What can ICT do for Higher Education ?

Supporting change in education systems

                                                                                                                                 

                     

Oslo bay and City Hall

Global arena for Open and Distance Education

International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE )

Established in 1938, 70 years long history in the field of distance education

Cooperates with

United Nation organisations (such as UNESCO, and The World Bank)

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)

Organization of American States (OAS)

European Union

Regional and national associations

International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE )

GlobalICDE is the only global organisation in the field of distance education and virtual learning.

Membership organisation for educational institutions that deliver distance education, web-based teaching and flexible learning. 90 countries are represented.

Members are mostly universities, Higher Education institutions and government agencies

Approaching new horizons

• new constitution

• new organization

• new executive board

• developing new strategies

Overview of ICDE’s business bodiesBoard of Trustees (IBoT)

Nick Allen, USA Gabriel Ferraté, SpainSvein Haaland (Vice Chair), NorwayDavid Sewart (Chair), UK Atwi Suparman, Indonesia

Executive CommitteePaul Grimwood, New ZealandDenise Kirkpatrick, UKFredric Litto, BrazilMarta Mena, Argentina Frits Pannekoek : President, Canada Barnmey Pityana Nyaeko South Africa

Election CommitteeTian Belawati, Indonesia Ingeborg Bø, NorwayGary Miller, USA

  

EVENTS

 ICDE contributes to capacity building and professional development in its membership through sub-regional, regional and global conferences, meetings, projects, networking and information dissemination to its members. 

Each year• ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents (Oct. 2008 hosted by Shanghai TV University, China)• Supporting International Conferences among members

Biannually• World conference on Open and Distance Education

23rd WORLD CONFERENCE, June 2009

23rd ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education

including

The 2009 EADTU Annual Conference 

  Hosted by     

“Flexible Education for All: Open – Global – Innovative” 

7 – 10 June 2009Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Education Culture and Science   Supported by UNESCO SEAMEO  

 

 What can ICT do for Higher

Education ?

Dr Carl Holmberg

Secretary General

www.icde.org

holmberg@icde.org

International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

“the ability or inability of societies to master technologies that are

strategically decisive in each historic period, largely shapes their

destiny … technology embodies the capacity of societies to

transform themselves”

“the ability or inability of societies to master technologies that are

strategically decisive in each historic period, largely shapes their

destiny … technology embodies the capacity of societies to

transform themselves”

The Rise of the Network SocietyThe Rise of the Network Society

Manuel CastellsManuel Castells

Address to EP - January 2002Address to EP - January 2002

Romano ProdiRomano Prodi

“Education, training and research are the key to economic renewal … we need an integrated strategy for education and research based on networking and mobility giving priority to the technologies of the

future”

“Education, training and research are the key to economic renewal … we need an integrated strategy for education and research based on networking and mobility giving priority to the technologies of the

future”

Lunarstorm

www.lunarstorm.se/works

Campus basedlearners

Campus basedlearners

Mobile learners - at home - on the road - in organised environements learning centres

librariesworkplace

Campus basedlearners

Mobile learners - growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info

Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face

Campus basedLearners - growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face

Mobile learners - growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info

Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face

Campus based

Learners ?? - growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face

Mobile learners - growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info

Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face

Change scenario

Societal changes

Distance ed On campus ed

Technology Educational ideology

Organisational structures

Merging process

Societal changes

Distance ed On campus ed

Technology Educational ideology

Organisational structures

Merging process

Societal changes

Flexible ed

Technology Educational ideology

Organisational structures

 What can ICT do for Higher

Education ?Distance Education – and how to break

down borders in the World of Education

Dr Carl Holmberg

Secretary General

www.icde.org

holmberg@icde.org

International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

Open Learning• the removal of restrictions, exclusions and privileges• the accreditation of students' previous experience• flexibility in managing the time variable• substantial changes in the relationships between professors and students

Ross Paul 1990

OPPORTUNITIES – THREATS

•Plurality

•Pedagogy

•Power

Plurality

Time, tempo, study paths, sources for studies varies

Flexible education systems

Co-operating education systems

Open education systems

Many different education systems

Pedagogy

Studies and learning are focused

Dialogue and interaction

Learning takes place in the right context

Social, administrative och emotional support important

Power

Redistribution of power from teachers to other actors and to students

Education shall respond to individual needs and life situation

The individual student makes the crusial decisions

Development processes in Education Systems

Openness

Flexibility

Mobile

Powershift

….

Technologies

Technologies

Pedagogy

Organisation Technologies

Pedagogy

Policy, goals

Organisation Technologies

Pedagogy

Policy, goals

Organisation, technologies

Pedagogy

New Learning Cultures

Old idea about learning

Transport of information

“Modern idea” about learning (2000 years?)

Presentation of subject matter + interaction

Moving towards flexible learning

Education systems

Formal adult education

- ”community colleges”

Nonformal adult education

-folkhigh schools

-study organisations

-University education

Address to EP - January 2002Address to EP - January 2002

Romano ProdiRomano Prodi

“Education, training and research are the key to economic renewal … we need an integrated strategy for education and research based on networking and mobility giving priority to the technologies of the

future”

“Education, training and research are the key to economic renewal … we need an integrated strategy for education and research based on networking and mobility giving priority to the technologies of the

future”

Moving towards flexible learning

Employment Sustainable jobs

Economic growth

Lifelong learning Personal development

Active citizen

Teaching in focus

Learningin focus

Suplier perspective

Studentperspective

Flexiblelearning