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European Commission
Looking for EL DORADOEL DORADO
or how to promote ICT for learning as key to REGIONAL development
M. Begoña Arenas, Scienter España
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This is not new...
There is now at least a ten-year history of European regional planners and policy
makers attempting to make use of ICT to enhance the socio-economic
development of EU REGIONS.
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Potential?
Existing literature also shows the HIGH POTENTIAL of INNOVATIVE USE OF ICT FOR LEARNING to accompany MAJOR
REGIONAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES to support economic, social and “e-“
development, particularly towards achieving a “knowledge society” .
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Our approach: place the key stakeholders in the front
RD policy-makers and senior officers: policy-level decision-makers and senior officers involved in the processes of RD policy definition
RDAs: RD professionals working at regional and local level planning and implementing policy priorities set by RD policy-makers and senior officers.
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Understand Regional development as a process
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8 EU countries involved
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Through the creation of a EUROPEAN
LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT for
senior staff and agents, in order to address the main
regional focuses, their main leanings needs and familiarize them
with the use of ICT for learning.
What to look at? --> the integration of ICT & LLL in the regional development plan:
RD
Elearning
ICT LLL
INNOVATION AT POLICY AND PROCESS LEVEL
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HOW?COLLABORATIVE LEARNING refers to an instruction method
in which learners at various performance levels work together in small groups toward a common goal.
Key to success: 1.- A good learning structure, animation and eModeration
(Salmon, 2004);2.- the link of the collaborative learning activities to the
context of the participants and to their working environments. The acquisition of new competencies are proven to be linked to the resolution of given conflicts.
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The structure of the work being carried out is:
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Learning community: project based
October 2007: First face-to-face session in Palma to present the methodology to the participants (2 per institution), create links with the tutors proposed and among group participants, review some key concepts and begin project proposal exercises.Individual tutored period. 1 tutor per country to guide the learning exercise actively moderating the debate after the RD projects proposed by the RDAs.September 2008: Second face-to-face session in Palma. Once the RDAs have their projects ready, they meet again sharing with the group some key concepts and working in group with appointed European RD experts. A formative evaluation session will also be held.
