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ICT as a catalyst to enhance equity in European higher education: which way forward? - EQUNET presentation by Fabio Nascimbeni
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ICT as a catalyst to enhance equity in European higher education: which way forward?
Fabio NascimbeniMENON Network
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Thomas’ Four Questions
1. Which were the most unexpected technological developments in the last five years?
2. How have these developments affected social inclusion?
3. How is your project contributing to social inclusion?
4. What are emerging issues/future priorities in the field of Web 2.0 and social inclusion?
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Which were the most unexpected technological developments in the last five years?
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foThe Europe of facebook & twitter
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How have these developments affected social inclusion?
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How do you like this?
“A student from a low socioeconomic background, in Europe is, when compared with his or her peers:
a) Less likely to attend Higher Education, b) Likely to choose different courses of study, c) More likely to work during studies and d) Far less likely to have a mobility experience.
Consequently, they are more likely to become unemployed, more likely to earn less, and, assuming equity continues to increase at the historical pace, more likely to have children who also underperform.”
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Progress is happeningbut slowly
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• Web 2.0 technologies are being deployed across a broad spectrum of university activities
• Deployment is in no way systematic and the drive is principally bottom up, coming from the professional interest and enthusiasm of individual members of staff
• In learning and teaching, usage is patchy but a considerable working base exist
• Advice and guidance is available to institutions, but there is no blueprint for implementation of Web 2.0 technologies, and each is currently deciding its own path
Becta, 2009
Web 2.0 and universities
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ICT can make teaching and learning more flexible and individualized. Equity is not only a problem of access to HE, but also a concern to make sure that all students are facilitated in their learning and personal development process in line with their individual characteristics.
ICT can support the modernization of assessment procedures. Traditional assessment methods can represent a barrier to fruitful completion of HE study by some students, especially by the ones who work during university.
ICT can contribute to overcome physical barriers. This is true both for students that for disability reasons cannot access university courses (some cases are reported in the website of the Agency for Special Needs Education) and for students that cannot participate in international mobility exchanges for whatever reason.
ICT (1.0, 2.0, etc) & equity
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ICT can help breaking down cultural barriers. EQUNET found that one of the reasons for the lower participation of citizens with low-social background is the perception that these citizens – parents in particular – have of university study, as a “non-productive” and expensive life path.
ICT can make guidance and counseling more effective. This can be done by complementing existing physical guidance activities such as information days and HE fairs with ICT-based information provision; not only this information can be customized, but they can accompany students along their secondary school career.
ICT can facilitate the recognition and accreditation of prior learning. The use of ICT tools such as e-portfolios - as well as an effort to make these tools interoperable with the systems of European universities – can facilitate meaningful entry into HE from non-conventional paths and can therefore increase LLL rates in Europe.
ICT (1.0, 2.0, etc) & equity
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“We are slowly iterating towards open learning” (G. Attwell)
Innovations are emerging (OER, OEP, peer-assessment, ICT-enhanced mobility...), even if mostly at pilot level.
ICT has not been able to increase system access, especially in light of the increased demand for higher education.
ICT does improve the access of the ones who have access already.
Therefore, it reiterates education exclusion practices.
Optimistic & Pessimistic views
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foWhat’s next on the EquNet agenda
• The EquNet competition results
• The second EquNet research report on HE equity for migrant groups (November 2011)
• The Second Equnet Conference in Sofia (November 2011)
• The EquNet-ENAR campaign (from November 2011 until spring 2012)
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Thank You for Your Attention
Fabio Nascimbeni- [email protected]
Presentation available from:
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