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LEARNING PROVIDERS AND THE COMPETITIVENESS CHALLENGE:
PROMOTING QUALITY IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING DELIVERY AT EU LEVELSEMINAR
10-11 DECEMBER 2015, CEDEFOP, THESSALONIKI
Teaching Adults via ICT Stylianos Mystakidis
University of Patras, Greece
Outline
Quality in VET: improvement for the benefit of the learner
VET Learning Quality / Innovation Suggestions:
1. Blended/Hybrid Learning
2. European Good Practices in VET
3. Open Education
4. Social Virtual Reality Environments & Augmented Reality Applications
Who we are
• Centre for Vocational Education & Training of the University of Patras (3rd largest in Greece)
• Subject Areas: ICT, Energy, Education, Business, Engineering
• Founded 1995• 1995-2008: 150+ subsidized training programs with over
10.000 trainees supervised by 90+ professors, involving flexibly over 100 trainers & staff
• Learners profile: Adults professionals (25-40 y) and unemployed (20-35 y)
• 2012-15: Educational innovation & technology for new professional blended learning services & courses
Adults Training via Blended Learning
• Blended (Hybrid) Learning
1. Attendance-based instruction
2. Online live sessions - Web conferencing (Synchronous E-learning)
3. Flexible self-study & group activities (Asynchronous Learning)
4. Social learning
• Training of Blended Learning Trainers
– Blended learning design
– Pedagogical Design & development of asynchronous lesson activities for LMS (e.g. Moodle) and E-learning 2.0 (wiki etc.)
– Webinar Design, Material Design & Implementation
Trainers Needs for Blended Learning
• Content Skills
• Pedagogical Skills
• Technological Skills
• Social Skills
• Communication Skills
European VET Innovation Insight
Open Education Europa Teachers Contest
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/
European VET Innovation Insight
• Open Education Europa Teachers Contest
• October – November 2015
• Prize: Visit to one innovative school / organization
• Over 200 Good Practices received from 27 countries
• 118 Practices published in the Open Education Europa Good Practices Section
• 18 Good Practices (15%) on VET and Adult Education
• Winner announcement: Contest Webinar Party on 15th December 2015, 6pm CET
Examples of European VET Innovation
1. Greece: Teachers Training on School Gardening Blended Open Course
2. Spain: Learn a Foreign Language Internet Radio Station
3. Lithuania: Project Management Virtual local guide
4. Spain: Job search & employability Personal Learning Environment
5. Spain: Employment & Socialization Skills for Disadvantaged People Installation of wood spaces
Explore more Good Teaching & Learning Practices:http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/good-practices
Open Education
• Massive Open Online Courses for Mass Vocational Training
• “Open Education can help address both employment and skills gap” (Mystakidis & Berki, 2014)
• MOOCs for WebSkills EC Project
• NAMA MOOC (Numeracy for AdvancedManufacturing) Erasmus+ Project
Virtual & Augmented Reality Applications
• Social Virtual Reality Learning Environments (3d Virtual Worlds)
• Augmented Reality Applications
• Advantages for Vocational Training
– The role of the avatar
– Virtual experiences are real to the human brain
– Mental practice
• Train 3d Trainer Training Program
Kapp, O’Driscoll, 2010
The Sense of Self
The Death of Distance
The Power of Presence
The Sense of Space
The Capability to Co-Create
The Pervasiveness of Practice
The Enrichment of Experience
Virtual Worlds Sensibilities
Solutions to Challenges 1
Continuous Professional Development of Teachers
Use Open Education (MOOCs & Virtual Communities of Practice)
Solutions to Challenges 2
Enhance Quality of Learning in VET
Use appropriately Blended Learning and / or Social Virtual Immersive Environments to enhance learning
quality
3 Key Messages
• Appropriate use of Blended Learning can enhance traditional VET in several cases
• Virtual & Augmented Immersive Reality Applications have high potential for training cases (e.g. with strong spatial, manual aspects or processes that can be simulated)
• Innovative forms of Open Education have the potential of innovative, massive, rapid, distance upskilling and reskilling of workforce and to strengthen employment and development
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