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REVIEW: CHAPTER 5How to create regional e-learning networks
About: Wolfgang Greller
Head of Learning Environments (UHI) Chair of the Arctic Learning Environment
(UArctic) Head of e-Learning (AAU – Klagenfurt) Programme Manager Learning Networks
(OUNL)
The Chapter
Intro to regional learning networks Classification of target groups Role of e-learning in networks Dimensions of (e-)learning networks Technologies VCSE partner networks „Case studies“ of learning networks Recommendation & reflection
Comments
Questions need answers (e.g. chapter title) Target groups follow traditional divisions
(school, HE, business, „other“) What are the drivers ? What are the enablers/factors for success ? Differentiation between self-organised and
managed LNs What makes a regional LN? Who has
ownership?
Target Groups
Target groups in regional thinking less articulate
Boundaries between business, politics, education, society are more blurred than on national level
Regional networks work across boundaries – away from traditional divisions
Greater need for collaboration between sectors „Other“ category is weak (should incl.
Government, voluntary sector, NGOs, personal networks)
Ownership
Target groups = external ownershipRegional networks consist of stakeholders =
internal participatory ownershipClear strategic goals: education is a means to
an end not an aim in itself. Therefore authorities, all levels of edu, and business need to be involved.
Lifelong learning: in regional networks there is room for better articulation routes between education sectors (multi-functionality of institutions)
Technologies
Listing technologies is not useful (state-of-the-art changes, dependent on regional factors)
Classification of technologies is largely irrelevant: more important is the purpose
Important to elaborate the benefits to the stakeholders!
The amount of technologies vs. the right technologies
Technology enables! Different e-readiness of orgs
Net ready
Hartman & Sifonis, 2000
Learning Technology
University of the Highlands and Islands
Regional networked university based on FE Colleges, research and specialist institutions
Motto: „Enabled by technology – supported by people“!
Mission to overcome skill shortage and depopulation
Niche education market (Gaelic, renewables, tourism, rural health) – addresses local needs!
Symbiosis with businesses (CPD), local Gov, education, health sector, local orgs, individuals (mature, maternity, etc)
University of the Arctic Network of Learning
Institutions, Northern Organisations, Libraries etc.
Motto: „in the North, for the North, by the North“
Overcome circumpolar problems (South-North poverty division, transportation, access to services, environment, telemedicine)
Capacity building, combatting brain-drain, access to (learning) resources
Intermediary between national government & regional stakeholders (needs research)
Knowledge creation/articulation Knowledge creation increasingly outside
universities (e.g. corporate research, NGOs, Communities of Practice worldwide)
More knowledge acquisition (learning) outside education (lifelong learning, non-formal & informal learning, on-demand learning)
Education has greater demand to bring real-life expertise into teaching and learning (work placements, field trips, guest lectures, LNs)
Drivers behind regional LNs
Drivers: e.g. regional development goals: Capacity building (economic viability of the
region) Telemedicine Service provision (incl. education, CPD, access
to experts) Business needs (e.g. transportation costs,
teleworking) Population needs (e.g. lifestyle, equality of
citizenship) Cross-sector collaboration
Drivers for success
Participation in regional LN, why? Purpose: Communities of Interest, variety of
LNs on different levels Benefit: access to shared
resources/expertise; cost-benefit ratio critical (cost = effort); critical mass may play a role
Business case: needs to sit within strategy Commonality: common interests, niche
market, population needs