Open Education is here to stay:
recent developments in Europe
Fabio Nascimbeni
EDEN - MENON – USP/CEST
What brings me here
Open Education
Open Education waves
1. Open Classrooms (Progressive education; 1960s)
2. Open Universities (1960s)
3. Open Content and OER (2000)
4. Sharing OER web 2.0 (2006)
5. Open Educational Practices (now-)
(Voukkari 2013)
Higher Education in 2030?
(Voukkari 2013)
Selection
Assessment
Research
Content
Research
Content
Guidance
Assessment
Certification
Selection
2013
2030
Certification
Guidance
http://visir-network.eu
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Openness for… Equity, competitiveness,
Participation, Inclusion
The European Commission is pushing
Opening up Education calls for EU-level cooperation to push
reforms towards the adoption of open learning environments
as drivers to enhance digital skills both for pupils and
teachers, and in education in general.
The main goal of this initiative is to stimulate ways of
learning and teaching through ICT and digital content,
mainly through the development and availability of OER.
Immediate effects
http://visir-network.eu
1. Convergence vs Context
2. Continuity vs Experimentalism
3. Access vs Excellence
4. Market dynamics vs public good values
5. Generalization vs Specialization
6. Information vs Knowledge
7. Individualization vs Socialization of Learning
8. Encourage Traditional Providers vs Bring new actors to drive innovation
9. More Investment vs more Efficiency
10. Focus on Young People vs Re-direct Resources to adult learners
Leonie Study, 2005 (!!)
The debate in Europe
VISIR
Bottom-up grassroots
innovation practices
http://www.visir-network.eu
eMundus
Exploring Open approaches to
International HE Cooperation
http://www.emundus-project.eu
eMundus Seminar @ USP, May
2014
Obrigado
Fabio Nascimbeni
fabio.nascimbeni@menon.org

Open Education is here to stay: recent developments in Europe