International conference "Open professional collaboration"

B3 session“Open collaboration in adult education”

(EPALE Adult learning portal)REPORT

Rapporteur – Daiva Malinauskienė, Soros International House

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About B3• Number and profile of the speakers - 5: 3 from LT, 1-

DE(online), 1- AU. They are representatives of universities, adult education institutions and creative industries

• Number of the participants - 14• Profile of the participants – teachers, students, adult educators

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Topics of the presentations made• OERup! – OER uptake in adult education (via video conference). Petra Newrly, GE• Open collaboration in curriclum designing – opportunities and risks for adult

educators. Nina Reter AU• Epale Adult Learning Platform for Open Collaboration. Elena Trepulė, LT• Teaching migrants. Online platforms: teacher and learner supporting tools. Daiva

Malinauskienė, LT• Relevance of Independent Learning Skills in E-Learning. Rasa Pocevičienė, Sigita

Turskienė, LT

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Question we had to answerWhat could foster creation, use and opening of OER in adult

education?

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Conclusions /Summary• Advantages of OER:

– Use of new technologies – very convenient for adult learners, big help for teachers , if they have good ICT skills.

– No limitation in time, place – good for working/ busy people

A need to create a culture for sharing – OER culture:• Beating the fear of peer criticism• Ensuring QA• Lack of skills to create and use OER – need for training• Credit system for assesment of time invested in creating online materials• Need for good examples and practices• Acquisition of self-directed learning skills

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Learning gives creativity,Creativity leads to thinking,

Thinking provides knowledge,Knowledge makes you great.

Abdul Kalam

Good luck to all of you November 5, 2015 http://conference.liedm.net