Different paths of TEL integration into University studies
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The document discusses different paths of integrating technology enhanced learning into university studies. It begins by outlining some of the major technological innovations in European higher education in recent decades, including open educational resources, massive open online courses, and learning analytics. It then discusses challenges around opening education through open management, transparency, participation, and embracing digital values. Finally, it provides examples of innovative scenarios that Vytautas Magnus University has implemented, such as developing open educational resources and open online courses, as well as organizing virtual mobility modules between international institutions.
Different paths of TEL integration into University studies
- 2. Different paths of technology enhanced learning integration into University studies Assoc. prof. dr. Airina Volungevičienė Director of Innovative Studies Institute at Vytautas Magnus University President of European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN)
- 3. The changing landscape in Europe The most influential technological innovations in Europe in recent decades: • Open Educational Resources • Open Educational Practices • Virtual Mobility and international virtual exchange • Massive Open Online Courses • Open Science, open data • Learning analytics • Personalization and flexibility of learning • Recognition of open learning
- 4. The privilege of an OPEN ORGANIZATION • Open management • Transparency • Participation and responsiveness • Involvement and leadership • Open professional collaboration and sharing • Community development • Meeting the values of digital and networked society
- 5. The need for open education organizations • We need to prepare young people for the open world through: Open education (through OER, OEP and open course) ICT (as a huge and important driver of openness) ICT as a solution to the important social and economics crises that we are facing • Technology diminishes isolation and opens collaboration – there is no policy nor any other force that can prevent this
- 6. Challenges of integration of openness in education organization • The level of openness in management? • The level of transparency? Does the level matter? What are the factors affecting successful open collaboration? • The risk of the leadership or ownership of the leaders? • To share – or – to give away? • Values of digital and networked society vs traditional values?
- 7. Opening up education through innovations • Opening up is directly linked with technology integration • Opening up is directly linked with flexibility, inclusiveness, accessibility, and socially responsible and responsive education • Open (and virtual) universities (12 of them being members of EDEN) are great contributors and mentors towards opening up
- 8. Reflection
- 9. A Changing Landscape: The immediate uptake of massive open digital learning • Very rapid success and hyper of MOOCs, the impact in the media has drawn the attention of institutional leadership which led to mainstreaming online learning provision • The consolidation of a network society which is becoming ever more digital, global, mobile, ubiquitous DEVELOPMENTS STATE OF THE ART/ OUTCOME 1. Online forms of education provision are no longer being seen as a curiosity or a niche market, but a central part of any HE institutional offer 2. Massive open learning emerged and resulted in disruption and transformation of education 3. HE meets the challenges of industrialization, demography, and globalization, direct impact of lifelong learning service provision needs 4. Diversification of target groups in HE makes considerable impact upon institution sustainability models Institutions have to identify and apply scalable sustainability models
- 10. MOOCs as a Disruptor or a Continuation of the Open and Online Learning Legacy? Innovations radically changing the landscape of higher education • Education is opening up through: Open Educational Resources Open Access Open Science Open Society Open Educational Practices MOOCs ... and why not MOOCs? Will it be really massive?
- 11. DEVELOPMENTS • negative side effects • inadequate theoretical frameworks and established practices • Innovations are introduced episodically • Confusion exists in terms of concepts and phenomena • Sudden and disruptive development, as well as segmented integration of innovation in an organization often lose the desired effect and anticipated impact • Such instances demonstrate irresponsible decisions, bring negative effect to strategic planning and may generate wrong feedback to European discussions on best practices
- 12. TEL concept MOOCs have not invented neither TEL nor online learning but the other way around. IMPORTANT ACTIONS New providers of TEL should try to base their approaches on the legacy of already existing research and best practices in order to keep the current high quality standards of practice. • TEL concept has significantly changed existing dominant practices, introduced innovations and continues to change the landscape of learning services at education institutions • A broader concept of TEL has emerged implying the value of judgment of improved learning services for students and new, innovative scenarios in learning and teaching • MOOCs – is a form of TEL! STATE OF THE ART
- 13. STATE OF THE ART a need for solid research to develop new practice models built upon appropriate foundations which take into account the basic principles of open education and take the most out of the new networked social environments IMPORTANT ACTIONS Higher education institutions need to open up their organization, methods and services in order to be able to cope with the challenges of an open educational culture
- 14. TEL integration into a HE organization Open and flexible education should happen through TEL curriculum integration in an organization: • responsively (responding to the needs of all stakeholders of education services) and • responsible (based on the quality assurance framework and identifying and forecasting concrete positive impact indicators upon education institution activities) • on all (seven) areas of organization activities (next slide) • identifying pre-conditions existing on the national and regional levels of the organization • establishing a case study to identify strategic actions necessary for integration of the innovation • identification and measuring TEL impact upon the areas of organization activities
- 15. TEL integration into an organization Airina Volungeviciene, Margarita Tereseviciene, Alan Tait (2014)
- 16. Innovative Studies Institute (ISI) Innovative Studies Institute was establish in 2000 named by Distance study center and in 2012 reorganized to Innovative Studies Institute. It is an university unit working with different faculties on curriculum re- development for distance and virtual studies. The goal of the Institute is to develop distance studies at Vytautas Magnus University in agreement with strategic goals of the system of Education in Lithuania, and in the context of Lithuanian distance and e-learning network. The Institute is a member of: • Lithuanian distance and e-learning network (LieDM) association • European Distance and eLearning Network (EDEN) • International Council for Distance Education (ICDE)
- 18. Strategy and management • To implement university strategic goals to achieve digitally competent organization by: • mainstreaming traditional studies in the online format • to support teachers in digitalisation of curricular • to train teachers to enable them to use VLE and video conferences in study process • to implement open university mission to reach larger groups of Lithuanian society in the country and worldwide • to introduce study innovations (OER, VM, and others) into study process • to support Lithuanian education institutions in TEL design and implementation
- 19. IT infrastructure at VMU • Virtual learning environment – Moodle • Open studies for society – Worspress, Moodle • Video conferening – Adobe Connect, Cisco • Online support system for students • Online support system for teachers • Survey tool – LimeSurvey VMU systems administrated by ISI
- 20. Virtual learning environment – Moodle • 2004 - 2010 we have been using BlackBoard VLE • 2009 – migration for BlackBoard to Moodle VLE (version 1.5) • 2011 – Moodle updated to version 1.9 • 2012 – Moodle updated to version 2.2, new design created • 2013 – Moodle updated to version 2.4 • 2014 – Moodle updated to version 2.7 • 2015 – Moodle updated to version 2.9 • 2016 – Moodle updated to version 3.1, new mobile friendly design created • 2017 – Moodle updated to version 3.3 • 2018 – Moodle updated to version 3.5
- 23. Moodle platform http://moodle.vdu.lt • Current version: 3.5.3 • Updated every year (in July) to the latest version • LDAP database for user authentication • Users enrolment synchronization with VMU students information system (STUDIS) using web-services • VMU Moodle is fully translated into two languages: Lithuanian and English including main content (using Multi-language content filter) Course categories Course titles Course descriptions
- 26. The most popular Moodle activities tools 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Assignment 1045 1465 2185 3069 4426 Chat 215 247 226 225 258 Choice 73 83 118 148 259 Feedback 20 33 90 100 152 Forum 1928 2884 4170 4772 5802 Glossary 190 229 232 249 257 Group choice 8 38 47 78 140 HotPotatoes 748 908 933 1085 1141 Mindmap 12 37 53 79 155 Quiz 922 1023 1092 1187 1568 Wiki 56 73 156 187 234 Workshop 38 55 71 89 66 Database 45
- 28. Course growth at VMU distance learning environment 2320 courses, 748 teachers, 7090 students (data: 2017-02-22) About 85% all university course are in VMU Moodle
- 30. Activity reminder 30 Course calendar - month activity view. Course calendar sends reminder to student email. http://moodle2.vdu.lt/course/view.php?id=552
- 32. 32 http://moodle2.vdu.lt/mod/mindmap/view.php?id=184081 For discussing, experimenting, practising and creating.
- 33. Student group work presentation
- 34. Bachelor study online program „Education and Information Technologies“ Implemented by 4 universities Lead by VMU
- 35. VMU in Cooperation with IBE-UNESCO Master study program „Management of Education“
- 36. Users from 130 countries visited VMU Moodle in 2011 – 2016
- 37. The most popular foreign countries in 2011 – 2016
- 38. Support system for teachers: Course request from Moodl e
- 39. Support system for teachers: portal with support information • 24/7 question about online study module • Moodle user manual (text and video) • Documents and regulations for organization of online studies • All information about virtual mobility • Our suggestions for other web 2.0 tools for communication and collaboration • OER http://studyonline.lt
- 40. Support system for students: 24/7 for student
- 41. Moodl e Support system for students: 24/7 for student
- 45. Open Educational Resources (OER)
- 46. From OER development and adaptation
- 47. To Open Educational Practices Version Developed OERs (theory or practice/ activities) Adapted OERs (from partners or internet) (theory or practice/ activities) Version EN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Translated into the National language or into the English language Translated into the national language National 1b 2b 3b 4b 5b 6b 7b 8b 48 OER in partner national and English languages (24 created and 24 adapted)
- 49. http://openstudies.vdu.lt The idea of online non-formal learning is opening university curriculum for Lithuanian-speaking people all around the world.
- 50. Study program Courses divided into smaller modules 2 course (4 ECTS) 4 course (6 ECTS) N course (6 ECTS) 4 years Degree 1 course (4 ECTS) 1 module (2 ECTS) 1 module (2 ECTS) 3 course (6 ECTS) 1 module (2 ECTS) 1 module (2 ECTS) 1 module (2 ECTS) Opening up university curriculum for society Self paced learning Group learning (with teacher) Certificate
- 52. Requirements for teachers for open professional collaboration • Digital competence • Openness for idea sharing, critics and learning • Benevolent attitude towards collaboration and innovations
- 53. Challenges for teachers creating and adapting OER • Tools to be used for OER creation • Tools to publish OER • Requirements for OER editable version • How much the OER should be adapted to become a new OER? • How open are we - should the OER be open for commercial use?
- 54. Virtual mobility for university studies
- 55. Concept of VM Author Characteristics Year, references S. Kenyon G. Lyons, J. Rafferti • Internet based mobility • Increasing accessibility • Alternative to PHM 2002 H.Bejnings et al. • The use of ICT to obtain the same benefits as the ones that you would have with PHM but without the need to travel 120 p. Education aspects for VM, 2006 Van den Band’Kokhuis • Collaborative communication • Mediated by the computer • interactive • Across the boarders (international) • Time flexibility 1996 - 2001 Volungevičienė, Teresevičienė • set of ICT supported activities • institutional level • international, collaborative experiences in a context of teaching and/or learning 2011 Van de Branden • Provide effective follow – up means • Possibility to stay in contact with home institution 2004 PETRA POULOVÁ, MILOSLAVA ČERNÁ, LIBUŠE SVOBODOVÁ • Study efficiency • e-learning 2009 ILSE OP DE BEECK HELENA BIJNENS CHRISTINE MICHIELSENS WIMVAN PETEGEM -the same benefits as one would have with physical mobility but without the need to travel". - a valuable alternative for physical mobility. JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND SOCIETY, 20, 2007
- 56. Virtual (blended) mobility “set of information and communications technology supported activities, organized at institutional level, that realize or facilitate international, collaborative experiences in a context of teaching and/or learning” European Commission Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing "ERASMUS FOR ALL". The Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport (2011). Brussels. Accessed on April 10, 2013 at http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus-for-all/doc/legal_en.pdf
- 57. Virtual mobility: involved actors • Higher education institutions (2+) • Teachers in student VM (2+, organizing VM academic exchange) • Students in VM (student groups in 2+ countries) • Teachers in VM (professional development in 2+ institutions (research, academic teaching, socio-cultural exchange))
- 58. Scenario 1. Physical mobility
- 59. Scenario 2. Virtual mobility (not to replace, but to enrich and enhance physical student mobility)
- 60. VM impact for HE institutions • Development and exploitation of intercultural studies • Joint study programs, quality enhancement and expertise sharing, transparency of professionalism and academic processes • Modernisation and internationalisation of curriculum (transferrable quality standards, modular curriculum based on learning outcomes, updating pedagogical models) • Multi-institutional instead of bilateral collaboration • Improvement of education attractiveness and HE competitiveness • Expanded areas of learning for students • Additional transferrable skills and knowledge areas • Teacher professional development • Additional skills and experience for students All benefits listed directly support HE institution modernisation!
- 61. VM impact for teachers •Interpersonal communication, online communication, linguistic skills, ICT competences •teaching quality improvement, new teaching methods applied and experimented •new knowledge, skills and experience in multiple EU HE institutions Personal professional development: Professional networking, exchange of good practices International, intercultural professional activities Transparency and recognition of teaching and professionalism Career opportunities Research enhancement – especially in teacher VM
- 62. VM benefits for students • Upgraded transferrable skills: • Linguistic, interpersonal communication • ICT competences • Additional learning skills (networking, critical thinking, intercultural knowledge and skills, quality schemes) • Curriculum and study quality enhancement • New learning methods suggested by various HE institutions • Transparency of learning, individual portfolio development • Enhanced employability • Intercultural, international experience and expertise • Enlarged academic areas of studies • Support for home students and LLL groups, international study accessibility for physically and socio-economically disadvantaged
- 64. 1. Decision making 2. Curriculum designing 3. VM organization and communication 4. Assessment and Feedback 5. Certification and Recognition
- 65. TeaCamp • international virtual mobility module for virtual learning called “Virtual learning in Higher Education” (VLHE) • the module is developed and studies organized by 13 teachers from: • Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania, coordinating institution) • Innovation Centre of University of Oviedo (Spain) • Jyvaskyla University (Finland) • Jagellonian University (Poland) • University of Aveiro (Portugal) • Baltic Education Technology Institute (Lithuania, enterprise)
- 66. 1. Consistency in learning outcomes • apply the knowledge of culture models to solve problems caused by cultural difference in Virtual Mobility • explain the skills needed to facilitate and manage collaborative online learning. • describe different technological resources for collaborative online learning. • analyze and evaluate information; • synthesize and create information; • define the technologies and standards used in distance education; • apply learning management systems based on these standards; • compare learning styles and learning strategies • identify and apply online resources in order to implement learning strategies virtually • design assessment strategies for virtual learning • use tools to support scenarios of virtual learning
- 67. TeaCamp Curriculum content and teaching/ learning scenario development (sub-modules) Sub-module Culture models (1/2) (JYU, FI) Collaborative online learning (CC1N, ES) Information literacy (JU, PL) Learning technologies (BETI, LT) Learning strategies (VDU, LT) Assessment strategies (UA, PT) Culture models (2/2) (JYU, FI) Assignment 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 Portfolio Moodle portfolio as a required part for international, intercultural experience record – as a learning outcome for culture model sub-module Weight 8,33 16,66 16,66 16,66 16,66 16,66 8,33 TeaCamp assessment strategy
- 68. Moo dle
- 69. Opening Universities for Virtual Mobility. Erasmus+ Cooperation for innovation and exchange of good practices KA2 – Strategic partnerships for HE
- 70. Project scope (organization level) 1. Strategy and management 2. Curriculum designing 3. Teacher and academic staff training 4. Support system 6. Quality assurance 7. Marketing, business and communication - VM implementation internal rules - Bilatral agreements for VM - MA study program designed with OER for VM - 3 intensive academic staff training mobilities - Develop OERs and VM modules - University non- academic staff prepares support systems for VM implementation - Quality assurance procedures prepared for peer reviewing and application in the future - openstudies.eu portal implements marketing and communication function 5. Infrastructure
- 71. IO – 1 – 2 – 3. Training material for teachers and staff
- 72. IO4. VM curriculum (modules) for a MA program (interdisciplinary Education) • The program is interdisciplinary, covering modules from the field of education, IT, management, etc. • A unique online program version adapted for VM • Modules can be used individually or in a set • Each partner can implement individually or in collaboration after the end of the project • Intellectual output licencing should be agreed in Kaunas Modules Coordinating Collaborating School Leadership UAb VMU Education for Sustainable Development UAb VMU Pedagogy of online education UAb UNIOVI UNIPV Human computer interaction UNIPV UNIOVI Web Ethics UNIPV VMU Narrative Ethics Summary UNIPV VMU Management of Education Innovations VMU UNIOVI, UAb Curriculum Designing and Management VMU UNIOVI Adult Education Concept VMU UNIPV Intercultural education and communication VMU UNIPV Learning, Development and Personality UNIOVI VMU Education in Information and Communication Technologies UNIOVI VMU, UNIPV, UAb Control of Computer Network and Services University of Siauliai
- 73. Program unique features • VM curriculum designed in collaborative way • Curriculum online and adapted to VM – 10 modules for MA program • 1/3 of the modules is developed as OER • Open culture licence is used for OER • The program modules will be offered for VM exchange and bilateral institutional agreements will be signed for VM recognition
- 74. IO – 5. ICT platform for MA program OER http://openstudies.eu/
- 75. How VM contributes to open professional cooperation? Enhances internationalization of studies Expands geography of learning environment Contributes to cultural/ intercultural exchange and awareness of others Encourages online idea and good practice sharing and collaboration Establishes inter- institutional trust – based relationships Solves the problems of time, distance and financial resources
- 77. Testimonies
- 78. Collaboration on the national level
- 80. Membership (2010 - 2015) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Changes in 2015 In numbers 24 34 38 40 40 43 (-1+4=43 ) Universities 7 8 8 7 7 7 Colleges 6 6 7 8 7 6 - 1 Adult education institutions 6 7 7 7 10 10 VET organizations 3 4 4 5 5 6 +1 Schools 1 7 9 10 9 11 + 2 Other institutions 1 2 3 3 2 3 +1
- 81. LieDM association takes care of the following Moodle VLEs at centralised server
- 82. Video conference records (in hours) in 2015 http://ac.liedm.net
- 83. Video conferencing records (lectures) in 2015 http://ac.liedm.net (GB)
- 84. Must be considered - if sustainable development is addressed • Transfer of innovation should be made assessing all impact factors • Transferring innovations “per se” can cause a lot of negative consequences – sometimes crucial – for an organization • Open sharing/ open professional collaboration can be a solution to prevent high risk of innovation uptake
- 86. Assoc. prof. dr. Airina Volungevičienė Director of Innovative Studies Institute at Vytautas Magnus University President of European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN)
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