1 ICT and education A new European initiative ‘Creative Classrooms’

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ICT and educationICT and education

A new European initiative ‘Creative Classrooms’

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The reality – implementation gap

While ICT is well mainstreamedoutside schools, formal E&T is only in its early adopter’s stage.

Education can not stay behind these changes in an increasing networked and digital society.

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Shortages• Teachers lack pedagogical strategies and

experiences to effectively use ICT

• Professional development of teachers lacks the pedagogical, innovation and practical dimension

• Assessment of digital literacy is not widespread

• Major lack of systematic impact in practices

• Innovations not enough supported by changes in pedagogy

• Discrepancy between children’s under-use of ICT at school and frequent and sophisticated use at home

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What is at stake?

+ The infrastructure to

promote ICT Research base to

guide the process Bottom-up

initiatives (pilots,research, policies, action plans, …)

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No systemic integration and mainstreaming in formal education

but

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LACK OF SYTEMIC IMPACT

– Top-down policies not close to users and practitioners

– Lack of brokerage mechanisms to policy makers

– Lack of evidence-base for policy making – Small scale, grass roots initiatives– Short-term - lack of sustainability/ scalability– No transferability of experiences– No whole systems integration and leadership

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Objectives linked to Europe 2020 & ET2020

IDEA: Creative Classrooms

Increasing digital competence/ e-literacy

ICT enhancing innovation of E&TSupport to Member States to mainstream ICT use in educational policies and practices

Creative Classrooms

The term ‘Classrooms’ = all types of learning environments

The term ‘Creative’ = innovation of learning and teaching process with the support of

ICT

Focus on what is possible in today’s practices with today’s technologies

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What ? Creative Classrooms initiative Real-life experimentations in local context (micro)– Based on concrete problems– Engaging the whole educational system – Carried by users – bottom-up

Experimentations which are linked up (meso)– Upscaling of ‘islands of innovations’– Networking, sharing, community practices

Guidance by policy makers / decision makers– Evidence-based policy making - transfer– Top-down meets bottom-up– Towards systemic uptake

European-wide cooperation in policy development

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Policy makers / Decision makers

Theme 1 Theme 2 Theme …

Creative classrooms

Lessons learned

EVALUATION

Transfer Localise

Country 2Case 1Case 2Case 3…









Country …Case 1Case 2…



The Initiative on Creative Classrooms is innovative due to:

its experimental nature

its transversal scope

the upscaling of innovations

making changes systemic and sustainable

emphasis on European–wide policy

development

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Possible outcomes

Providing guidance to policy makers / practitioners

‘Learning what works and what does not’ to evidence-based policy making

Reaching a large number of learners, institutions, learning centres

Linking policy experimentations in real life settings

Upscaling best practices across Europe Increase impact on systemic level Involving multiple stakeholders (informal, non-formal & formal)

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Evaluate the potential impact of a policy measure Theme x

Country 2

Country …

Country 1

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Lessons learned

EVALUATION

Case 1Case 2Case …



Transfer Localise

Testing innovation in real life settings = policy experimentation

CROSS-COUNTRIES

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Creative ClassroomsROADMAP

Gap and impact analysis Concept development A first trial mid 2012 (focus=compulsary education)

Feedback to concept, methodologies & approach

Broad stakeholders involvement

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Concept CC

Definition of the optimal

conditions

Launch call for pilots

Testing at a large scale through real

life pilots

Validation of the concept through DEBATE

Drawing lessons from cases

January 2012

March 2012

June 2012

June 2012

2013/ 2014

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Analysis of the progress

and gaps

DEBATE with stakeholders

DEBATE with stakeholders

Developing a broad

stakeholders partnership

CreativeClassroomsROADMAP

Thank you !‘

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/static/en/llp/index_en.htm The Lifelong Learning Programme:

DG Education and Culture:http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/index_en.html

Contact person: Lieve Van den Brande – DG [email protected]

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1 ICT and education A new European initiative ‘Creative Classrooms’