embracing Web 2.0 & 3.0 tools to support lifelong learning

l e t l e a r n e r s c o n n e c t

4th WCES - World Conference on Educational SciencesUniversity of Barcelona, Faculty of Library and Information Science

2-5 February 2012

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria BarbasSchool of Education - Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal

let learners connect [key words]

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

let learners connect [lifelong learning]

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

“all learning activity undertaken throughout life, with the aim of improving knowledge, skills and competences, within a personal, civic, social and/or employment-related perspective” (E.C., 2003)

lifelong learning

to do

to be

to live together

to know

[adapted from: Europe-based council ]

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

to actually learn and retain knowledge students must acquire relevant skills

e-skills

soft skills

digital literacy

ResearchSelectReflect

CollaborateCreateShare

let learners connect [skills]

Gather information

LearnAchieve Knowledge

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

What are these skills?

Why are they important?

How to achieve them?

let learners connect [skills]

e-Business Skills

ICT practitioner skills

ICT user Skills

Digital Literacy

Capabilities needed to exploit opportunities provided by ICT, ensuring more efficient and effective performance in conducting and/or

establishing new business

Capabilites required to research, develop, design, plan, manage, produce, consult, maintain and

support ICT Systems

Capabilities required to an effective application of ICT

Systems and devices to support work, by using

common software tools as they cover “digital literacy”.

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

let learners connect [what are these skills]

[adapted from: …]

let learners connect [why are these skills important]

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

[adapted from: E.Rahimi ]

• Finding appropriate information/knowledge resources

• Join/make a learning netwrok• Make/visit appropriate connections• Information gathering/creating• Connections gathering

• Evaluating gathered information

• Evaluating problem situation• Identifying elements of

problem• Recognising shortages in

requiered knowledge, informations and skills

• Applying learning process: transform information to knowledge

action

plan

do

check

let learners connect [why are these skills important]

Access

Manage

Integrate

Evaluate

Create

Communicate

Knowing about and how to collect information

Search

Find

Retrieve

In Digital Environments

Applying an existing scheme Organizing information for

future application

Interpret and represent information

Summarize

Compare

Contrast

From multiple sources

Make judgements about the information

QualityRelevance

Usefulness

Efficiency

For a specific purpose

Generate informationAdapt

ApllyDesignInvent

In ICT Environment to express and support opinion

To be persuasive and use the appropriate medium

CommunicateAdapt

Present

In ICT Environmentfor a peer audience

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

[adapted from: …]

let learners connect [why are these skills important]

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Language Proficiency Behaviour Conversation Presentation

Local

Foreign

Self-esteem

Etiquette

Culture

Dialetic Rhetoric

Dialog Organization

Discussion

Listening

Media

Body Language[adapted from: …]

let learners connect [why are these skills important]

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES [retrieved from: http://www.iftf.org/futureworkskills2020]

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How to be digitally savyy and a citizen of digital age / networked society

let learners connect [how to achieve the skills]

Social networks

Virtual worlds

Web 2.0

eLearning

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

let learners connect [lifelong learning <-> research]

[adapted from: http://edreach.us/2012/01/01/need-a-new-years-resolution-try-a-personalized-professional-development-plan/]

research

collaborating

achieving

participating

watching & listening

reflecting

reading

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

let learners connect [bring web to you]

CollaborateParticipate

CommunicateInteractSearchCreateShare

RSSPodcast

&Webinar

Youtube

Social Bookmarking

Blog

Social networking

Virtual Worlds

Web 2.0

“Digi_ZIP_ZAP” platform intends to be a bridge between users and web 2.0

tools available at Internet, giving solutions and presenting choices for a better

integration in a networked society.

“e_raízes_redes” project stimulates reflections towards a plan for global

action. These reflections aim to analyse the impact of ICT, in the scope of

major shifts in society (of social, political, economic, cultural and

contemporaneous order).

let learners connect [projects]

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“Competences for collaboration and knowledge sharing in a digiatl society”

IP – Looking for partners!

Digital Society

New learning profiles

New ways to create knowledge

New ways for learning

New professionalswho master

digital technology tools

Market necessities e-Skills

Crutial to create knowledge with digital technology

Ana Loureiro | Inês Messias | Maria Barbas | 4th WCES

let learners connect [final reflection]

[adapted from: …]

So... embrace Web 2.0 & 3.0 tools to support

lifelong learning and...

let learners connect! ;)

Ana Loureiro [accloureiro@gmail.com] |

http://accloureiro.weebly.com

Inês Messias [ines.mess@gmail.com ]

Maria Barbas [mariapbarbas@gmail.com] | http

://mariapotesbarbas.com/

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