This challenges (C)VET institutions, adult education institutions, also higher education institutions, but through (C)Vet teachers and trainers, as well as adult educators who, willing to go step by step with innovations and modern and effective models of education, need to update their competences, especially in the context of rapid development of services of education, ICT, opening up education and sustainability models. Being professionals and specialists in designing learning curriculum, they also need to learn how latest innovations in education (such as Open Educational Resources (OER), innovative ICT tools, new curriculum design models) affect sustainability of their organization and learning services. More...
Open Educational Innovation & Incubation (OEII)
Open Educational Innovation & Incubation (OEII) is a European project on the modernisation of education. The project ran from October 2010 until March 2013. More...
Development of an open access remote photovoltaics laboratory and associated open educational resources for online training
This project suggests the development of an open access remote PV laboratory for educational purposes. The remote PV laboratory will be installed outdoors at the facilities of the TEI of Athens - Greece, which is in a geographical region characterized by a large number of annual sunshine hours, allowing the users to perform real-world tests and experiments with photovoltaic panels over the internet, in real time. More...
Pourquoi les DRH doivent-ils s’ouvrir à l’open innovation ?
. Décloisonner la R&D, favoriser les échanges et la coopération, s'ouvrir à une dynamique entrepreneuriale... L'open innovation - innovation ouverte ou innovation distribuée - est une révolution dans le monde de l'entreprise et pousse les acteurs du marché à repenser leurs schémas organisationnels et à redéfinir le rôle des RH. Vous prenez le train en marche ? Petit cours de rattrapage. Suite...Open University plans to axe seven regional centres
The Open University is to close seven regional centres in what it says is an attempt to streamline student support. Affected staff would need to relocate, or take voluntary redundancy or early retirement, writes Katherine Sellgren for BBC News. Read more...
Open and distance learning – Access and success
By Yojana Sharma. As the world conference of the International Council for Open and Distance Education approaches, ICDE President Tian Belawati – rector of Indonesia’s enormous open institution Universitas Terbuka – says that the twin messages of open, distance and flexible learning are “access and success”. Read more...
Enseignement supérieur : Open source et Creative Commons préconisés pour les ressources pédagogiques
Par Elsa Doladille. Utiliser des solutions ouvertes et des licences libres pour protéger les contenus produits dans l’enseignement supérieur : voici l’une des propositions du volumineux rapport sur la stratégie nationale de l’enseignement supérieur (StraNES). Remis à François Hollande la semaine dernière, ce document comporte un important volet consacré au numérique. Voir l'article...
Game Design + MOOCs = Better Open Learning?
Recently in JTEL Summer School 2015 we organized a hands-on workshop on practical ways to improve open education (e.g. MOOCs) learning design by utilizing motivation enhancement methods inspired by game thinking, gamified web platforms and applications. More...
Open and innovative education and training: one of the six priority areas for the EU up to 2020
The European Commission has published on 1st of September a draft joint report calling for strengthening cooperation in education and training up to 2020 and especially promoting social inclusion. More...
Orchestrating teacher training on TEL as a community design activity
In this paper, based on a design rational for constructivist pre-service teacher training on TEL, we consider teachers as designers of innovative content, working individually and/or collaboratively, discussing and interacting with the instructor, the technology and their peers. More...