Organizing LLL:opportunities and obstacles

Luís TinocaInstitute of EducationUniversity of Lisbon

Agenda

1. Why?

2. How?

3. Examples

4. Implications

Why?

Did You Know? 3.0 (Official Video) -2009 Edition

Policy framework

Memorandum on Lifelong Learning (European Commission, 2000)

Decision 2006/1720/CE (European Parliament and Council, 2006)

Europe 2020 (European Commission, 2010)

National Policies

LLL definition

Lifelong learning is the continued education and training of people throughout their adult lives. It encompasses all academic levels and all forms of learning, whether formal, non-formal, or informal.

Our interest is in the continuing education and training of people at higher education level through structured (formal, non-formal or informal) courses or activities offered by Institutions of Higher Education.

Obstacles

Government lack of investment/recognition

Inadequate offer from HEI Uncertified commercial offer Wide competition between private

providers Absence of ICT competencies from HEI Lack of recognition of e-learning Inadequate infrastructure to support

large number of distance education students

Fight for resources

The LLL student

All students can be considered LLL students(since they are all adultsin higher education, according to the working definition). However, some demographics are shared by the partners:

▪ most of their LLL students are over the age of 25▪ the average age ranges from 30 to 38 years old▪ more than 60% are enrolled in traditional

undergraduate and graduate degrees▪ more than 50% are employed professionals

How?

Relevant Sectors for LLL

FormalNon-formal

Informal

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Triple track

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FormalNon-formal

Informal

demand offer

Success factors

Pedagogical Model

Content

Organizational factors

Organizational factors

Time Location Support structure First class logistics Fees are affordable Student funding and scholarship

system adjusted to the living circumstances of lifelong learners.

Program evaluation Overall quality of the whole system

Content

Needs analysis Certification / University connection High quality and informed by the

latest research The topic of the course

(current, relevant to the field, novelty)

Interdisciplinary Inclusion of speakers/experts

who are active professionals Involvement/collaboration of

external stakeholders

Pedagogical Model

Accessibility Authenticity Quality learning materials

supported by e-Learning portal Learner-oriented flexible

educational model Excellent tutorial support Continuous feed-back to students The provision of clear information

from the beginning of the course.

Learning

Complicated Complex

Technological mediation

Learning theories 2.0

Student centered Participative

Open Transparent

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Learning 2.0 (Redecker, 2009)

Conectivism (Siemens, 2005)

Comunities of Learning (Wenger et al., 2002)

Comunities of Inquiry (Garrison & Anderson, 2003)

Produsage (Bruns & Humphreys, 2007)

Alec Couros (2006)

C-Learning: learning with others

from e-learning to c-learning Mota (2009)

Comunity Comunication

Colaboration Conections

Learning is framed by social processes

Alec Couros (2006)

Examples

Formal

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Teacher profissionalization program

Non formal

Pentalfa Program

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Informal

Media and museums

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technological tools

3 simple cases

Blogs

Wikis

Social Bookmarking

Blogs

Blog (web + log) Individual or colectiv Share and exchange information

(text, graphs, audio, video, …) Co-Winner, Word-of-the-Year: 2004

Blogs

Blogs

Wikis

Wikis

Wiki software

Creating and editing interconnected webpages

Collaborative knowledge construction

Wiki: DE theoriesThis project was made from Lisbon, Madeira, Barcelona and Salerno. It is the undeniable prrof that colaborative work is possible and can be successful in DE.

It shows us how inspite of being thousands of kilometers away, proximity is only as far as a “clic”.

It makes us proud to do a project about na author and a theory that see distance beyond the physical space, because that one, between us, never existed.

http://moorewiki.wikispaces.com/

Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking

• storage

• organize

• search

• manage

• share

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Implications

tranparencyor

privacy?

Transparerency improves quality

Transparency promotes collaboration

Dalsgaard, C. and Paulsen, M.F. (2009) Transparency in Cooperative Online Education. IRRODL, Vol 10, No 3.

“Tell me how you assess I´ll tell you how you teach”

Abrantes (1990)

Assessment culture

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Authenticity

Transparency

Practicability

Consistency

Chalenges

Access and digital competencies

Pedagogical competencies

Institutional change

Thank you!

Questions?

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