Emergence of smart e learning & e-education

Emergence of Smart e-Learning & e-Education

Emergence of Smart e-Learning & e-Education

Zhu ZhitingAt EFQUEL Innovation Forum and International LINQ Conference 2014

Creta Panorama Hotel (Greece), 2014-05-08

Contents:

1. Emergence of Smart e-Education

2. Construction of Smart e-Learning Environment

3. Developing Smart e-Learning Applications in China

4. Challenges of Facilitating Smart e-Education

• IBM brought up the concept of Smarter Planet in 2008

（ S. J. Palmisano, A Smarter Planet the Next Leadership Agenda ）

• IBM’s vision of Smarter Planet is to build a new global development model with advanced technology.

• With the support of new technologies, anything in the world could be instrumented, interconnected and infused with intelligence

• Smart education as an emerging domain

Emergence of Smart e-Education

Palmisano .S.(2008).A Smarter Planet:the Next Leadership Agenda[EB/OL]. http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ideasfromibm/us/smartplanet/20081106/sjp_speech.shtml,2012-09-01.

Smart Education as imaged by IBM

IBM, 2009, Education for a Smarter Planet: The Future of Learning

Smart education program in Australia

https://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/global/files/au__en_uk__cities__ibm_smarter_education_now.pdf

Smart education starts in South Korea

Ecology of smart learning:• self-paced e-learning• virtual classrooms & webinars （ Web-Based Seminar• mobile learning• collaboration based learning• social learning• simulation based learning• game based learning

资料来源： MarketsandMarkets 咨询公司：全球智慧教育与学习市场预测报告， 2012-06-01

Possibly, …

Learning analytics as underlying methods for smart e-learning

SoLAR ： Open Learning Analytics: an integrated & modularized platform ， 2011-07-28

Dashboard as smart e-learning analytics tools

Comprehending Smart, Intelligence and Wisdom: A Chinese perspective

Wisdom智慧

Smart灵巧 / 机智

Intelligence智能 / 智力

Smarter Educatio

n

Doing things rightDoing things

rightly

Doing right things

Enriching meaning of Smarter (1): Multiple Intelligences

Gardner argues that IQ test could

only use to measure linguistic and

logical-mathematical abilities, but it

fails to assess one’s ability when the

ability is largely influenced by

external factors such as economics or

natural surroundings.

Gardner, Howard (2000). Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century. Basic Books Inc. ISBN 978-0-465-02611-1.

Enriching meaning of Smarter (2) : Advanced to Wisdom

• Wisdom: The ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments (Cambridge Dictionary).

• According to Confucius, wisdom can be learned by three methods: reflection (the noblest), imitation (the easiest) and experience (the bitterest) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom)

Enriching meaning of Smarter （ 3） : Wisdom as advanced intellectual traits

The essence of smarter education is to create intelligent environments by using smart technologies, so that smart pedagogies can be facilitated as to provide personalized learning services and empower learners, and thus talents of wisdom who have better value orientation, higher thinking quality, and stronger conduct ability could be fostered. ( Zhu Zhiting, 2012)

A preliminary definition of Smarter Education as proposed

If you don’t quite agree upon with the definition of smarter education, then let’s first find evidences of

stupid education…

• Refusing to tailor teaching approaches

accordingly and denying individuality

• Severing history and culture instead of

regarding them as a bridge connecting the past

with the future

• Solely emphasizing book-based knowledge while neglecting development of practical abilities

• …

• High costs but low performance in developing educational informatization in schools

• It advocates personalized learning, on-demand service, and open & democratic educational environment

• It is facilitated by perception technology, mobile technology, wireless technology, cloud technology and big data technology

Smart e-learning is becoming a new paradigm for developing educational informatization

A Framework for Smarter Education (Zhu Zhiting, 2012)

Smarter Education

智慧教育

Smart Environment

智慧环境Smart Pedagogy

智慧教学法Smart Talents

智慧人才

Smart device 、 Smart classroom, Smart campus, Smart Lab, Smart cloud

Class-differentiated instruction 、Flipped classroom, Personalized learning, Collaborative Learning,

Contextualized learning, Ubiquitous learning, …

Goal-setting, Studying &Exploring, Collaborating &Creating , Criticizing &Reflecting, Solving complicated problems…

Educational goals

advanced

Ideology

Technological innovation

Significant influences

Methodological

Innovation

Expectation raised

Contents:

1. Emergence of Smart e-Education

2. Construction of Smart e-Learning Environment

3. Developing Smart e-Learning Applications in China

4. Challenges of Facilitating Smart e-Education

2. Construction of Smart e-Learning Environment

• Technological architecture of Smart Learning Environments

• Smart Learning Space

e-Learning

m-Learning

u-Learning

s-Learning

Tri-tier architecture of Smart Computing Environment

Cloud Computing

Fog Computing

Swarm Computing

(Note: Adapted ， the source to be identified)

And also, SDN technology matters

Smart Computing facilitating smart e-learning

Context awareness

Resource

pooling

Situation Identification

Learning data

Intelligent decision

Multimode

Select

ToolkitLearning activities

Push Service

Multiple evaluation

Search Identify

Resource Delivery

Supporting devices

Sele

ct

Process Record

Selectively activate

Feedback

Support

Data mining and analysis

Push

RoleParticipate

Adapt

Smart e-learning system as proposed

Association rules

Structures of Smart e-learning Environments

• Smart Device • Smart Classroom• Smart Lab• Smart Campus• Smart Educational Cloud• Online Personal Learning Space (VPLS)

Every student should have a PLS as require by the National Plan for ICT in Education in China

Components

Resources Toolkits Services Relations Ext’ns

个人信息

标识 偏好

兴趣 能力

学习记录

活动类

结果类

分析类

扩展

Device accessing

装备信息

位置信息 ……

Personal info. Activity recordingsLearning analytics

Context awareness

Modeling PLS and developing standards in China

PLS as a personal cloud in the ecology of educational clouds

PLS

Smart e-Education Solution as proposed by HUAWEI

Contents:

1. Emergence of Smart e-Education

2. Construction of Smart e-Learning Environment

3. Development of Smart e-Learning Applications in China

4. Challenges of Facilitating Smart e-Education

105 BC 1041 AD

2010 AD

eSchoolbag & eTextbook: An emerging technological revolution in education

Page-making Movable type printing

1145 969

E-Textbook & e-Schoobag

Our research: Designing e-schoolbag as a smart learning platform

Cloud-based resourceOnline

education providers

Push

Formal Learning Connection

Informal Learning

Learning service platform

Pull

Learning resource

Push

Analysis

Pull

Digital classroom

ubiquitous learning

Personalized learning

Context model

Source: Yu Xiao Hua, 2011

Online community

Tools（ Individual learning ）

Services（ local ）

Associated

reading

(selecting

behavior)

Platform

Terminal

e-Publishing e-LearningE-TextbookE-Textbooke-Books

3rd party tools

3rd party service

extensive

Optional

Kernel

Kernel

Optional

Extensive

Functional framework of e-Schoolbag systems

Tool/service

（ in class ）Tool/service

（ Social

learning

Associated reading

(e-commerce)

Associated

reading

(universal

resources)

(Zhu Zhiting, 2012)

总体标准

（

指导类

）

虚拟学具标准

学习服务标准

学习终端标准

电子课本标准

服务质量与管理

教育应用规范

A profile of e-Textbook & e-Schoolbag Standards

Learning service standards

e-Textbook standards

Virtual toolkit standards

e-Device standards

Application standardsQ

uality of service an

d m

anagem

ent

Arch

itecture stan

dard

s

Proposal on e-Textbook Standards approved by ISO IEC/JTC1 SC36 in 2012

Draft TR on e-Textbook is available

Prototyping standard-based e-Textbooks

(Co-designed by ECNU and Intel)

e-Textbook editor in developing

(Co-designed by ECNU and Intel)

课后作业学生在电子书包上做作业支持语音作业、手写作业、试卷作业，以及作业的附件上传等

e-Schoolbag used as personal smart learning platform

学生做作业

老师布置作业

家长查看孩子的作业

e-Schoolbag supports handwriting work

Application case of e-Schoolbag

The Minhang District ( 闵行区 ) of Shanghai started pilot using e-Schoolbags in K12

• 80 classes in 40 schools (4000 students)

2012

Collaborative mechanisms for the Minhang pilot project

电子书包应用

教育行政部门（政策规划主体 ）

公司企业（技术服务主体 ）

实验学校（实践主体 ）

教育科研机构（专业引领主体 ）

创设环境

创设环境

专业支持

技术服务

反馈

反馈

反馈

反馈

Educational Adm.

Research force in educational tech.

Schools

Companiese-Schoolbag applications.

Top-level design of the Minhang pilot project

电子课本

电子书包终端

学习策略库

管理系统

学具集

资源库

标配软件无线网络

电子课桌

教学呈现设备

Physical env.

E-Desk

Wireless

Display

Software env.

Delivery

interation

Management

Digital resource

e-Textbook

E-Resource

E-Toolkit

Application patternTeaching model

Facilitating strategy

An implementation plan of the Minhang pilot project

Building

environment

Creating plan

Teacher training Instructional

assessment

Instructional applications of e-Schoolbag

案例来源： 上海市闵行区第二中学

Extending learning dimensions: Wikipedia created by students

案例来源： 上海市蔷薇小学 What an amazing school蔷薇小学走进国际视野

Extending learning dimensions: Towards a smart campus

Smart device for psychological testing

Smart e-Laboratory designed by ECNU

Smart laboratory of Geography

Mobile learning from ECNU

Contents:

1. Emergence of Smart Education

2. Construction of Smart Learning Environment

3. Developing Smart Learning Applications in China

4. Challenges of Facilitating Smart Education

My expectations on smart e-education

• Smart e-learning environment could decrease learners’ cognitive load, and thus enable learners focus on sense making and facilitate ontology construction.

• Smart e-learning environment could deepen and extend learners’ learning experience, and thus help learners development in an all-round way (affectivelly, intellectually, physically).

• Smart e-learning environment enable learners learning flexibly and working collaboratively, and thus it could foster the development of personality and collective intelligence.

• Smart e-learning environment could provide better learning support tailored for learners, so that it could improve learners’ expectation

New challenge of digital education “Wasting time is new divide in digital era”

Self-regulated learning to be facilitated

Self Regulated Learning PrinciplesSource: © Mohan Kumar 2012

Reflection： value-orientation is crucial to smarter education

• 96% interpersonal communication• 93% collaboration/teamwork• 92% creative problem solving• 88% critical thinking• 78% technical skills

Source: Apollo Group, Inc. In-Demand Skills Survey, December 2004

Companies’ in-demand skills

More challenges

• Challenges to pedagogical theory• Challenges to educational technology leadership• Challenges to teachers’ learning leadership ：

changing roles from a lecturer to a coach• Challenges to educational structures • Challenges to educational ideology• ……

To meet the challenges, National Project for Advancing Teachers’ Competencies in pedagogical use of ICT is initiated by MOE in China in 2013

• Developing competency standards (mainly undertaken by expert team from ECNU)

• Developing a diversity of training courses (27

modules proposed)• Combining honest self-assessment with online

workshop• Fulfilling 50 hours of training for each K12

school teachers (14 million teachers totally)• Bigdata based evaluation of training quality

(Province-based conduction)

Enhancing Classroom Instruction

Facilitating Learning Innovation

Technology Literacy

Planning & Preparation

Organization& Management

Assessment &Diagnosing

ProfessionalStudies

The framework of National Standards for advancing teachers’ competencies in pedagogical use of ICT in China

Indicators

Zhu Zhiting, professor of educational technology and lifetime professorship owner, dean of School of Open Learning and Education, director of e-Education Engineering System Research Center of East China Normal University (ECNU). He is also the director of China e-Learning Technology Standardization Committee, vice chairman of Steering Committee for e-Education in Beijing, member of Shanghai Municipal Expert Committee of Urban Informatization, vice director & expert-in-chief of UNESCO-APEID Association Center at ECNU, and member of editing boards of several international journals.

Prof. Zhu ZhitingSchool of Open Learning and Education East China Normal University3663 N. Zhongshan Rd., Shanghai, China 200062Email ： ZTZHU@dec.ecnu.edu.cn

Thank you very much for your attention