Towards the Next Generation e-Learning ‘From Career Space to genius and beyond’ Professor Vassil Alexandrov

Towards the Next Generation e-Learning ‘From Career Space to GENIUS and beyond’

• Professor Vassil Alexandrov

• University of Reading

GENIUS- Generic E-Learning Environments and Paradigms for the New European ICT Curricula

Partners:

• University of Reading, UK

• University of York, UK

• Trinity College, Ireland

• University of Thessaloniki, Greece

• University CarlosIII Madrid, Spain

• University of Ulm, Germany

• INSA LYON, France

• University of Linkoping, Sweden

• INESC Porto, Portugal

THE APPROACH:

• New Curricula Development Guidelines (Career Space )

• PanICT – 4 partners – York (Tony Ward).

• Trinity College – non-traditional learners since 1967.

• University Carlos III-Madrid, multidisciplinary degrees.

• University of Reading, CCF + European MSC (8 partners) since 1998.

• IBM, Intel, Support IT and Philips – long corporate e-learning experience

THE APPROACH:

Pedagogical approach, Student Centered Collaborative Learning Experiment

Learning is built around learning communities

Pedagogical Approach Translating into Practice

Mode of delivery:

• Diverse user groups

• Collaborative Preparation and sharing of material

• Collaborative Learning

• Contributing to Communities of Practice

The e-Learning environments:

Coco

Achievements:

Achievements:

Sustainability:

Sustainability:

Implementation Costs:

Way Forward:

E-LANE

• E-LANE is constituted by educational institutions from both Europe and Latin America, which together have the following objectives:

• Pedagogical Models for adaptable educational programs.

• High-quality, low-cost distance-learning technology.

• Effective Course, Activity and Evaluation Design Methodologies for efficient learning, long-term retention of knowledge, abilities, competencies and skills.

• Innovative Courseware Design Guides.

• Advantages of the use information technology mediated distance learning:

• Reduced costs allowing the results to be replicated and spread.

• Widen the reach of the benefits of high quality education.

• Eliminate space and time barriers.

• Improve the efficiency of the learning process.

• Promote the information society (e-learning, e-government, e-health, e-economy, e-science, e-inclusion).

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