The document summarizes a conference on narratives in online education presented by three open educators from Romanian universities. It discusses contributions to the digital transformation of universities through innovations in educational practices like integrating open educational resources and MOOCs. It also addresses assessing the national educational system and proposing new policies to nurture communities of practice, collaborate in international projects, and facilitate quality teacher training. The document advocates for adopting open education principles and utilizing the pandemic as an opportunity to rethink education and promote resilience and quality through open practices.

1. Narratives on Online Education Conference
17 October 2020
Carmen Holotescu
“Ioan Slavici” University of Timisoara
Gabriela Grosseck
Western University of Timisoara
Diana Andone
Politehnica University of Timisoara
Romania
Stories of open educational practices narrated by
three open educators

2. Content
Contributions to the digital transformation of universities
Innovations in educational practicies
Assessing national educational system / proposals for new policies
Nurture communities of practice
Participate in local communities
Collaborate in international projects
Facilitate quality teacher training
Active researchers
Futures Steps and changes in education
Promoters and enablers of Open Education
Founders of the Romanian Coalition for OER

3. Contributions to the digital transformation of
universities

4. Digitisation - Core

5. 7steps approach
1. What is the appropriate technology?
2. Training to use the appropriate technology.
3. Create a virtual space for your course within institutional LMS.
4. Prepare lessons for online teaching.
5. Seek constant feedback from students.
6. Communicate in social media.
7. Other aspects to consider: health, self-care, socio-emotional
learning, balancing work and life, emotional hygiene,
disinformation burnout, ethics.

6. Innovators of educational practices (1)
OER and MOOC integration in university courses
OER & MOOC elements,
resources in a course
Use as external
resources
Bibliography
Retrieval learning
Live, face to face
discussions
Correct identification of
resources
MOOC courses credit
recognition
Integrating a full MOOC
course in curricula
National Quality Standard
Assessment and
certification
Credit transfer
Integration MOOC&
OER in course
Group, project, lab
activity
Full MOOC course
Participation in global
learning communities
Live, face to face
discussions
Assessment and
certification
Since 2014

7. - For teachers:
- new skills and tasks:
- complex course design/management
- OERs and MOOCs curation
- evaluation of distributed/collaborative
activities of students,
- facilitation of the local learning
community and nurture of its
integration in the global communities of
MOOCs
- improving knowledge in their own area
of expertise
- improving their competencies/skills for
adopting new models of Open
Educational Practices.
- For students:
- autonomy in assessing their own
learning needs for choosing the
MOOCs in which to participate
- exposing to:
- high quality materials created with
top educational technologies and
by top universities, companies,
organizations
- collaboration in global learning
communities
- a broader range of experiences,
acquaring soft skills and new
knowledge.
Benefits/Challenges of MOOC integration in formal learning
make xMOOCs more close to cMOOCs open badges / credentials
credentials on Blockchain (RO-Certs)

8. Studenții co-creatori de RED
https://summit.creativecommons.org/translation-sprint
Creeză RED
pornind de la 2
subiecte propuse
Înteleg,
cercetează,
analizeză
Utilizează
instrumente
multimedia
Înteleg principiile
ED, licențele CC
Peer evaluation –
Validează
activitatea
colegilor

9. Assessing national educational system / proposals for
new policies (1)

10. Assessing national educational system / proposals for
new policies (2)
http://elseconference.eu
https://www.eden-online.org/2020_timisoara

11. Nurture communities of practice
https://elearning.upt.ro/ro/impreuna-online

12. Participate in local communities
https://anticovidtm.ro/

13. 18 May
Collaborate in international projects

14. Ghid UNESCO – elaborare și adaptare
Sub egida UNESCO, coordonator Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University
(SLIBNU) - http://sli.bnu.edu.cn/en/Download
28 July
Translation and
adaptation – create a
new OER5000 downloads
https://tinyurl.com/ghidUNESCO
Facilitate quality teacher training

15. Active researchers
https://inaco.ro/project/gmv3/

16. Stability Safety
Stay connected
Restoring and Resetting Education
“The pandemic represents a rare but narrow window of
opportunity to reflect, reimagine and reset our world.”
Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

17. • the pandemic has changed how
learners around the globe are
educated (in April 91% from 194
countries)
• new solutions for education - rapidly
adopted, could bring much needed
innovation
• teachers and students acquired new
digital, learning and facilitating skills
• given the digital divide, new shifts in
education approaches could widen
equality gaps - worldwide only 60%
could be online, in Romania too.
This crises: opportunity to remind
ourselves of the skills students need in
this unpredictable world:
• informed decision making,
• creative problem solving, and
perhaps above all,
• adaptability.
https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse

18. We should rethink the role of a resilient and quality Education:
Institutional level
• motivate teachers to learn continuously (in in/formal programs,
MOOCs)
• adopt open educational practices/blended learning, integrate OERs
and MOOCs
National level
• programs for infrastructure, connectivity
• promote Open Education principles
• transparent public-private partnerships
European level
• recovery instrument NextGenerationEU: supporting distance learning
and digital skills development
• projects for opening up education, micro-credentials for formal
recognition of different learning paths (MOOCs)
International level
• collaboration for sharing best practices, for communities of practice
of teachers and policy makers
• for adopting UNESCO Recommendations for OER/Dynamic Coalition
of OER
https://iite.unesco.org/news/iite-inruled-new-guidance-on-open-educational-practices-during-covid-19/

19. Thank you!