ICDE Policy Forum in partnership with UNESCO: Directions and challenges for government and...

ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents

Policy ForumLisboa 29 November 2013

Gard TitlestadSecretary General

International Council For Open and Distance Education, ICDE

The Policy Forum

• To shred light on the current situation and its development, identify which issues that need to be solved, which issues need to be examined further. To come up with possible recommendations for solving or approaching the issues – what to do. Furthermore, the “owners” of the issues and actions need to be identified and addressed – and what could we do together.

20442030

320

4002007 - 2030

Mill. students

EU/OECD projections the need for HEby 2030: 400 mill.

• Ivory tower• Elite• Leaders public and private sector

• Local• Contribute to the nation• Physical• Classroom approach• Chained, place, time, people, pace

• One institutional army• Stability

• Diverse Higher Ed System• Mass (some elite)• Knowledge infrastructure• Global• Meet global challenges• Virtual• Personalisation• Open• Team and collaboration• Change

1970 2030

And much more - unimagable

Excellence Excellence

Five mega-trends will transformthe higher education sector

Openknowledge

Societal needs

Technology

Students needs and

expectations

OERCost

Trends, within

the framwork of globalisation and internationalisation

HE needs – 1 U a week

Demographics

Globalisation

Enabling economic growth

Access

Open Access

eInfrrastructureseScience

Automation

Robots Sensors

2020 – 80% connectedInternet of things Open Research

Open Data

Open Innovation

US quadruppling

Southern Europe….

Developing economies

ICT Habitus

Flexibility

Employability

Lifelong

Disruptive Innovations

OER and Open and Distance Learning can increase the impact of

investments in knowledge

OER &ODL

Open Access – open scienceResearch based OERResearch based teaching

Innovation in education – open innovationInnovate the learning system – flip the classroomKnowledge supply for innovation

High quality educationResearch based educationResource based educationOpen education

2012 (Babson survey)

2013 (ECAR)

Coursera ”Learning Hubs”

MOOC-Mania!You Are Here

Gartner Group’s Hype Cycle methodology

• Marci Powell │ Polycom, Global Director for Education

• USDLA Chair Emerita and Past President

Paul Stacey, Associate Director of Global Learning, Creative Commons, Oktober 2013

MOOC or MOC

Ref. Yang Zhijian, president Open University of China, ICDE world Conference, Tianjin, Kina 2013

Mind to MOOCsOverview, reflections and brainstorming in whitening water

Think tank 20 October 2013, Open University of China, Beijing, China

To be reported to the ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents meeting and Policy Forum

MOOC in an international perspective: New global agenda for innovation

in higher education

• 1) Goverment should provide a holistic, favorable framework for open and online learning and in line with the values of UNESCO. Intesive should be established for wanted direction. Dialogue with stakeholders, in particular HEI. Specific goals to be set. OER in line with the UNESCO declaration a part of the framework.

• 2) Support and facilitation of Leadership for change to a more open and online education. Competencies to be build.

• 3) Incentives and support for faculty and teachers change processes, competencies and working environment to acheive a more open and online education.

• 4) Framework and methodologies that put the learner in the centre. • 5) Cooperation across institutions, and countries on content and platforms for a more

open and online education, hereunder MOOC. • 6) Interoperability between solutions.• 7) Common global outlook, statistics and understanding of fundamental concepts• 8) Concrete goals and plans for research and innovation within the field, well anchored

at the institutions concerned..

Buzz groups• Buzz Groups:• Definition of buzzing:• excitement if a group of people or a place is buzzing, there is a lot of activity or excitement• thoughts if your head or mind is buzzing with thoughts, ideas etc, you cannot stop thinking

about them

• Definition of a buzz group: • Buzz groups are simply small groups of two or three persons formed to discuss a topic for a

short period. A buzz group involves every member of a larger group, directly in a discussion process.

• Each group appoints a spokesperson to report the results of the discussion to the larger group. Buzz groups are a form of brainstorming.

• Uses: • To help expand thoughts and opinions about a controversial topic; or to gather potential

solutions to a problem.

Step 1

• 7 min: Open Courseware Consortium: Larry Cooperman, President

• 7 min: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – OECD: Patricia Mangeol, Policy Analyst

• 7 min: International Association of Universities: Isabelle Turmaine, Director

• Buzz groups for 5 minutes: Issues and recommendations for institutions.

Step 2

• 5 min: The European Commission: Ricardo Ferreira, Policy Officer

• 5 min: African Council for Distance Education – (ACDE): Tolly Mbwette, President of Executive Board

• 5 min: European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU): Will Swan, President

• 5 min: SLOAN Consortium: Meg Benke, President• Buzz groups for 5 minutes: Issues and

recommendations for Governments

Step 3

• 5 min: European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN): António Teixeira, President

• 5 min: Middle East e-Learning Association (MEeA): Mansoor Al Awar, Chairman

• 5 min: Brazilian Association for Distance Education (ABED): Fred Litto, President

• 5 min: European Foundation for Quality in e-Learning (EFQUEL): Ingeborg Bø, member of Board of Directors

• Buzz groups for 5 minutes: Issues and recommendations for research and infrastructure

Step 4

• 5 min: United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA): Don Olcott, member of Board of Directors

• 5 min: Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU): Li Kam Cheong, Secretary General 2014

• UNESCO• ICDE• Buzz groups for 5 minutes: Issues and

recommendations for a possible joint agenda

Step 5

• Summary of a possible joint agenda for change.

• The Policy Forum will be dedicated to the theme

• "Directions and challenges for government and institutions when post-secondary education moves into the MOOC territory: public policies and institutional strategies in the digital learning age".

Thank you!titlestad@icde.org

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