Distinguished Professor Niki Davis

University of Canterbury e-Learning Lab

Aotearoa New Zealand

with Drs Leahy & Charania

Guimarães, Portugal July 2016

Could Smart Partnerships level the playing field in the Arena of change with ICT in education?& equity?

Cultural greeting

Mihi – acknowledging the first people worldwide Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa te aoGreetings (1, 2 & 3 times) to you all from around the worldNo Airangi ahauNiki originated in Northern IrelandNo e-Learning Lab ahauFrom Aotearoa New Zealand nowhttp://www.education.canterbury.ac.nz/research_labs/e_learning/

People prepared to make a difference Tangata tū -Tangata ora!

OverviewSaITE – Stakeholders and IT in Education

1. Why me, the Arena and SP now? 1996 EU Telematics for Teacher Training – Altimiro Michado

building on Minerva 1995 Antonio Dia Figueiredo - Complex Adaptive Systems

2. Change with technologies in education: The Arena (Davis)

3. Identifying stakeholders in the Arena4. Smart Partnerships (SP) Characteristics (Leahy) & Indian SP in the Arena (Charania )

5. Could SP ‘level the playing’ field globally? Aotearoa New Zealand Better Start research

6. Arena

IFIP Researchers must change too!

PreviouslyProfessor & Director CTLT, Iowa State University, USAProfessor, Institute of Education University of London, UKProfessor, University of Exeter, UK

António José Osório, PhD Exeter, University of MinhoAmina Charania, PhD ISU, Tata Trusts Margaret Leahy, PhD London, Dublin City University

EDUsummIT chair of TGW1, 2015 Smart PartnershipsEditor‐in‐Chief Journal of Open, Flexible & Distance LearningPast President SITE, FLANZ, ITTEPast chair, IFIP WG 3.3 for research in education

Niki DavisUniversity of CanterburyDistinguished Professor of e‐LearningNew Zealand

University of Canterbury Director of e‐Learning Lab,Coordinator courses in e‐learning & ICT

Trends – increasing change

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photo by Simon Liu

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Change with technology in education: The Arena (Davis 2017, Routledge)

Ecological principles

Each living organism, e.g. teacher, has an ongoing and continual relationship with everything in the environment including IT

Ecosystem - a system of organisms co-evolving with an environment, e.g. class, school etc.

Ecosystems are interrelated: global biosphere divided into ecozones e.g. Portugal, India, New Zealand

Behaviour selected to optimize inclusive fit within ecosystems Keystone species reduce chaos in complex ecosystems, e.g.

Teacher - keystone in learning ecosystems Executive - keystone in administrative ecosystems Researcher - keystone in research ecosystems Parent – keystone in home ecosystems

Keystone specie - Beaver

Without beavers the Canadian ecosystems would change

Thanks Wikipedia!

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EDUsummIT 2015TWG1 Smart PartnershipsGroup membersNiki Davis, New ZealandMargaret Leahy, IrelandAmina Charania, IndiaHasniza Nordin, MalaysiaDavor Orlic, SloveniaCathy Lewin, UKAve Mejia, UNESCO(Olatz Lopez Fernandez, Spain)(Deidre Butler, Ireland)(Ola Erstad, Norway)

With Joke Voogt, EDUsummIT co‐chairhttp://http://www.curtin.edu.au/edusummit/

EDUsummIT TGW1 2015 Smart Partnerships (SP) in education

• Range of potential SPs identified • Initial set of characteristics identified

Before EDUsummIT 

2015

• Davis (2015) Arena analytical  tool mapped 2 potential SP Initial set of characteristics 

• 7 characteristics identified

At EDUsummIT 

2015

• Detail potential 3 SPs (India, Malaysia,  Slovenia) 

• Dissemination including           SaITE & journal papers  (Leahy, Davis et al. 2016)

PostEDUsummIT

2015

Ongoing Review of Literature

Characteristics of Smart Partnerships1. Include partners within & beyond education 

– teachers, their organisations, researchers, government (education, commerce, law enforcement etc), industry, communities, & civil society (e.g. NGOs)

2. A shared purpose (values, concept vision) evolving a synergy 3. Strategic and holistic approach4. Enhance education quality with ICT equitably5. Harness ICT ‘smartly’ to improve performance

– within the process sharing best practices – education management information systems (EMIS)?

6. Recognise their role in the emergent process(es)7. Facilitate their own organisations to change

Complex adaptive systems – thanks Professor Dias Figueireda!

Smart Partnership in IndiaWhat is Integrated approach to Technology in Education (ITE) ?

Concept:

Objectives:

To integrate digital technologies into thecurriculum and instructional plans of schoolsand learning centres participating in theinitiative

To improve teaching and learning processes and foster authentic and project based learning for the underprivileged children in rural India

Outreach: 2011-2015

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Evolution of the ITE Smart Partnership in India

More Challenges

• Establishing a shared purpose with government departments

• Developing and implementing effective assessment practices

• Enhancing teachers’ ability to integrate ICT into school curriculum

• Harnessing ICT to provide ongoing ‘smart’ feedback

Davis’ Arena of ITE Smart Partnership in India (Leahy, Davis, Charania et al 2016See also Charania & Davis, 2016)

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My home in Aotearoa New Zealand

A Better Start: E Tipu e Rea

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Emerging Bilinguals in the Digital Worldin E Tipu e Rea literacy stream

2016‐ New Zealand research led byUna Cunningham & Niki Davis

Developing strategies with 4‐6 year old children who are growing up with two languages, including vulnerable childrenhttp://www.abetterstart.nz/en.html

LiteracyObesity Mental health

InfluencesNational and International Reports

Aotearoa New Zealand Government priorities

Māori and Pacific Health and Education plans

Growing up in a digital world digital technologies crossing streams

Translation from research excellence to improved health and education practices ensuring more equitable outcomes 

Emergent research methodologies

InfluencesInternational research base

National research & science advisors

CommunityStakeholders

Māori KahuiAdvisory Group

Outcomes crossing streams

A Better Start: E Tipu e ReaResponsive to our community needs

Conclusions• There are many stakeholders – negotiate ethical partnerships• Coherence reduces disruption in the field• Keystone species are key agents

– Teachers, Executives, Researchers, Parents

• Research Smart Partnerships– Is equitable change scalable ?

Comments, Questions?

Thanks to SaITE !AcknowledgementsThanks to all funders& participants. Collaborators include• Amina Charania PhD, Tata Trusts, India• Margaret Leahy PhD, Dublin City University, Ireland• Pinelopi Zaka, University of Canterbury, New Zealand• EDUsummIT TGW1

e‐Learning Lab

ReferencesEDUsummIT TGW1 Papers on SPs• Charania, A., & Davis, N. E. (2016). A Smart partnership integrating educational 

technology for underserved children in India. Educational Technology & Society, 19(3), 99‐109.

• Davis, N., Leahy, M., Charania, A., Nordin, H., Orlic, D., Lewin, C. & Lopez‐Fernandez, O. (2016). Smart Partnerships in education: What are they? In Proceedings of Global Learn 2016 (pp. 154‐163). Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/172786 SITE poster award 

• Leahy, M., Davis, N., Lewin, C., Charania, A., Nordin, H., Orlic, D., Butler, D., & Lopez‐Fernandez, O. (2016). Smart Partnerships to increase equity in education. Educational Technology & Society, 19(3), 84–98. 

Other• Davis, N.E. (2017 In Preparation). Change with technology in education: The 

Arena. New York: Routledge.• Better Start e Tipu e Rea. (2016). Retrieved from 

http://www.abetterstart.nz/en.html