ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
ICT-PSP Call 5 2011Objective 2.4 - eLearning
Marc Röder
Infso E6/eContent and Safer Internet
Luxembourg, 8 March, 2011
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
Theme 2: Overview of objectives
2.1 Aggregating Content for Europeana (BPN)
2.2 Digitising Content for Europeana (Pilot Type B)
2.3 - Raising awareness of Europeana and promoting its use (BPN)
2.4 eLearning – Accelerate the adoption of eLearning resources (Pilot Type B)
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
eContentplus (2005-2008)
• Target area „Educational Content“
• Aim: improve quality of learning– Make (learning) content more accessible, usable,
exploitable– Help teachers and learners use content more easily
• Evolution of objectives over 4 years– 2005: enrich metadata– 2006: use of content across borders– 2007: assess standards & specifications– 2008: use of cultural content for education
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
eContentplus results
• Annual spending of 8-12 million € in the area Educational Content
• 47 million € were / are invested in 20 educational projects
• eLearning projects are successful– Significant increase in quality and use of
educational content
– More intensive networking among stakeholders including Ministries of Education.
• But…
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
eContentplus results
• There is need for further work:– We need to support the use of
educational resources in different educational contexts
– In fact, there is a gap:• learning resources are available
• but they are not used by teachers and learners on a wide scale.
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
Theme 2 Objective 2.4 - eLearning
– Europe 2020: Building knowledge is key for economic growth
– Digital Agenda for Europe: Mainstream eLearning for modernisation of education and training
– eContentplus/TEL programme: Plenty of eLearning resources, eLearning technologies and standards available.
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
What do we mean by „eLearning resources“?
• Images, textbooks, eLearning packages, AV (…)• Not just anything, but quality educational
content:– What is the educational purpose of the object?– Is there a specific learning objective associated with it? – Is this learning objective documented?– aligned with a specific learning culture? – In what subject in school can it be used to teach what? – age group? specific learning need?– Metadata available (LOM?)
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
eLearning in schools – Why?
• Allows for better quality in Learning and teaching
• makes learning more interesting• supports new forms of learning • Can drive modernisation of education
and training (digital literacy) • Personalised learning
– check previous mistakes, re-iterate– adapt the learning path
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
eLearning - Current barriers
• Global, federated eLearning repositories exist but finding the right resources (learning outcome, age) is still difficult for non-expert users
• Teachers, pupils and parents with specific learning needs need help
• Pedagogical innovation is slow
• Implementation is difficult and costly
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
2.4 – What is our aim (1)
• Optimise the use of learning content by linking supply-side (content) with the demand-side (teachers, parents, pupils)
• Address both learning objects and associated pedagogy
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
2.4 – What is our aim (2)
• Aim: set up and roll out a socially-powered, multilingual portal as pilot platform for teachers, pupils and parents in order to
– accelerate the adoption of eLearning resources and make them widely used in national curricula
– test innovative eLearning solutions and exchange Best Practices
– monitor and assess impact of eLearning– generate a showcase of sufficient scale– Across borders, across languages, across different
educational systems
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
A socially-powered, multilingual Portal
Teachers
Pupils
Parents
eLearningResourceseLearningResources(critical mass)
Socially-powered,multilingual
Portal
acquire &
discuss
test &
improve
Events, Dissemination,Best Practices
Assess, measure IMPACT
Test in other countries,languages, cultures
Analyse situationand BARRIERS
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ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
2.4 – Pilot B Funding model
• It is intended to support one or more pilot actions for up to 8 M€ of EU contribution
• Pilot type B• We want to see big proposals.• EU contribution: 50% of direct and
indirect eligible costs• Indirect cost = 30% of personnel costs,
effective funding of personnel costs: 65%
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
Pilot Platform challenges
• In order to successfully set up and run this pilot platform, several challenges emerge:– How to motivate teachers and learners to
use eLearning resources?
– How to remove linguistic and cultural barriers?
– How to measure its impact?
– How to improve usability of existing repositories?
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
2.4 – Some recommendations
• Build on existing Learning platform(s), do not start from scratch.
• Integrate with existing Learning Repositories
• Target specific curricula and learning cultures in those countries taking part in the project
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
Questions?
Teachers
Pupils
Parents
eLearningResourceseLearningResources(critical mass)
Socially-powered,multilingual
Portal
acquire &
discuss
test &
improve
Events, Dissemination,Best Practices
Assess, measure IMPACT
Test in other countries,languages, cultures
Analyse situationand BARRIERS
Accele
rate
ad
op
tion
of
eLearn
ing
resou
rces
Schools / Pedagogy
ICT PSP Infoday Luxembourg Call 2011 – 2.4 eLearning
Thank you
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