A webinar on the outcomes of the School on the Cloud project, examining some of the outcomes and challenges associated with the use of Cloud Computing in education, derived from project activities and meetings of experts.

1. Challenges for Education on the Cloud
School on the Cloud: dealing with
a paradigm shift in education
Karl Donert, President
European Association of Geographers
eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk

2. Cloud Computing

3. 3
Competences and spatial citizenship
Donert K, Gryl I and Jekel T (2010), GI & Spatial Citizenship, In Jekel T, Donert K, Koller A and Vogler R,
Learning with GeoInformation V, Berlin, Wichman Verlag
Spatial Citizenship

4. The Future of Technology
Matt Britland, The Guardian: 19 June 2013,
http://tinyurl.com/o65bvcr

5. The Future of Technology
Matt Britland, The Guardian: 19 June 2013,
http://tinyurl.com/o65bvcr

6. The Future of Technology
Matt Britland, The Guardian: 19 June 2013,
http://tinyurl.com/o65bvcr

7. What way has the Cloud
impacted on you most?
Which tools?
URL: http://bit.ly/2qA2aJb

8. Dotstorming
http://bit.ly/2qA2aJb

9. Society might never be the
same

10. Norman, D. A. (1998). The invisible computer: Why Good
Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and
Information Appliances Are the Solution. Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press.

14. Disruptive Innovation

15. Disruption: threats and
consequences
Threats
• Chaos – instability -
change routine
• Initial investment
• Resistance – fear
• Loss of control
• Ownership - security
• Quality
Consequences
• New learning processes
• Change administration
• Different decision
making
• Integrated ecosystems
• Exchange of knowledge
• Better assessment

16. Disruption: opportunities
• Full control – monitoring
learning process / outcomes
• Adjust expenditure
• Improve organisation
• Systemic change –
different roles
• Move forward – better
assessment
• Empowering
• Motivating – exciting –
attractive
• Flexible organisations
• Competitive
• Optimising – greater
efficiency

17. School on the
Cloud Network
http://www.schoolonthecloud.net/
@schoolon_cloud
https://www.facebook.com/SchoolOntheCloud
Linkedin group schooloncloud-7426807

18. School on the Cloud
http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu
Network of 57 partners:
21 universities + teacher training
9 NGOs, 8 schools, 4 SMEs,
research institutes, adult education
and VET providers, a European
professional association, a library

19. Digital Agenda
(https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/)
Europe’s Digital Future

20. DG CONNECT: European
Cloud Computing Strategy

21. DG CONNECT: European
Cloud Computing Strategy
• ”Unleashing the Potential of Cloud
Computing in Europe”
• outlines actions to deliver a net gain of 2.5
million new European jobs, and an annual
boost of €160 billion to the European Union
GDP (around 1%), by 2020 – SME focus
• designed to speed up and increase the use of
Cloud Computing across all economic sectors

23. European Cloud Partnership
• Established in 2012
• Interested in certification, standards,
interoperability, open science cloud, the
digitalisation of industry
• Led to policy recommendations
• Cloud-for-Europe (C4E) initiative for public
administration
• HNScicloud focusing on the Cloud for public
research and innovation
European Cloud Partnership, https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-
market/en/european-cloud-partnership

24. • Agenda for New Skills and Jobs - Europe 2020
• Digital Agenda Action 68 – mainstream elearning
• Communication on Rethinking Education, skills for
better socio-economic outcomes, scale-up ICT
• Communication on Opening Up Education: setting
a European agenda for new ways of learning
• Learning and skills for youth, DG CONNECT
• Education, Audiovisual and Culture, eTwinning,
Open Education DG EAC
ICT in Education Policy

25. Capacity for change: sustainable
implementation and progressive
scaling up (of ICT-enabled innovative
learning environments) EC Joint Research
Centre (2012)

26. SoC: Four Working Groups
WG 1 Lead/manage
the Cloud: transition
WG 2 i(nnovative)
Teacher
WG 3 Learner focus:
personalisation
WG 4 Future
scenarios for
education?

27. Transition to the Cloud
(leadership and management)

28. Inspirational Leader - iLeader
• Leadership and Management
• Policy – EU, national, local
• What visions for leaders?
• Guidelines for leaders
• Resources

29. http://bit.ly/2qGrfBn
http://bit.ly/2qGrfBn

30. iTeachers: Getting Smart?
What does it mean to be an iTeacher?
(innovative teacher)

31. Innovative Teacher - iTeacher

32. Innovative Teacher - iTeacher
• What is innovation – in teaching?
• Changing roles of teachers
• What barriers and key competences?
• Online catalogue of essential tools
• Guidance for teachers

33. Innovative Teacher - iTeacher

34. Innovative Teacher - iTeacher

35. Independent Learner - iLearner

36. Independent Learner - iLearner
• Personalised learning
• State of the art research review
• Case Studies of Good Practice
• Manual for teachers / trainers
• Guidance for teachers

38. Imagine the Future - iFuture

39. Imagine the Future - iFuture
• Long-term challenges
• Future thinking ….. report
• What scenarios for the future?
• What education do we want?

40. Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020: Enhancing Teaching, Learning and Assessment,
https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Policy-Reports/Digital-Strategy-for-Schools-2015-2020.pdf
Cloud not an EU or
national education
priority

41. • Cloud Computing is used as THE delivery
method for IT services in education
• wide range of customised solutions and
individual / collective actions
• Piecemeal, nothing coordinated
• some teachers and learners are enjoying
education benefits
Education on the Cloud
2015: State of the Art

42. Our Vision
Leaders, managers, teachers, learners,
parents integrated as one - in a
dynamic, Cloud-based environment, for
lifelong learning
What sort of education do
we want from the Cloud?
http://tinyurl.com/socfuture

43. Change Management

46. A Cloud Strategy
for European
Education

47. Indicators of Cloud
Readiness for education

48. Establish
Capability
…. a framework
describing what is
needed for people to
thrive in a Cloud-based
education environment
Jisc, Digital Capability
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/building-digital-capability

49. Cloud Survey Results
Education policy makers MUST:
• Encourage the development of a 'culture of
innovation' at system level, removing the fear of
change and supporting decision-makers, teachers,
and other stakeholders when taking sensible risks
and trying new things
• Make sure that technological Cloud innovation in
formal education settings is part of a wider
transformation agenda, which
includes pedagogical and organisational
innovation

50. Cloud Survey Results
Head teachers MUST:
• Motivate, support teachers to make their
innovative Cloud-based practices more visible to
others
• Support teachers making it easier for them to
participate in professional networks on using the
Cloud
• Ensure that all learners have equal and ubiquitous
access, in and out of school

51. Cloud Computing in Education
School on the Cloud Brussels Declaration
Call on the European Commission to prioritise Cloud Computing in Education, so that
Access to Cloud Computing in education is considered a
basic necessity for all.
Cloud Computing provides ‘connected education
ecosystem’ – a 24/7/365 learning community which
involves all stakeholders.
Developments start from a clear pedagogical concept –
based on 21st century skills and Cloud literacy

52. Cloud Computing in Education
School on the Cloud Brussels Declaration
Call on the European Commission to prioritise Cloud Computing in Education, so that
The Cloud can be used to create your own personal
learning network.
Educators are prepared for different roles based on
the paradigm shift
Initiatives pay attention to quality – not abundance.

53. Cloud Computing in Education
School on the Cloud Brussels Declaration
Call on the European Commission to prioritise Cloud Computing in Education, so that
• Clear European policies are developed to support
Cloud-based innovation in education
• European funding is made available for Cloud
Computing education initiatives
• An evidence-based monitoring system is
established to benchmark achievements across
Europe.

54. School on the Cloud Conclusions
• Paradigm shift (fundamental change in methods of
delivering education) (Koutsopoulos & Kotsanis, 2014)
• Vision = Cloud-based learner-centred ecosystem
• Exploit powerful services (Gonzalez-Martinez et al., 2015)
• Create quality learning experiences (Silva & Donert,
2015)
• Demonstrate leadership (at EU level), policies
and programmes for School on the Cloud
• Need a Cloud Computing in Education strategy

55. Why is Education important?
Cartoons from: http://cloudtweaks.com/category/cloud-computing/cartoon/
Presentation @ http://tinyurl.com/soc-declaration

56. Education could be so
different today..
Presentation @ http://tinyurl.com/soc-webinar
Cartoons from: http://cloudtweaks.com/category/cloud-computing/cartoon/

57. Karl Donert, Consultant
Innovative Learning Network
President EUROGEO
kdonert@yahoo.com
@karldonert