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What can ICT do for Higher Education ?
Supporting change in education systems
Oslo bay and City Hall
Global arena for Open and Distance Education
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE )
Established in 1938, 70 years long history in the field of distance education
Cooperates with
United Nation organisations (such as UNESCO, and The World Bank)
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
Organization of American States (OAS)
European Union
Regional and national associations
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE )
GlobalICDE is the only global organisation in the field of distance education and virtual learning.
Membership organisation for educational institutions that deliver distance education, web-based teaching and flexible learning. 90 countries are represented.
Members are mostly universities, Higher Education institutions and government agencies
Approaching new horizons
• new constitution
• new organization
• new executive board
• developing new strategies
Overview of ICDE’s business bodiesBoard of Trustees (IBoT)
Nick Allen, USA Gabriel Ferraté, SpainSvein Haaland (Vice Chair), NorwayDavid Sewart (Chair), UK Atwi Suparman, Indonesia
Executive CommitteePaul Grimwood, New ZealandDenise Kirkpatrick, UKFredric Litto, BrazilMarta Mena, Argentina Frits Pannekoek : President, Canada Barnmey Pityana Nyaeko South Africa
Election CommitteeTian Belawati, Indonesia Ingeborg Bø, NorwayGary Miller, USA
EVENTS
ICDE contributes to capacity building and professional development in its membership through sub-regional, regional and global conferences, meetings, projects, networking and information dissemination to its members.
Each year• ICDE Standing Conference of Presidents (Oct. 2008 hosted by Shanghai TV University, China)• Supporting International Conferences among members
Biannually• World conference on Open and Distance Education
23rd WORLD CONFERENCE, June 2009
23rd ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education
including
The 2009 EADTU Annual Conference
Hosted by
“Flexible Education for All: Open – Global – Innovative”
7 – 10 June 2009Maastricht, The Netherlands
Sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Education Culture and Science Supported by UNESCO SEAMEO
What can ICT do for Higher
Education ?
Dr Carl Holmberg
Secretary General
www.icde.org
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
“the ability or inability of societies to master technologies that are
strategically decisive in each historic period, largely shapes their
destiny … technology embodies the capacity of societies to
transform themselves”
“the ability or inability of societies to master technologies that are
strategically decisive in each historic period, largely shapes their
destiny … technology embodies the capacity of societies to
transform themselves”
The Rise of the Network SocietyThe Rise of the Network Society
Manuel CastellsManuel Castells
Address to EP - January 2002Address to EP - January 2002
Romano ProdiRomano Prodi
“Education, training and research are the key to economic renewal … we need an integrated strategy for education and research based on networking and mobility giving priority to the technologies of the
future”
“Education, training and research are the key to economic renewal … we need an integrated strategy for education and research based on networking and mobility giving priority to the technologies of the
future”
Lunarstorm
www.lunarstorm.se/works
Campus basedlearners
Campus basedlearners
Mobile learners - at home - on the road - in organised environements learning centres
librariesworkplace
Campus basedlearners
Mobile learners - growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info
Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face
Campus basedLearners - growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face
Mobile learners - growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info
Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face
Campus based
Learners ?? - growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face
Mobile learners - growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info
Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face
Change scenario
Societal changes
Distance ed On campus ed
Technology Educational ideology
Organisational structures
Merging process
Societal changes
Distance ed On campus ed
Technology Educational ideology
Organisational structures
Merging process
Societal changes
Flexible ed
Technology Educational ideology
Organisational structures
What can ICT do for Higher
Education ?Distance Education – and how to break
down borders in the World of Education
Dr Carl Holmberg
Secretary General
www.icde.org
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
Open Learning• the removal of restrictions, exclusions and privileges• the accreditation of students' previous experience• flexibility in managing the time variable• substantial changes in the relationships between professors and students
Ross Paul 1990
OPPORTUNITIES – THREATS
•Plurality
•Pedagogy
•Power
Plurality
Time, tempo, study paths, sources for studies varies
Flexible education systems
Co-operating education systems
Open education systems
Many different education systems
Pedagogy
Studies and learning are focused
Dialogue and interaction
Learning takes place in the right context
Social, administrative och emotional support important
Power
Redistribution of power from teachers to other actors and to students
Education shall respond to individual needs and life situation
The individual student makes the crusial decisions
Development processes in Education Systems
Openness
Flexibility
Mobile
Powershift
….
Technologies
Technologies
Pedagogy
Organisation Technologies
Pedagogy
Policy, goals
Organisation Technologies
Pedagogy
Policy, goals
Organisation, technologies
Pedagogy
New Learning Cultures
Old idea about learning
Transport of information
“Modern idea” about learning (2000 years?)
Presentation of subject matter + interaction
Moving towards flexible learning
Education systems
Formal adult education
- ”community colleges”
Nonformal adult education
-folkhigh schools
-study organisations
-University education
Address to EP - January 2002Address to EP - January 2002
Romano ProdiRomano Prodi
“Education, training and research are the key to economic renewal … we need an integrated strategy for education and research based on networking and mobility giving priority to the technologies of the
future”
“Education, training and research are the key to economic renewal … we need an integrated strategy for education and research based on networking and mobility giving priority to the technologies of the
future”
Moving towards flexible learning
Employment Sustainable jobs
Economic growth
Lifelong learning Personal development
Active citizen
Teaching in focus
Learningin focus
Suplier perspective
Studentperspective
Flexiblelearning