School on the Cloud Project Update 2015

Education on the Cloud

Second Summit, Palermo, Italy, October 31 2015

Overview and ProgressKarl Donert, Director: Innovative Learning Network Ltd.

Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eukdonert@yahoo.com

Presentation Aims

• provide an account of some activities of the European School on the Cloud network (http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu/)

• review the ‘State of the art” publication • to focus on some issues related to the

project, for network members

School on the Cloud Network

http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu@schoolon_cloud

https://www.facebook.com/SchoolOntheCloudLinkedin group schooloncloud-7426807

School on the Cloudhttp://www.schoolonthecloud.eu

Network of 57 partners: 21 universities, teacher training

9 NGOs, 8 schools, SMEs, research institutes, adult education and VET providers, a European professional

association, a library

School On The Cloud Project Aims

SoC considers answers to three key questions:• What is the impact of the Cloud on education

stakeholders? (policy, teaching practices, and facilitating individualized learning processes)

• How should education respond to the potential of the Cloud?

• What might the situation be like in the future?

Impact of the Cloud

Impact of the Cloud

SoC: Four Working Groups

WG 1 Lead/manage the Cloud: transition

WG 2 i(nnovative) Teacher

WG 3 Learner focus: personalisation

WG 4 Future scenarios for education?

Transition to the Cloud (leadership and management)

Transition to the Cloud (leadership and management)

Managing and leading

http://tinyurl.com/kr4rzcq

Skill needs of staff

iTeachers: Getting Smart?

What does it mean to be an iTeacher? (innovative teacher)

iTeachers: Getting Smart?

What does it mean to be an iTeacher? (innovative teacher)

Learning & teaching

http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/iteacher

Tools for iTeachers, iLearners

http://tinyurl.com/nha2fv7

iLearner(s) in the Cloud

Independent learners

How does the role of learning and the actions of learners change? If at all….

Dealing with the Future

• As experts in the field …. • What do you (your organisation) want from

the Cloud in the future? • Try to write down ONE thing• Share it on http://tinyurl.com/socfuture

Future Perspectives

Future Perspectives

http://tinyurl.com/socfuture

School On The Cloud Project Workflow

School On The Cloud Project Workflow

School On The Cloud Project Tasks

• Research the “state-of-the-art”• Establish methods and means for network members to share

their findings and expertise• Produce a series of core publications on the exploitation of

Cloud in different educational contexts• Develop guidance resources• Disseminate outputs within and beyond the confines of the

network, and • Establish links with other European-wide or nation-wide

initiatives.

Project Tasks

Project Tasks

State of the art survey

Cloud Policy And Action• Huge variation between countries – from

digital and Cloud Strategies, to Public Cloud developments, to nothing

Promoting the Cloud in Education• Many actors – from national and regional

government to private companies and NGOs

State of the art survey

Using the Cloud• Lots of isolated initiatives • Some national and regional developments eg N. Ireland,

Italy, Romania• Some countries lagging a long way behindOther information• Many research groups, publications • Higher education is very active• Lots of events about education and the Cloud

Cloud computing promises to: • improve the efficiency of education

organizations • optimize the technology-enhanced

learning experiences in an affordable way• EU Policy perspectives • Case Studies

Education on the Cloud 2015: State of the Art

Education on the Cloud 2015: State of the Art

• European policy has a focus on economic development and sustained growth in Europe

• Cloud Computing can be a key driver for innovation and transformation

• Measures to develop and widely implement innovation must be encouraged

• Capability to exploit should be developed

DG CONNECT: European Cloud Computing Strategy

ETSI: Cloud Standards CoordinationThe Cloud Select Industry Group on Service Level AgreementsDevelopment of model 'safe and fair' contract terms and conditionsThe Cloud Select Industry Group on Certification SchemesThe Cloud Select Industry Group on Code of ConductEstablishing a European Cloud Partnership

http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/cloud-computing-strategy-working-groups

Digital Agenda: European Cloud Computing Strategy

https://www.enisa.europa.eu/events/enisa-events/cloud-security-conference-reaching-the-cloud-era-in-the-eu

ENISA: European Cloud Computing Strategy

European Cloud Computing Strategy

• ”Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe”

• outlines actions to deliver a net gain of 2.5 million new European jobs, and an annual boost of €160 billion to the European Union GDP (around 1%), by 2020

• designed to speed up and increase the use of Cloud Computing across all economic sectors

European Cloud Computing Strategy

• ”Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe”

• outlines actions to deliver a net gain of 2.5 million new European jobs, and an annual boost of €160 billion to the European Union GDP (around 1%), by 2020

• designed to speed up and increase the use of Cloud Computing across all economic sectorseducational perspectives are not included

CloudWatchHUB http://www.cloudwatchhub.eu

CloudWatchHUB http://www.cloudwatchhub.eu

CloudWatchHUB http://www.cloudwatchhub.eu

DG Education & Culture

Where is education on the Cloud?

• 59 examples of Cloud Computing developments • tested, piloted, implemented in education

around Europe • vary from national assessments and reviews, to

public and private sector developments. • advantages and benefits of Cloud Computing are

illustrated as potential barriers are overcome

Education on the Cloud 2015: State of the Art

• National e-learning platform

http://www.scoilnet.ie

Scoilnet – portal for Ireland

E-Books digi4school

http://www.bmfj.gv.at/ministerin/Aktuelles/Themen/PK-EBooks.html

• School district Cloud, Unna• Sustainable infrastructure• 21 schools, 10,000 students

http://www.unit21.de/medientag-unit21/

Unit.schule.21

Managing integrated Cloud technologies

• 50,000 active Cloud accounts to assist students with tasks from virtually anywhere

• 5 devices enabled for each of 20,000 students

http://www.unwe.bg/en/

• Institutional e-learning platform• participatory approach to content

creation and distribution

https://eclass.aegean.gr/)

Open eclass

Cooperative learning 2.0

http://www.teacherdesignteams.be/

added value of cloud computing in cooperative learning

VivaCognita

• knowledge sharing and knowledge building virtual community platform

http://vivacognita.org/

Living Schools Lab

• whole-school approach to ICT• highly innovative pedagogical practices• rethink learning and teaching strategies• network of living schools

http://tinyurl.com/o6kvxvp

Learning with, or despite computers

• pedagogical concept ‘LED-leren’ (LED learning)

LED stands for • ‘Levensecht’ (lifelike),• ‘Eigentijds’ (contemporary)• ‘Duurzaam’ (sustainable)

Alphabets of Europe

• multilingual awareness• creative language learning • kindergarden• digital books and activities

http://www.alphaeu.org/

• learning design tool, graphical personalisation • conceptual and flow models

http://cadmosld.com

CADMOS LD: personalised learning

• Erasmus+ project, school staff mobility• integrate ICT and CLIL into pedagogical

vision

http://glocaleducationfor2010.blogspot.it/

Glocal Education for 2020

• experimental - augmented reality, handwriting and speech recognition, motion detection

• applies Embodied & Situated Cognition theory • psycho-pedagogical practices

http://infanziadigitales.altervista.org

Inf@nzia Digi.tales 3.6

• created by a school Special Education Department in cooperation with their library and Deaf Unit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9oFxX_5XSQ

Learn Portuguese Sign Language App

• Competition on Open Discovery Space • 370 schools, 37 countries

http://portal.opendiscoveryspace.eu

Eratosthenes experiment

• app designed and developed for the American Museum of Spain

http://www.mecd.gob.es/museodeamerica/espacio-interactivo/Tanto-que-disfrutar-jugando---/

RACMA.html

RACMA: Augmented Reality

How sustainable are these initiatives?

• local, regional, national and international• funded projects to support experimentation

and development• private sector developments• innovative products (entrepreneurs) and

mobile access to information

Education on the Cloud 2015: State of the Art

• Cloud Computing is being used as a delivery method for IT services

• wide range of customised solutions and individual / collective actions

• piecemeal rather than coordinated• some teachers and learners are enjoying

education benefits

Education on the Cloud 2015: State of the Art

Newsletter

Visions

Visions

Visions

Visions

Visions

Some conclusions (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)

• Paradigm shift (fundamental change in methods of delivering education) (Koutsopoulos & Kotsanis, 2014)

• Vision = Cloud-based learner-centred approach• Link use of services and tools to individual

learners – specified by instructional strategies• Exploit powerful services like video-on-demand

and simulations (Gonzalez-Martinez et al., 2015)

Gonzalez-Martinez J.A. et al, 2015. Cloud computing and education: A state-of-the-art survey. In Computers & Education, Vol. 80, pp 131-152.Koutsopoulos, K. and Kotsanis, Y., 2014. School on the Cloud: Towards a Paradigm Shift. In Themes in Science & Technology Education, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp 47-62

• Facilitate inquiry-based learning in social contexts (Denton, 2012)

• Share, access data for anytime anyplace learning (Abrams, 2012)

• Quality learning experiences (Silva & Donert, 2015)

• Teachers create, edit, share innovative learning scenarios, with the use of media-rich content

Abrams, N.M., 2012. Combining Cloud Networks and Course Management Systems for Enhanced Analysis in Teaching Laboratories. In Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 89, No. 4, pp 482-486 Denton, D.W., 2012. Enhancing instruction through constructivism, cooperative learning, and cloud computing. In TechTrends, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp 34-41 Silva, D. and Donert, K., 2015. Communicating Geography Through the Cloud. In GI_Forum ‒ Journal for Applied Geoinformatics, Vol. 1, pp 315-319

Some conclusions (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)

• School on the Cloud network formed to explore how education should respond

Learn from:• available Cloud technologies • existing Cloud-based educational initiatives • network expertise and experiences

To provide guidance and support to stakeholders

Some conclusions (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)

Panousopoulos H, Donert, K., Papoutsis, P, Kotsanis I. 2015. Education on the Cloud: Researching Student-Centred, Cloud-based Learning Prospects in the context of a European Network, Proc. CELDA 2015, http://tinyurl.com/nghy5ay

• Seeking links with other research initiatives• Stimulation of further projects, such as: (i) evaluate future education scenarios on the Cloud(ii) design, application, and evaluation of context-

specific Cloud-based educational solutions that span across all levels of education, and

(iii) develop and test Cloud-based services and tools able to cater for special educational needs

Future Perspectives (Panoutsopoulos et al, 2015)

Panousopoulos H, Donert, K., Papoutsis, P, Kotsanis I. 2015. Education on the Cloud: Researching Student-Centred, Cloud-based Learning Prospects in the context of a European Network, Proc. CELDA 2015, http://tinyurl.com/nghy5ay

School on the Cloud 2015

17-18 November 2015 for the Third School on the Cloud Summit, Brussels, Belgium • More later this meeting and on the Web site,

newsletter and through LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter

http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu

More answers than

questions!

Karl Donertwww.innovativelearning.co.uk

kdonert@yahoo.com@karldonert