Open Education is here to stay: recent developments in

Europe

Fabio NascimbeniEDEN - MENON – USP/CEST

What brings me here

Open Education

Open Education waves

1. Open Classrooms (Progressive education; 1960s)

2. Open Universities (1960s)

3. Open Content and OER (2000)

4. Sharing OER web 2.0 (2006)

5. Open Educational Practices (now-)

(Voukkari 2013)

Higher Education in 2030?

(Voukkari 2013)

Selection

Assessment

Research

Content

Research

Content

Guidance

Assessment

Certification

Selectio

n

2013

2030

Certification

Guidance

http://visir-network.eu

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Openness for… Equity, competitiveness, Participation, Inclusion

The European Commission is pushing

Opening up Education calls for EU-level cooperation to push reforms towards the adoption of open learning environments as drivers to enhance digital skills both for pupils and teachers, and in education in general.

The main goal of this initiative is to stimulate ways of learning and teaching through ICT and digital content, mainly through the development and availability of OER.

Immediate effects

http://visir-network.eu

1. Convergence vs Context

2. Continuity vs Experimentalism

3. Access vs Excellence

4. Market dynamics vs public good values

5. Generalization vs Specialization

6. Information vs Knowledge

7. Individualization vs Socialization of Learning

8. Encourage Traditional Providers vs Bring new actors to drive innovation

9. More Investment vs more Efficiency

10. Focus on Young People vs Re-direct Resources to adult learners

Leonie Study, 2005 (!!)

The debate in Europe

VISIRBottom-up grassroots innovation practices

http://www.visir-network.eu

eMundusExploring Open approaches

to International HE Cooperation

http://www.emundus-project.eu

eMundus Seminar @ USP, May 2014

Obrigado

Fabio Nascimbeni

fabio.nascimbeni@menon.org