Education on the Cloud Second Summit, Palermo, Italy, October 31 2015 Overview and Progress Karl Donert, Director: Innovative Learning Network Ltd. Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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
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
[email protected]@karldonert