presentation looks at pedagogy, technology, community and impact of the course.
Presentation of discussion panel during EMOOCs2016 conference on latest survey HOME project compared to other research. Several independent studies have been conducted about why institutions are investing in MOOCs and open education. During this discussion session, the results of some recent studies are presented. The data suggest significant differences between US and Europe and even between European countries. This difference will be discussed and in addition the possible implications for a (collective) European answer.
Making European diversity a strength: Towards regional support centres by SCO...EADTU
Making European diversity a strength: Towards regional support centres by SCORE2020 consortium by Darco Jansen (EADTU) presented during the Maastricht Innovation In Higher Education Days 2017
This presentation summarises several theories of innovation; explaining their relevance and potential for open education in Europe. These frameworks are likely to be of interest to practitioners wishing to have a stronger theoretical and practical understanding of how OER can support innovative practice.
Ramirez-Montoya (2020) recently presented a review of literature pertaining OER and educational innovation, noting that although definitions of openness vary across sectoral spaces, the crossover between openness and innovation is an area of increasing interest. A core part of the story of open educational resources is that they can be used to create spaces for innovation in teaching and learning (Orr et al., 2015; Pitt & Smyth, 2017; Weller et al., 2015). As Coughlan et al. (2018) argue, there has been a lack of detailed analysis of the specific function of OER as a driver of innovation, and a single model has not yet captured the multi-faceted relationship between openness and innovation.
Several theories of innovation - including the Task-Artefact Cycle (Carroll, Kellog & Rosson, 1991); the "diffusion of innovations" (Rogers, 2010); the SAMR framework (Puentedura, 2006; Orr et al., 2015); the Cyclic Innovation Model (Berkhout, 2007); and the Forms of innovation in OER (Coughlan, Pitt & Farrow, 2018) - will be outlined and contextualised. These will be used to describe ways to think about innovation in the context of open education.
This presentation contributes to the European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+, 2021), a pan-European Knowledge Alliance funded under the Erasmus+ programme. The project is running from 2021 to 2023 to support the modernisation of education in the European area through OER.
https://i-he2021.exordo.com/programme/presentation/28
Despite requirements for constant innovation in Higher Education, the application of
knowledge management constitutes a recent research field in this sector while a wide range of e-learning
tools - like open source learning management systems (LMS) - constitute a basic part of universities
infrastructures at present. As knowledge derived from direct experiences is one of the most important
sources for innovations, this paper presents two approaches for experiential knowledge production in the
Higher Education teaching-learning processes: (1) the managerial production approach and (2) the open
production approach. In accordance with these approaches, the paper also describes how Moodle and Sakai -
two of the most widely used open source LMS - support experiential knowledge production and concludes
that: (1) these LMS don’t have first class constructs to manage experiential knowledge production related
concepts; (2) experiential knowledge related constructs can be represented through existing artifacts included
in these LMS but this approach presents many limitations to support explicit connections between these
constructs and; (3) LMS can extend current capabilities of tags or similar artifacts to represent high level
meaning structures that link content from different LMS tools.
"Opening up Education: The LangMOOC challenge" �Maria Perifanou
SMART 2016 conference – Scientific Methods in Academic Research and Teaching, KEYNOTE presentation
http://academia.edusoft.ro/conferences/smart-2016-scientific-methods-in-academic-research-and-teaching/
Open Education Europa Tour - Malta Workshop
Connecting Education Pioneers across Europe
For more information: http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/blogs/oee-tour-connecting-education-pioneers-across-europe
Handbook on Virtual Student Mobility and the Future trends in (Open) Online E...Verbeken Stephanie
This presentation was done by Stephanie Verbeken and Fred Truyen, KU Leuven, about
- the handbook on the use of OCW in the context of (Virtual) Student Mobility they are developing for the European OpenCourseWare project (www.opencourseware.eu) (By Stephanie Verbeken)
- current and future trends in (Open) Online Education (By Fred Truyen)
Open Education Europa: The European Hub for Innovation in EducationOpen Education Europa
1. Open Education Europa Overview
2. Focus on Education Innovation
- European Teachers Contest
- Good Practices Section
- Community of European Education Pioneers
- Education in the Digital Era Activities
- Open Education Europa Tour (Workshop Series)
3. European OER Repositories List
Presentation at the 12th Educational Repositories Network (EdReNe) Seminar
Presentation for my EDDE 801 course (Athabasca University EdD program) on MOOCs. Covers a brief history of MOOCs, an initial taxonomy of issues around MOOCs and the taxonomy applied (briefly) to the Greek Open Course effort (ca. 2014)
Anna Maria Tammaro, Getaneh Alemu - Using Europeanafor learning & teaching: E...EUmoocs
One of the challenges of every educational experience is developing meaningful understanding while stimulating interest. Combining online learning content with multimedia resources can be a solution for educators.
This webinar explores the potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) for educational purposes focusing on how to ease access and re-use Europeana Content on EMMA, and adapt the different collections to improve learning and teaching.
Come to this webinar and see how to boost the impact of your MOOC in EMMA, the pan-European learning environment that offers MOOCs in a variety of languages and disciplines, choosing among 50 million quality digital resources from Europeana, Europe’s digital repository for cultural heritage.
Discover more about EMMA, its MOOCs and webinars on the website: http://project.europeanmoocs.eu/
The function of microcredentials for the Open UniversityRobert Farrow
This presentation explores the reasons for adopting and developing microcredentials, and whether they currently satisfy those intentions. This draws on the development of microcedentials at the UK Open University and the experience of the European Microcredential Consortium project.
As with many educational technology developments, the hype and rhetoric sometimes outstrips the reality of implementation. MOOCs, learning analytics, artificial intelligence and blockchain have all seen intense periods of projected possible benefits, before settling into a narrower range of actual usage and recognised benefits. Microcredentials are perhaps still in the initial phase of being a development without an evidence base of practical use to support their claims, but some clear intentions from institutions are emerging and initial evidence regarding their take up by learners suggests avenues for their continued deployment.
It should be noted that development of microcredentials is not a zero cost game. They are costly to develop, often requiring different sets of expertise and tools. There is also an associated opportunity cost in developing them, for the time and resource they demand is effort that could be used on other initiatives. So in adopting them, institutions need to be asking two fundamental questions: “Are microcredentials worth this cost?” and “Do microcredentials represent the best way to realise these aims?”
This presentation will explore the answers to these questions, drawing on the experience of the OU in developing a range of microcredentials for the FutureLearn platform and the Erasmus+ EMC project which is examining the adoption of microcredentials for work based learning.
https://i-he2021.exordo.com/programme/presentation/254
Presentation of discussion panel during EMOOCs2016 conference on latest survey HOME project compared to other research. Several independent studies have been conducted about why institutions are investing in MOOCs and open education. During this discussion session, the results of some recent studies are presented. The data suggest significant differences between US and Europe and even between European countries. This difference will be discussed and in addition the possible implications for a (collective) European answer.
Making European diversity a strength: Towards regional support centres by SCO...EADTU
Making European diversity a strength: Towards regional support centres by SCORE2020 consortium by Darco Jansen (EADTU) presented during the Maastricht Innovation In Higher Education Days 2017
This presentation summarises several theories of innovation; explaining their relevance and potential for open education in Europe. These frameworks are likely to be of interest to practitioners wishing to have a stronger theoretical and practical understanding of how OER can support innovative practice.
Ramirez-Montoya (2020) recently presented a review of literature pertaining OER and educational innovation, noting that although definitions of openness vary across sectoral spaces, the crossover between openness and innovation is an area of increasing interest. A core part of the story of open educational resources is that they can be used to create spaces for innovation in teaching and learning (Orr et al., 2015; Pitt & Smyth, 2017; Weller et al., 2015). As Coughlan et al. (2018) argue, there has been a lack of detailed analysis of the specific function of OER as a driver of innovation, and a single model has not yet captured the multi-faceted relationship between openness and innovation.
Several theories of innovation - including the Task-Artefact Cycle (Carroll, Kellog & Rosson, 1991); the "diffusion of innovations" (Rogers, 2010); the SAMR framework (Puentedura, 2006; Orr et al., 2015); the Cyclic Innovation Model (Berkhout, 2007); and the Forms of innovation in OER (Coughlan, Pitt & Farrow, 2018) - will be outlined and contextualised. These will be used to describe ways to think about innovation in the context of open education.
This presentation contributes to the European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education (ENCORE+, 2021), a pan-European Knowledge Alliance funded under the Erasmus+ programme. The project is running from 2021 to 2023 to support the modernisation of education in the European area through OER.
https://i-he2021.exordo.com/programme/presentation/28
Despite requirements for constant innovation in Higher Education, the application of
knowledge management constitutes a recent research field in this sector while a wide range of e-learning
tools - like open source learning management systems (LMS) - constitute a basic part of universities
infrastructures at present. As knowledge derived from direct experiences is one of the most important
sources for innovations, this paper presents two approaches for experiential knowledge production in the
Higher Education teaching-learning processes: (1) the managerial production approach and (2) the open
production approach. In accordance with these approaches, the paper also describes how Moodle and Sakai -
two of the most widely used open source LMS - support experiential knowledge production and concludes
that: (1) these LMS don’t have first class constructs to manage experiential knowledge production related
concepts; (2) experiential knowledge related constructs can be represented through existing artifacts included
in these LMS but this approach presents many limitations to support explicit connections between these
constructs and; (3) LMS can extend current capabilities of tags or similar artifacts to represent high level
meaning structures that link content from different LMS tools.
"Opening up Education: The LangMOOC challenge" �Maria Perifanou
SMART 2016 conference – Scientific Methods in Academic Research and Teaching, KEYNOTE presentation
http://academia.edusoft.ro/conferences/smart-2016-scientific-methods-in-academic-research-and-teaching/
Open Education Europa Tour - Malta Workshop
Connecting Education Pioneers across Europe
For more information: http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/blogs/oee-tour-connecting-education-pioneers-across-europe
Handbook on Virtual Student Mobility and the Future trends in (Open) Online E...Verbeken Stephanie
This presentation was done by Stephanie Verbeken and Fred Truyen, KU Leuven, about
- the handbook on the use of OCW in the context of (Virtual) Student Mobility they are developing for the European OpenCourseWare project (www.opencourseware.eu) (By Stephanie Verbeken)
- current and future trends in (Open) Online Education (By Fred Truyen)
Open Education Europa: The European Hub for Innovation in EducationOpen Education Europa
1. Open Education Europa Overview
2. Focus on Education Innovation
- European Teachers Contest
- Good Practices Section
- Community of European Education Pioneers
- Education in the Digital Era Activities
- Open Education Europa Tour (Workshop Series)
3. European OER Repositories List
Presentation at the 12th Educational Repositories Network (EdReNe) Seminar
Presentation for my EDDE 801 course (Athabasca University EdD program) on MOOCs. Covers a brief history of MOOCs, an initial taxonomy of issues around MOOCs and the taxonomy applied (briefly) to the Greek Open Course effort (ca. 2014)
Anna Maria Tammaro, Getaneh Alemu - Using Europeanafor learning & teaching: E...EUmoocs
One of the challenges of every educational experience is developing meaningful understanding while stimulating interest. Combining online learning content with multimedia resources can be a solution for educators.
This webinar explores the potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) for educational purposes focusing on how to ease access and re-use Europeana Content on EMMA, and adapt the different collections to improve learning and teaching.
Come to this webinar and see how to boost the impact of your MOOC in EMMA, the pan-European learning environment that offers MOOCs in a variety of languages and disciplines, choosing among 50 million quality digital resources from Europeana, Europe’s digital repository for cultural heritage.
Discover more about EMMA, its MOOCs and webinars on the website: http://project.europeanmoocs.eu/
The function of microcredentials for the Open UniversityRobert Farrow
This presentation explores the reasons for adopting and developing microcredentials, and whether they currently satisfy those intentions. This draws on the development of microcedentials at the UK Open University and the experience of the European Microcredential Consortium project.
As with many educational technology developments, the hype and rhetoric sometimes outstrips the reality of implementation. MOOCs, learning analytics, artificial intelligence and blockchain have all seen intense periods of projected possible benefits, before settling into a narrower range of actual usage and recognised benefits. Microcredentials are perhaps still in the initial phase of being a development without an evidence base of practical use to support their claims, but some clear intentions from institutions are emerging and initial evidence regarding their take up by learners suggests avenues for their continued deployment.
It should be noted that development of microcredentials is not a zero cost game. They are costly to develop, often requiring different sets of expertise and tools. There is also an associated opportunity cost in developing them, for the time and resource they demand is effort that could be used on other initiatives. So in adopting them, institutions need to be asking two fundamental questions: “Are microcredentials worth this cost?” and “Do microcredentials represent the best way to realise these aims?”
This presentation will explore the answers to these questions, drawing on the experience of the OU in developing a range of microcredentials for the FutureLearn platform and the Erasmus+ EMC project which is examining the adoption of microcredentials for work based learning.
https://i-he2021.exordo.com/programme/presentation/254
Agentivité des apprenants dans l’élaboration d’environnement personnels d’app...Caféine.Studio
Roland, N. (2016). Agentivité des apprenants dans l’élaboration d’environnement personnels d’apprentissage au sein de cours en ligne ouverts et massifs. Contraintes et émancipation dans des dispositifs de formation instrumentés. Congrès AREF 2016 – Actualité de la Recherche en Education et en Formation, Mons 4 au 8 juillet.
Regards sur les pratiques d’appropriation des ressources audiovisuelles au se...Caféine.Studio
Bachelart, A., Di Egidio, J. & Roland, N. (2016). Regards sur les pratiques d’appropriation des ressources audiovisuelles au sein d’un cours en ligne ouvert et massif : une réflexion nécessaire pour l’ingénierie de production. Symposium “MOOC, FAD et REL: apport de la recherche aux pratiques d’ingénierie pédagogique”. 3ème colloque international en éducation, Montréal, 5 et 6 mai.
De la complexité d’approcher méthodologiquement les usages numériques éducati...Caféine.Studio
Roland, N. (2016). De la complexité d’approcher méthodologiquement les usages numériques éducatifs non institutionnels : enjeux, défis et opportunités. 84ème Congrès de l’ACFAS, Montréal, 11 mai.
L’apprentissage et le numérique : de la recherche de questions aux question d...Caféine.Studio
Roland, N. (2016). L’apprentissage et le numérique : de la recherche de questions aux question de recherches. Symposium “A quelles questions cherchons-nous réponse à propos des processus d’apprentissage ?“. Congrès AREF 2016 – Actualité de la Recherche en Education et en Formation, Mons 4 au 8 juillet.
L’enseignement des langues par les cours en ligne ouverts et massifs : de la ...Caféine.Studio
Roland, N. & Castermans, M. (2016). L’enseignement des langues par les cours en ligne ouverts et massifs : de la conception pédagogique aux pratiques d’apprentissage. Colloque Multilinguisme et méthodes alternatives d’apprentissage des langues : Les nouveaux dispositifs d’accompagnement pour l’enseignement des langues étrangères, Bruxelles, 7 au 8 novembre.
Open learning in higher education an institutional approachBrian Murphy
The vaue of open learning can be a conflict within higher education instituions. This presentation is the result of an instituional review and research on the open education movement in higher education, given greater impetus by the advent of the MOOC. The journey of exploring MOOCs resulted, ironically, in an enhanced apreciation of OERs and revised strategic thinking of their impact for teaching and research, especially when viewed as a vehicle of co-creation between staff and students. Once value is attached, the principle becimes embedded and accepted rarher than an additional burden of academic endeavour; and the door is opened to the business case for systems, investment and development as well as academic development, support, reward and recognition.
Slides from the workshop with universities' executives from 18 European countries held at the European Commission's IPTS on the 26-27th December 2015. The slides bring partial results from the OpenCred and OpenCases studies of the OpenEdu project.
Slides from the workshop with universities' executives from 18 European countries held at the European Commission's IPTS on the 26-27th December 2015. The slides bring partial results from the OpenCred and OpenCases studies of the OpenEdu project.
Make the difference - at the UNESCO IITE Conference 2014icdeslides
Education and learning is probably that single phenomenon that has the greatest impact on humans and societies, in particular in a long-term perspective (OECD 2014).
Grand challenge number one is to breach the trend preventing developing countries, in particular South of Sahara, taking part in the global knowledge revolution. Everyone aspiring for higher education should have the right to affordable access. This is grand challenge number two. And it cannot be met without open education and technology enhanced learning.
Three messages:
• Senior management in education needs to innovate from within to open up education.
• Governments must take firm decision on holistic policies for open and distance education.
• Stakeholders should team up meeting the two grand challenges through open education and technology enhanced learning.
The characteristics of an open education, the reason to open up, the innovations having impact towards opening up and the case studies of integration of TEL in education for opening up.
Slides used during webinar on strategies of higher education institutions on open education.
Held on 11 March 2015 during Masterclass "Towards open educational processes and practices"
http://portal.ou.nl/en/web/masterclass-ow-050216/introduction/-/wiki/Main/Programme
From Openness to Opportunity? Strategical Approaches to OERs Uptake and Use f...Robert Farrow
Presentation from Open Education Global 2023, held in Edmonton, Canada. This piece of research aimed to provide an up-to-date overview of the opportunities of OERs in business by conducting a set of interviews with relevant stakeholders during the course of the ENCORE+ Project (European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education). OERs-related value propositions and sustainability in business seem to be innovative oriented in light of the results. OERs clearly have a place in this space, though they are not adopting a central role in business processes.
https://oeglobal2023.sched.com/event/1S7iV/from-openess-to-opportunity-strategical-approaches-to-oers-uptake-and-use-from-business
Darco Jansen gave a presentation on 20 May 2016 about HE institutions strategies on Open Eduaction at International Conference on Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development. Based on several surveys he demonstrated that Europe is strongly involved in MOOCs and Open education compared to the US. Darco elaborated on the role of regional support centers for Open education in stimulating smart learning ecosystems and smart cities. The development of these support center is presently stimulated by the SCORE2020 project.
African Perspective on The Global Trends in Open, Distance and Online Learnin...icdeslides
This presentation is about trends in ODL in an African perspective. Education and learning is probably that single thing that has the greatest impact on humans and societies, in particular in a long term perspective.
Higher education is increasing more rapid than ever, and Africa is a hot spot for future HE. Africa is lagging compared with richer parts of the world, but is catching up faster than many would have believed. However, better integration between education and economic value chains has to be more in focus.
For the post 2015 education agenda Quality Open Education Resources and ODL can make dreams come through. In fact, without OER and ODL, dreams about quality education for all might end up as wishful thinking.
Not all that shines is gold, and the MOOC hype has been replaced by a good portion scepticism in particular regarding target groups, lack of student success and learning outcomes. However, the driving forces for open knowledge are so strong that we again and again will se waves of innovations riding on online learning and mobile broadband, where Africa will through time will catch up and close the digital gap.
Teachers and teachers trainers is the key to educational success for Africa, and competencies and capability to provide quality ODL will be in the core. "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”, an old African proverb says. And ICDE is prepared to go far together with ACDE.
Presentation of Svetlana Knyazeva, EDEN Fellow, UNESCO IITE, for the Open Education Week's first day webinar on "Education 2030 – Open knowledge, skills, attitudes and values in Europe and the world" - 4 March 2019
Recordings of the discussion are available: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/pdu1u75yqba1/
Edmundo Tovar Technical University of Madrid
Rosa Cabedo, Marco Kalz, Jaap Walhout, Karel Kreijns, Ge Niellisen, Jonatan Castaño-Muñoz, Teresa Guasch, Anna Espasa, Nikolaos Floratos
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
2. EADTU
• Europe's leading institutional association in online, open and
flexible higher education, and is at the heart of the
modernisation agenda of European universities.
• EADTU is a key-partner of the European Commission for
lifelong open and flexible learning in distance higher education
3. EADTU members
11 : Number of Open and
distance teaching universities
14 Associations or consortia of
conventional universities
2 Single university
membership for associations
in development
2 Associated members
European coverage: 71%
5. OpenupEd
OpenupEd is an open, non-profit partnership on MOOCs
OpenupEd aims to contribute to opening up education to the
benefit of learners and the wider society while reflecting values
such as equity, quality and diversity.
Offering over 292 MOOCs in 14 different languages.
Another 60 MOOCs will follow shortly
With > 100 with an option to do a formal exam (ECTS credits).
Darco Jansen
6. The OpenupEd quality label:
benchmarks for MOOCs
Published in INNOQUAL
Volume 2, No 3, 2014 and Special Issue on Quality in Massive Open Online Courses
By Jon Rosewell & Darco Jansen
Used by OpenupEd partners. For example UNED
• C. Rodrigo, T. Read, M. Santamaria and A. Sánchez-Elvira (2014) "OpenupEdLabel
for MOOCs Quality Assurance: UNED COMA Initial Self-Evaluation" Proceedings of V
Congreso Internacional sobre Calidad y Accesibilidad en la Formación Virtual (CAFVIR
2014) L. Bengoechea, R. Hernández, J.R. Hilera (Eds.) Universidad Galileo
(Guatemala), pp. 551 - 555 ISBN: 978-9929-40-497-7
• Read T. and Rodrigo C. (2014) “Toward a quality model for UNED MOOCs”
eLearningPapers 2014 ISSN: 1887-1542 Vol. 37, Pages: 43-50
7. MOOC movement dominated by the US
• MOOCs: predominantly US
-where it all started as of 2011 and expanded massively
-and which houses major providers Coursera, edX, Udacity
• Response in Europe …
-some universities joined US initiatives, others started themselves
-country/language-based platforms: FutureLearn (UK),
MiríadaX, UNEDcoma (Spain), Iversity (Germany), FUN (France),
OpenMOOC, EMMA-platform, MOODle as MOOC plaform
• Governmental involvement: e.g. Opening up Slovenia, FUN, …
8. MOOCs collaboration in Europe
• EU launch (Sept 2013): Opening up Education.
• Two major goals
• Innovate teaching and learning for all through ICT
• Reshape / modernize EU education through OER (for all
educational sectors and levels)
• EU-funded projects on MOOCs (from 2014…)
9. Name Learners Courses Partners Interface Languages Courses languages Country
Coursera
10,63
Millions
886 116
Arab, Chinese,
German, English,
French, Spanish,
German, Russian,
Turkish
English, Chinese, Spanish,
Portuguese, French, Russian,
Turkish, Italian, Ukranian, German,
Vietnamese, Hebrew, Japanese,
Arabic, Greek, Persian,
Macedonian, Czech, Dutch
USA
edX unknown 381 61 English English, Chinese, Spanish USA
Future
Learn
1 Million 46 45 English English UK
iversity unknown 43 7 English, Dutch English, Dutch, Russian, Italian Germany
Miríada X
1,42
Million
10 73 Spanish, Portuguese Spanish, Portuguese Spain
Udacity unknown 54 14 English English USA
OpenupEd unknown 292 13 English
English, Italian, Russian, Spanish,
French, Arab, Portuguese, Dutch,
Irish
Europe
FUN unknown 82 31 English, French French, English France
10. Investors Continue to Back MOOC Providers
• Funding Received: $85
Million
• In 4 Rounds from 8
Investors
• Funding Rounds (4)
• $20M Nov 24, 2013
GSV Capital, Learn Capital
• $43M Jul 10, 2013
Learn Capital, International Finance
Corporation, GSV Capital, Laureate
Education, Inc., Yuri Milner, World
Bank
• $6M Jul 17, 2012
New Enterprise Associates, Kleiner
Perkins Caufield & Byers
• $16M Apr 18, 2012
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New
Enterprise Associates
• Funding Received: $55
Million
• In 3 Rounds from 10
Investors
• Funding Rounds (3)
• $35M Sep 24, 2014
Recruit Holdings, George Zachary,
Peter Levine, CRV, Andreessen
Horowitz, Cox Enterprises, Valor
Capital Group, Bertelsmann AG, Drive
Capital
• $15M Oct 25, 2012
Steve Blank, CRV, Andreessen
Horowitz
• $5M Jan 1, 2012
CRV
• Funding Received: $48
Million
• In 4 Rounds from 15
Investors
• Funding Rounds (4)
• $32M May 8, 2014
MHS Capital, Insight Venture Partners,
Norwest Venture Partners - NVP
• $12M Dec 7, 2012
Lightbank, Insight Venture Partners,
MHS Capital, Learn Capital
• $3M Oct 12, 2011
Lightbank, 500 Startups, MHS Capital
• $1M Aug 31, 2010
Larry Braitman, Naval Ravikant, Signia
Venture Partners, Jeremy Stoppelman,
MHS Capital, Keith Rabois, Joshua
Stylman, 500 Startups, Russ Fradin,
Paul Martino, Benjamin Ling
11. Verified Certificate
/Signature Track
• Estimated revenues in 2014: $8-12 million
• Coursera shares with universities 6-15% of the total
revenue, and 20% of gross profits on its courses.
Headhunting
Specializations
Capstone Project
Employee Training
Course Sponsorships
14. Behind the surface
Is the US indeed leading the
MOOC movement?
What are the reasons to be
involved in MOOCs (or decide
not to invest in MOOCs)?
What are the difference
between US and Europe?
Can explain these differences?
15. Gaebel, M., Kupriyanova, V., Morais, R. & Colucci, E. (2014). E-learning in
European Higher Education Institutions: Results of a mapping survey
conducted in October-December 2013.
http://www.eua.be/Libraries/Publication/e-learning_survey.sflb.ashx
Allen, I.E. and Seaman. J. (2015). Grade Change: Tracking
Online Education in the United States. Babson Survey Research
Group and Quahog Research Group.
http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/gradelevel.pdf
16. Jansen, D. & Schuwer, R.
(2015). Institutional MOOC
strategies in Europe
Status report based on a
mapping survey conducted in
October - December 2014.
EADTU – HOME project
http://www.eadtu.eu/docum
ents/Publications/OEenM/In
stitutional_MOOC_strategies
_in_Europe.pdf
17.
18. MOOC offering
• In the US the number of
institutions having a MOOC or
planning to introduce them has
decreased from 14,3% (2013)
to 13,6% (2014)
• In Europe it has increased from
about 58% in EUA study (2013)
to 71,7% (2014) in EADTU/HOME
study.
Darco Jansen
EUA statement :
“interest in MOOCs has far
from peaked in Europe”
is simply true
20. Biases in the surveys
• The US surveys (US 2013 and US 2014) are biased to the large
institutions
• The EAU study is biased in favour of institutions involved in e-
learning.
• The EU-2014 study (EADTU/HOME) is biased to those institutions
interested in MOOCs.
27. Definition MOOCs
• Proposal by EU-funded MOOCs projects:
MOOCs are online courses designed for large numbers of
participants, that can be accessed by anyone anywhere as long as
they have an internet connection, are open to everyone without
entry qualifications, and offer a full/complete course experience
online for free
• Recently validated by survey “Institutional MOOC strategies in Europe”
• Wikipedia: A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited
participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as
videos, readings, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build a
community for students, professors, and teaching assistants
43. Reflections on MOOCs
• European institution more involved in MOOCs than the US
• The number of European institutions with MOOC involvement is increasing
• MOOCs are perceived as a sustainable method for offering courses in
Europe.
• In Europe the institutions are increasingly developing a positive attitude to
MOOCs and have positive experiences for the added values of MOOCs.
• Most dominant objective in all studies is to increase institutional visibility
and using MOOCs for reputation reasons.
• In the US using MOOCs for student recruitment is seen as the most
important primary objective of institutions, while in Europe it is rather to
reach new students and creating flexible learning opportunities
Darco Jansen
44.
45.
46. Institutions versus Governments
A large majority (between 65% and 80%) of institutions indicates that
many macro divers are relevant or highly relevant for their institution.
Not seen as that important are
i) new method in big business
ii) reduce the costs of HE and
iii) increasing shared services and unbundling.
Institutions expect that their governmental involvement with MOOCs
are mainly driven by
a) need for (e-)skills and jobs,
b) improving the quality of learning and
c) globalization and internationalization.
48. Reflection
The “Porto Declaration on European MOOCs”
- embracement of openness for all
- a collective European response
- strengthening of collaboration of universities across Europe.
It is essential that a cohesive and collaborative effort is adopted in
Europe to counteract the risks and to fully realise the opportunities of
open and online education (including equity, inclusion, etc.)
49. Strength of diversity versus scalability
Europe should use of the strengths of a decentralized model related to
the support of diversity. Diversity in languages, cultures, case studies
and pedagogical approaches, enz.
Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
Malcolm Forbes
It is difference of opinion that makes horse races.
Mark Twain
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the
world safe for diversity.
John F. Kennedy