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Page 1: Educational Media in Portugal: the Next Decade

PANEL

Educational Media in

Portugal: the

Next Decade (2011-2020) Lisbon, Portugal — June 27 - July 1, 2011

ED-MEDIA 2011, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications

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These are the slides of my June 29, 2011, presentation at the Invited Panel on “Educational

Media in Portugal: the Next Decade”, at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia

& Telecommunications, ED-MEDIA 2011.

Although the topic is broad, the challenge posed to the panel was to answer the very specific list of

questions reproduced in the slides that follow.

For this reason, my answers should not be seen as describing the whole of my vision for “The Next Decade of Educational Media in Portugal”, but rather as a slice

of that vision specifically cut to address such questions.

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A man was obsessively looking for a key under a  

street light 

— “Are you sure you’ve lost your key  

under the light?” 

— “Oh no! But searching in the 

dark is much more difficult!” 

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"the essence of technology is by no means anything technological" 

The essence of EducaDonal Media is not likely to be found in EducaDonal Media 

If we are looking for the essence of EducaDonal Media, we’d beHer  search in EducaDonal InnovaDon  

MarDn Heidegger (1954) The Ques(on Concerning Technology  (in Vorträge und Aufsätze) 

… even if it looks darker 

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ANSWERING THE PANEL’S QUESTIONS

Educational Media in Portugal: the Next Decade (2011-2020)

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QUESTION 1. To what extent will the design of future na3onal policies directed at facilita3ng 

the implementa3on of educa3onal media  in higher educa3on be dependent on  European direc3ves and regula3ons? 

ANSWER 1. Common recogni(on standards and research frameworks would be helpful.  

All the rest should be leF to the ini(a(ve  of the higher educa(on ins(tu(ons. 

QUESTION 1

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QUESTION 2.1. What would you choose as the priori3es for the future 

Portuguese Governmental innova3on policies in higher educa3on?  

ANSWER 2.1. Quality accredita(on & rewards to improved performance, innova(on, 

interna(onaliza(on, and partnership with the private sector and other levels of educa(on.  

QUESTION 2

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QUESTION 2.2. What main challenges and opportuni3es are the Portuguese higher 

educa3on ins3tu3ons facing in the next decade in what concerns educa3onal media? 

ANSWER 2.2. Challenges: The cultural change of both faculty and students. Opportuni(es: The progress of social media, co‐construc(vism, 

social complex adap(ve systems’ management, and cloud‐based pedagogies.    

QUESTION 2

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QUESTION 3.1. Regarding implementa3on of educa3onal media in higher educa3on should 

Portuguese universi3es develop integrated ini3a3ves directed at promo3ng large scale 

implementa3on or concentrate in  dissemina3ng small scale ini3a3ves? 

ANSWER 3.1. Disrup(ve innova(on is required, which calls for small‐scale ini(a(ves. However, wide ins(tu(onal partnerships (not necessarily na(onal) are strongly advisable. 

QUESTION 3

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QUESTION 3.2. What do you consider to be the more effec3ve models for implemen3ng 

innova3on in Portuguese higher educa3on ins3tu3ons as to funding, equipment and facili3es, 

teacher training and technical and technological support and recogni3on and awards? 

ANSWER 3.2. I would recommend adap(ve business models based on sound strategy, quality and service architecture. All the rest (funding, equipment, etc.) 

are context‐dependent implementa(on details. 

QUESTION 3

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QUESTION 4.1. Do you think the provision of full e‐learning higher educa3on courses and programs will grow significantly in Portugal in the coming years?  

ANSWER 4.1. No. The academics are overworked and the reward system only weights research. There is 

some room for blended‐learning courses and programs, as they require a smoother transi(on.  

QUESTION 4

Partnerships with Brazilian universi(es could be mutually beneficial, but Portuguese universi(es 

have been dragging their feet in this respect.   

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QUESTION 4.2. Digital media will become the mainstream in Portuguese 

higher educa3on or will remain a complement to face‐to‐face teaching?  

ANSWER 4.2. It will remain a complement to face‐to‐face teaching and a core 

component of blended‐learning solu(ons.  

QUESTION 4

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QUESTION 4.3. How can e‐Assessment be more disseminated in Portuguese universi3es?  

ANSWER 4.3. It should not be disseminated at all. The mainstream models of e‐assessment are 

based on outdated paradigms about learning.  No wide dissemina(on should take place un(l 

alterna(ve methods of authen(c e‐assessment,  which are currently a mere subject of  

research, become mature enough. 

QUESTION 4

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QUESTION 5.1. What technologies and media do you expect to be more successfully implemented 

in Portuguese universi3es during the next decade?  

ANSWER 5.1.  

QUESTION 5

OUT  IN PCs  device agnos.cism 

LMS (Blackboard, etc.)  Web 2.0 tools local systems  cloud‐based ecosystems 

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QUESTION 5.2. How will it affect teaching and learning?  

ANSWER 5.2. (NOT A PREDICTION,  BUT AN EXPRESSION OF HOPE)  

  

QUESTION 5

By transforming university educa(on into a way of knowing that transcends the 

conven(onal technical dimension of the present, to embrace the hermeneu(cal and cri(cal dimensions described by Habermas.  

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PANEL

Educational Media in

Portugal: the

Next Decade (2011-2020) Lisbon, Portugal — June 27 - July 1, 2011

ED-MEDIA 2011, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications

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