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Evolving Infrastructures around Learners
Open and Distance Learning in a Changing Landscape
29th EUCEN Conference April 28 – 30, 2005
Carl Holmberg
Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning
Past and present?
Campus basedlearners
Campus basedlearners
Mobile learners - at home - on the road - in organised environements learning centres
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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
Lunarstorm
www.lunarstorm.se/works
Driving forces and concepts
• POLICY
• TECHNOLOGY/ ORGANISATION
• PEDAGOGY
Criteria for flexible learning
• Student in focus
• Individual choices [Place, Time, Pace, Structure]
• Pluralistic approach
• Learning facilitated by interaction based on ICT and new models and methods
Moving towards flexible learning
Education systems
Formal adult education
- ”community colleges”
Nonformal adult education
-folkhigh schools
-study organisations
-University education
(also the schools)
Moving towards flexible learning
Employment Sustainable jobs
Economic growth
Lifelong learning Personal development
Active citizen
National agencies supporting the transaction towards flexible learning - School level
Swedish School development agency - Adult education
Swedish Agency for Flexible LearningSwedish Netuniversity
National agencies supporting the transaction towards flexible learning - School level
Swedish School development agency - Adult education
Swedish Agency for Flexible LearningSwedish Netuniversity
Organisation
• Founded on January 1st, 2002
• Staff: 120 employees, i e teachers, technology specialists, course desing specialists, investigators, ..
• Headquarters in Hässleholm• Two major operational units
– Härnösand– Norrköping
Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning• Supporting the adult education system
– Consultancy, mentoring– Money for development projects– Supporting the development of learning centres– Dissemination of praxis experiences and research– National repository of learning material– Web site for web based courses, programmes, ..– …
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Adult learning centres
- could be seen as substructures to education institutions- but most often they are results of local initiatives - main task to be a physical or virtual supporting environment for adult learners - moreover they act as local/regional nodes for needs analysis and recruitment of students
www.eenet.orgwww.eden-online.org
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
POLICY
ORGANISATION
POLICY, MÅL PEDAGOGIK
Nationella scenariot dimensioner
- growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info
Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face
