Open Education: what is it and why does it matter? Open Education & Language Learning What is Open Education’s missing element? Call for Action to innovative educators! Keynote talk at 8th Slanguage Symposium 2015, November 14-15, Second Life More Info & Video Recording: http://blog.edu.gr/archives/1313

1. Social Virtual Reality:
Open Education’s Secret Sauce
Stylianos Mystakidis, Open Education Europa

2. Warning: This presentation
is full of #got spoilers!

3. Open!

4. Keynote’s Outline
a) Game! ‘Open Education Challenge’
b) Why does Open Education matter?
c) Language Learning & Open Education
d) Open Education’s Secret Sauce
e) Calls to Action (for Ambitious Educators!)

5. Open Education Challenge
kahoot.it
Feel free to play it yourself!
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/c1cc6268-372d-4bde-
9497-9d32b594d70d

6. Why does Open Education matter?

7. Winter is
coming
#got

8. MOOCs
are
coming
In Education…

10. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/open_education_scoreboard

11. We are all
white walkers

12. Open Education & Language
Learning
Where can you find (open & free)
• Projects
• Events
• MOOCs
• Resources
• (useful) scientific publications
…on Language Learning?

13. Welcome to
openeducationeuropa.eu

14. • Part of the Opening Up Education initiative
• A Collaborative Network of OE institutions
• A Community of Practitioners working
together
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openeducationeuropa.eu

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16. Open Education Europa Stats
• 44.279 members (Educators,
Researchers, Managers, Policy Makers)
• 17.103 Facebook Page Likes
• 11.873 Twitter Followers
• 5.537 Articles
• 3.148 Projects
• 2.227 MOOCs

17. 6 Reasons to join
Open Education Europa
1. Unique data & quality content
2. Expert insight
3. Stay informed (monthly Newsletter)
4. Community of Education Pioneers
5. Publish about your activity
6. Share & discover how innovators enhance
learning

18. DISCUSSFIND IN-DEPTH SHARE
openeducationeuropa.eu three main pillars

20. eLearning papers
Teacher-led Innovation
eLearningpapers journal
eLearning papers 2015 topics:
• Nº 42: Design Patterns for Open Online Teaching and Learning
• Nº 43: Applied Games and Gamification – Drivers for Change
• Nº 44: Teacher-led Innovation and the teachers' role in the
digital era
• Nº 45: Language Learning and Technology

21. Top Trends in Language Learning
1. Mobile Learning
2. Personalized & Adaptive Learning
3. Constant Feedback
4. Live & On Demand Tutoring
5. Faster & Better Results

22. Open Education’s Secret Sauce

24. Quiz #1:
2015 NASA Tech for Mars Astronauts?
1. Military Interstellar HMD
2. Oculus Rift
3. Opensim

25. VR enters school classrooms
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/news/google-expedition-takes-virtual-reality-classrooms-
around-globe-diy-pair-glasses

26. Three Challenges for Mass Open
Education for Employment
1. Design and offer more MOOCs in more EU
countries
2. Create new models to accelerate MOOC
production to address e-skills needs, and
finally
3. Facilitate the design of different and/or
better MOOCs especially focused for
webskills

28. Deep Learning
• Development of conditionalized knowledge
and metacognition through Communities of
Practice
• Manifold Thinking Skills (creative, critical,
caring and reflective)

29. Social Virtual Reality
Synonyms/Predecessors: 3d Virtual Immersive
Environments, 3d Virtual Worlds
• Avatar embodiment
• Social Immersion
• Social Interactions
• Co-Presence
• Co-Creation (User-Generated Content)

30. Social VR & MOOCs
• Formal and informal learning experiences
• Identity and avatar psychology
• Enhanced, immediate synchronous e-learning
interactions
• Experiential and social learning
• Virtual teamwork
• Formation of virtual learning communities
• Effective behavior-changing learning experiences

31. Top Trends in Language Learning
1. Mobile Learning
2. Personalized & Adaptive Learning
3. Constant Feedback
4. Live & On Demand Tutoring
5. Faster & Better Results

32. Social Virtual Reality: Open
Education’s Secret Sauce

33. Social Virtual Reality: Open
Education’s Secret Sauce

34. Call to Action!
• Do you use VWs in your teaching?
• Do you produce educational
resources (e.g. machinima)?

35. Call to Action!
• Do you use VWs in your teaching?
• Do you produce educational resources (e.g.
machinima)?
Let the world discover your awesomeness!
Inspire and help other educators to learn
from you and re-invent their teaching!

36. Open Education Europa
Teachers Contest
Boosting innovative teaching
Sharing openly Good Teaching Practices

37. Open Education Europa Teachers Contest
 Open for all Educators in Europe
 All levels of formal Education (primary, secondary,
higher), Vocational Training, Adult Education
 All disciplines/subjects
 Prize: Visit to an Innovative European School
 Open Education Europa (OEE) Pioneer Badge for all
participants

38. How can you participate?
You may submit in any European language
Contest deadline: November 25th , 2015
Share your good practice
in the OEE portal ANYTIME!

39. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/share-your-good-teaching-or-learning-practice

40. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/teacher-contest

41. What is a Good Practice in OEE?
Action, initiative or experience that enhances
learning and is characterized by:
• Innovation or
• Openness or
• Inclusion

42. OEE Good Practices Criteria
• Innovation: application of a novel approach,
method, medium or resource to improve
teaching or learning (not necessarily tech-
related)
• Openness: use or production of resources that
are shared freely; the opening up of the
classroom with open educational practices
• Inclusion: providing access to education or
training to a previously excluded group or
audience

43. Open Education Europa
Good Practices Section
Sharing of Good Practices remains open &
active after the Teachers Contest!

44. Good Practices Section (soon)
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/share/good-practices

45. Shared Good Practices Analysis
180+ Good Practices from 27 countries
Submission in 8 different languages
Top-5 countries: Greece, Romania, Spain,
Lithuania, Italy
50+ are on Language Learning
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46. Call to Action!
Join the Education Pioneers
Community!
Blog about your awesome
activities & events

47. OEE European Education Pioneers Community
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/groups/european-education-pioneers

48. Call to Action!
Enhance your professional skills by
participating in our friendly, free,
open, online activities & events about
Teaching Innovation &
Education in the Digital Era

49. Education in the Digital Era Activities
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Tweetchats
#openedueu
#eddigera
Webinars

50. You K noW
something
jon snow

51. Questions?
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