University of Paderborn - Germany

University of Paderborn - Germany Presenter: Johannes Magenheim

AGORA Initiative on Lifelong Learning and Digital Solidarity

Preparing Future Professionals for Lifelong Learningin Higher Education and in Business Academies

IFIP AGORA Initiative on Lifelong Learning 2008 ConferenceMay 4-6, 2008 Krakow, Poland

Ateliers and Studios for the Future

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AGORA Initiative on Lifelong Learning and Digital Solidarity –The Digital Divide Studio Krakow 2008

Outline

The Concept of Studios and Atelier A Case Study on LLL:

MoKEx - MATURE Project How to organize Collaboration and Digital

Solidarity in Future Studios? Conclusions

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The AGORA Initiative on Lifelong Learning

and Digital Solidarity

The Digital Divide Studio

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Generic Structure of an AGORA - Project

Local Project 1

contextualized

Local Project 2

contextualized

Local Project 3

contextualized

Local Project 1

contextualizedLocal Project 1

contextualizedLocal Project 1

contextualizedLocal Project n

contextualized

- Need of sharing Experience, Knowledge- how does LLL work in different Cultures….?

- Co-ordinating Activities, Coaching

International Co-ordination

Extracting generic Knowledge

Studio

Atelier

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Project approach

Atelier

View of the world

Definition of competences

Student working/learning process

Learning environment

Model of LLL process

Coaching by teachers

Pilot implementation Testing

Implementation

Studio

Definitions

Student handbook

Curriculum frameworkDesign rules

Re-usable, validated model of LLL process

Didactical frameworkTeacher handbook

Implementation handbook

Outcomes

Evaluating

Validating

Requirements and research tasksAtelier

View of the world







Implementation

Studio

Definitions

Student handbook





Outcomes

Evaluating

Validating

Atelier

View of the world







Implementation

Studio

Definitions

Student handbook





Outcomes

Evaluating

Validating

Requirements and research tasksRequirements and research tasks

Source: Tom van Weert

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A Case Study: MoKEx - MATURE Project

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Partners

Mobile Knowledge Experience• Swiss – German Educational and Research Projects • Joint Venture including Universities and Companies• MoKEx I October 2004 – September 2005 (20 students)

MoKEx II October 2005 – September 2006 (20 students)MoKEx III April 2007 – March 2008 (20 students)MoKEx IV April 2008 – March 2009 (20 students)

Universities: Companies:

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Demands of Industrial Partners:Knowledge Maturing Process

Source: Project LearnKnowMat

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Collaborative Structures

Local F2F - Meetings

Co-operation with CSCW-Tools

Database

Repository CVS: Software

LO with MM

Individual Work

Visits of Partners

Blogs Wiki

Documents

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Technical Outcomes

Mobile Delivery Server Mobile Access to Learning Objects Knowledge Database and Knowledge Bus

with interfaces for authoring processes in e-Learning SoA for Single Sign On (EIA) MetaXSa, DyoGeneS, Coma PLME, OLME

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Institutional Outcomes for CSE

Industrial partners are provided with prototypes of software-products for professional use

International co-operation between business and universities leads to a more practice oriented concept of teaching subjects of software-engineering

The team is composed of interdisciplinary skills. Co-operation between students of different universities and faculties fosters exchange of ideas and diversity of knowledge

The project team covers the whole spectrum from research to practice (constrains of practice: budget, time, existing structures)

In comparison with traditional teaching concepts the students obtained a more decisive and managing role in the project

Teachers got a more advisory role focusing on the project management and supporting the process of knowledge acquisition

Project assessment methods with Wiki and Blogs edited by the students are used and improved

Budget paid by industrial partners

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Individual Outcomes for Students

Project with real-life situations was highly motivating for the students

Professional competencies: e.g. skills in programming distributed and web-based systems, database management, mobile communication, screen design, project management

“Continuous and Cooperative Self-qualification and Self-organization (CoCoSS)”; knowledge transfer in a team

Methodological competencies: in project management, user requirement analysis and presentation skills are applied in the context of a real situation; needs of documentation;

Social competencies: collaborative learning in a distributed team; using ICT for SD and collaboration; negotiating working conditions;

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Knowledge MaturingProcess Model

EU-IP ProjectMATURE

Source EU-IP MATURE Project

Extending the Concept

MATUREContinuous Social Learning in Knowledge Networks

WP2: Personal to Community

http://mature-ip.eu

Institut für Informatik Fachgruppe Didaktik der Informatik

EU IP Project FP7

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The MATURE Vision

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Implementation Strategy for New Studios and Ateliers

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The Funding Trap

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Information Literacy and Life Long Learning are highly interrelated

They are both….. self directed and self-motivated and merged with processes of

informal knowledge achievement which often takes place during working processes outside educational institutions. Nevertheless, they need advice and guidance.

self-empowering in terms of general education and are aimed at all groups within a society disregarding gender race, social position etc..

self-actuating which means that sustainable successful personal processes of acquiring Information Literacy and Life Long Learning Competencies are self accelerating and leads to a change of attitudes and habits of a person.

Source: Horton / UNESCO 2008

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Key Domain Sectors

Learning and Education Health and Human Services Business and Economic Development Empowering People to Vote and Participate in

Governing

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Studio – Implementation Strategy

Selecting a key sector domain where LLL and IL should be contextualized and where to gain local professionals and participants who are willing to co-operate (and already are running projects)

Finding domain related ICT experts and connecting them to each other and the participants of the specific digital Studio. In order to establish international social networks.

Organizing collaboration and co-operation through face to face meetings and via web- based technologies for computer supported collaborative working (CSCW) and Learning (CSCL). Besides conferences organize ‘twinning’ and ‘sistering’ arrangements or realize shepherding concepts

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ANDIL - AGORA Network against Digital Divide by means of Information Literacy

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The Concept of Seeding and Re-seeding

Application Area

Local Context

Project’s Complexity Time

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Upcoming AGORA Activities

3rd AGORA conference at Krakow, Poland (May 2008) AGORA Workshop on IFIP – LYICT, Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia (July 2008) http://cidt.oum.edu.my/lyict/

4th AGORA conference, WCC 2008 at Milan, Italy (September 2008)

AGORA Workshop at the IFIP Council 2009 in New Delhi, India (March 2009) (to be confirmed by the IFIP Council 2008)

5th AGORA conference at WCCE 2009, Brazil (July 2009) AGORA Seminar at WITFOR' 2009 in Hanoi,

Vietnam (August 2009) 6th AGORA conference, IFIP 50th anniversary event London,

UK (2010) (to be confirmed by the IFIP Council 2008)

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Conclusions

Lifelong learning process is linked to IL and takes place in several key domain sectors

International cooperation is crucial in the face of LLL-concepts Common work in an atelier is necessary for generalization of forms

and methods of LLL-processes The role of studios is to apply general assumptions to local contexts

and use local experiences to build general rules of permanent education

Scaffolding organizational structures by means of seeding and re-seeding strategies and building social networks

In this process social networks are more important than technical ones

Strengthen linkages to communities of practice by connecting students to real life projects

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Thanks for your attention !Thanks for your attention !

University of Paderborn - Germany

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