Rise to the Challenge!IF WE DON´T, WHO WILL?

IFWE- conferenceAlbuquerque, New Mexico,

USADec 2010

Ingeborg Bø, EDEN Senior Fellow Norway

My golden learning perspectives- after 40 years

I shall speak about:

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Denmark

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Scotland

Iceland

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My golden learning perspectives after 40 years in distance education:

always keep the student´s needs in mind

use technology to the benefit of learning and make it accessible

ensure high quality through a quality culture

My reference points

NADE - Norwegian Association for Distance and Flexible Education www.nade-nff.no

EDEN – European Distance and E-learning Network http://www.eden-online.org

ICDE – International Council for Open and Distance Education www.icde.org

EFQUEL – European Foundation for Quality in

E-learning http://www.qualityfoundation.org

Morten Flate Paulsen, EDEN President, and EDEN Fellow Don Olcott Jr., USDLAat the Sixth EDEN Research WorkshopBudapest, 24 – 27 October 2010http://www.eden-online.org

ICDE – International Council for Open and Distance Education

www.icde.org

24th ICDE World Conference, 2–5 October, 2011

Hosted by Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia, Bali,

Indonesia.

SCOP, Standing Conference of Presidents, 19 – 22 June 2011

Hosted by SUNY Empire State College, New York, USA

Euroean Foundation for Quality in E-Learning EFQUEL

http://www.qualityfoundation.org/

A membership organisation, 80 membersEFQUEL enhances the quality of eLearning in Europe by

providing services for membersand support for all stakeholders

Networking: Innovation Forum 14 -16 Sept.2011, Lisbon, Portugal

CHALLENGES Quality Research about pedagogical

use of ICT

Personalised teaching Individual approach Collaborative learning Problem-based learning Motivation Open Educational Resources

Access

Digital divide

Seniors

Social inclusion

Cultural identity

Small languages

Flow of Information

User friendliness

Have fun

” I could never have accomplished my Master’s degree without the possiblity to study via e-learning,” says Mona Berg Jenssen, mother of three children, rector of a high school.

She is an active student at NKI, has completedthree courses in child care, passed exams and now doing her fourth course.

She is almost blind.

She is an excellent student, ambitious, structured in her studies and very active in the Forum supporting and encouragingher fellow students.

Congratulations to Marte BaadeNetstudent of the year 2010 Norway!!

The netteacher of the year 2010 Norway: Mathis Persen Bongo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5RgrxxQSoc

http://gfx.nrk.no/vewStzq0dLU3qr-PsB61HQ4kKgZbPvcLUSAUW9o5pssw.jpg

Distance education and flexibility

TIME

MEDIUM PACE

PLACE

Individual learning

Collaborative learning

a-synkronous

synkronous

Only webbased

ODL100% Modular teaching with support of ICT

Traditional teaching 100%

Audio and video communication

ODL + seminars 10-60%

Webcasting

Mainly webbased

Mainly classroom

User-adapted learning

Tone Lømo. BI Nettstudier

Course introduction,

studyplan

Audiolectures, videostreaming

Publishing on the net

Repositorium, articles

Group discussions

Discussions on the net - chat

Group- and project workGroup counselling on the net

Cases presented on the net

Electronic assignments, personal feedback from tutor

Static (recycling) Dynamic

Individual Collaborative

Digital learning-resources

Interactive exercises, games, simulations

Individual learning

Blended learning

Workbased learning

Informal learning

Schools K 12

The Social webFacebook, twitter, linkin, slideshare, open educational resources, open educational practises, user generated content etc. etc.

A Quality Dialogue

Inspection

InspirationFrom

To

OECD-CERI Quality assurance in Tertiary Education:

Current Practises in OECD Countries. Viktoria Kis, August 2005

www.oecd.org/edu/tertiary/review

Quality assurance procedures can serve two major purposes:

improvement and accountability.

There is an uneasy balance between both purposes, which frequently raises the question of incompatibility (Vroeijenstijn, 1995a).

A different approach to qualityMaria Jose Lemaitre. President in RIACES, Iberoamerican Network for Quality

Assessment and Assurance in Higher Education,

Innovation

Doing the same but better

Innovate and improve

Current situation

Change: new issues, new approachesIm

pro

vem

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t

The context

Recent reports USAUSDLA. ”Enabled by Broadband, Education

enters a new frontier”. Dr. John G. FloresThe Sloan Consortium: BABSON Survey Research Group: ”Class Difference$. Online education in the United Sates 2010”. Elaine

Allen and Jeff Seaman. Growth in Online Learning by 21% from 2008 to 2009

Wcet: ”Managing Online Education” Faculty Training is a Major Investment for Online Education Programs. ADA Compliance

Remains a Major Vulnerability

Bologna process 10 action lines Reform process with European

Higher Education1. Comparable degrees2. Two cycles: Bachelor, Master3. System of credits4. Mobility5. Quality assurance

6. European dimension7. Lifelong learning8. Institutions and

students9. Attractiveness of

European higher educaion area (EHEA)

10. Doctoral studies + research areas

European University Association (EUA) Recommendations on

Quality - 2009

1. Context sensitive

2. Developmental approach

3. Inclusive

4. Engaging all key actors

5. Partnership HEI – Agencies

6. Allow risk taking and failure

7. Sharing experiences in QA

The OPAL Vision

Focus on the practises of OER rather than the resources. Better understanding will

lead to improvements in the quality of OER and more innovation.

Open Educational Resource Practise (OEP) constitute the range of practises around the creation, use and management of OER with the intent to improve quality and innovative

education.

Unesco, ICDE, EFQUEL, OU UK, Aalto Univeristy, Universidade Católica Portugese, University Duisburg-Essen

EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2010

OPENING EDUCATION:

INNOVATIVE, INCLUSIVE, EXCELLENT

”What are the quality implications in an increasingly open context?” Grainne Conole, OU UK

EFQUEL Innovation Forum 2010 Recommendations

”HOW CAN QUALITY APPROACHES EVOLVE AND ENHANCE INCLUSION, INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE" 

EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK

A NETWORK AND MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

Models for Quality Assurance

Different kinds of certification and accreditation of e-learning

•Public accreditation. Regulatory framework (European Network for QualityAssurance, ENQUA)

•Certification of e-learning as part of a broader system(UNIQUE, EFMD-CEL)

•Certification within a system of agreed association standards(Commonwealth of Learning, EADTU E-xcellence, NADE)

The UNIQUe Methodologyhttp://www.qualityfoundation.org/unique-certification/

EFQUEL, MENON, EFMD, EUROPACE

What: UNIQUe is a quality improvement process that provides an institutional certification

Aim: To raise the standard of technology-enhanced learning in Europe

Target: European HE institutions

Process result: Certification and continuous quality improvement

UNIQUe Process

The UNIQUe Quality Criteria

Learning resources •Resources for learning•Students•Faculty•Technological equipment

Learning processes •Quality of the offer (services)•IPR management•Personal development/HR development

Learning context/institution •Commitment to innovation•Institutional standing•Openness

EUROPEAN DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING NETWORK

A NETWORK AND MEETING PLACE FOR THE OPEN, DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING COMMUNITY IN EUROPE

A case study from Norway

Norwegian Association for Distance and Flexible Education

NADE, a member organisation, founded in 1968

Formulated “Code of good practice for distance education”

Law regulating the activities from 1948 with an external agency for quality control

New law 1993 introducing internal quality assurance

Quality guidelines developed in 1993 (Ljoså, Rekkedal et.al), revised several times, latest 2010

NADE´s standing committee on quality since 1993

NOKUT: National agency for quality assurance regulates tertiary education according to ENQUA´s Guidelines (ESG)

Norwegian Association for Distance and Flexible Education

Quality guidelines

Regulated by law

Institutions accredited by the Ministry of Education

Requires that the institutions have a system for quality assurance

The responsibility for quality guidelines lies with NADE

NADE´s Quality guidelines 2010

A new structure with more focus on quality culture:

1. Quality management and quality work

2. Organisational issues

3. Course development

4. Information and counselling

5. Study-process (enrolment, administration and information, tutors´ contract, tutoring, evaluation and documentation)

Dialogue in Social MediaAn example: ”Learning right in your pocket” a conference about

pod-casts in Oslo (Sept. 28-29 2010):

iTunes University: Marianne Talbot´s lecture ”A romp through the history of philosophy” (University of Oxford):

500 000 downloads since Oct. 2008

Reflections by Morten Flate Paulsen (NKI, Norway) after the conference:

Future students will not hand in papers but learning objects in various Web 2.0 services

The students will be more innovative than the podcast-lecturers

Their submissions will be a challenge to the professors (e.g. Copyright issues)

Thoughts at the endLet us move from inspection to

inspiration

Encourage dialogue between accreditation bodies and distance education practitioners

Distance education must be accepted as an integral part of the ordinary educational system

Put more focus on quality in the social web

My golden learning perspectives after 40 years in distance education:

always keep the student´s needs in mind

use technology to the benefit of learning and make it accessible

ensure high quality through a quality culture

Rise to the challenge, ladies, divas!

PLU

Thank you!

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