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Scaling up and scaling out: How the eLene partners are addressing sustainability in European eLearning projects EDEN conference, Naples, June 15th 2007
Deborah Arnold, eLearning project manager eLene-TT / eLene-TLC coordinator, eLene-EE partner Vidéoscop – Université Nancy 2
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Once upon a time…
2003: ‘Virtual models of European Universities’ European Commission DG Education and Culture
www.elearningeuropa.info/extras/pdf/virtual_models.pdf (EN)
Study in 200 universities
8 case studies :– France : CANEGE – Italy : Politecnico di Milano – Germany : Bremen University – The Netherlands : Utrecht University– Finland : Finnish Virtual University– Spain : Open University of Catalonia – Sweden : Umeå University– United Kingdom : UKHEP – + Poland : Polish Virtual University
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The group takes form…
November 2003, Milan
“let’s work together”
February 2004, Bremen
Defining strategic axes
May 2004, Nancy
Developing first project …
4/16
Building eLene…
4 themes for future work:– Pedagogy – teacher training– Economics – of eLearning– Technology – mobile solutions– Strategy – Bologna process
6 months community building:– Sense of belonging– Mutual knowledge and respect– Friendship
Small is beautiful!– Start with concrete grassroots project rather than institutionalised network
5/16
2007-2008
Teaching and Learning service Centre[coord: Vidéoscop-UN2, France]
Preparing HE for the net generation students Teachers, teacher trainers, instructional designers, decision makers
The three eLene projects…
2005-2006
Teacher training and the innovative use of ICT in Higher Education[coord: Vidéoscop-UN2: France]
Virtual learning resource centre Teacher training actions
2006-2007
Economics of eLearning[coord: Univ. Umeå, Sweden]
Cost-benefit analysis Student performance
Indicators Digital divides
6/16
eLene-TT: the TT Centre
www.elene-tt.net/tt-centre.htm
Teacher TrainingCentre
EvaluationMethodologyQuestionnairesResults
Teacher Training actionsProgrammes/CurriculaAssociated resources
Reports
Tools For teaching and learning
For teacher training
GuidelinesInstitutional environmentInteraction and collaborationLearning styles…
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eLene-TT: lessons learnt
Spirit of true collaboration – Will to share
– Constructive criticism
– Common ownership
– See our video interviews: www.elene-tt.net/special_things.htm
Challenges – Sharing meaning at the start of the project
– High expectations
Sustainability
– Exploitation agreement
– New project
– Mainstreaming by involving institutional decision makers
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eLene-TLC: scaling up and scaling out
Involving target groups outside our own institutions– Drawing on our national and European networks
. e.g. France: Digital Thematic Universities
– Building a community of teacher trainers
. to become relays for training teachers across Europe
– Developing a community of users contributing to, using and reviewing the contents of the TL Centre
Teaching and Learning service
CentreTeachers
Teacher trainers
Students
Instructional designers
Decision makers
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EU policy makers
National policy makers
eLene: concrete solutions for sustainability
eLene board of directors
eLene-TLCproject team
Monitoring policy
cooperation agreement for
the eLene group
Meetings
eLene-TLCpolicy statement
10/16
eLene-EE conference:
“Economics of eLearning”
Paris, France
12th – 14th December 2007
Upcoming events…
eLene-TLC conference:
“Preparing universities for the ne(x)t generation of students”
Bremen, Germany
17th – 18th March 2008
11/16
Want to know more?
www.elene-centre.netComing soon…
www.elene-ee.net
www.elene-tlc.net
www.elene-tt.net