EDEN 2011 ANNUAL Conference

EDEN 2011 ANNUAL Conference Learning and Sustainability The New Ecosystem of Innovation and Knowledge EDEN 2011 Annual Conference University College of Dublin Dublin, Ireland 19-22 June 2011 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS Edited by Morten Flate Paulsen and András Szűcs on behalf of the European Distance and E-Learning Network European Distance and E-Learning Network, 2011 EDEN 2011 Annual Conference Dublin, Ireland Published by the European Distance and E-Learning Network Editors: Morten Flate Paulsen András Szűcs Editorial co-ordination: Anna Wagner EDEN Secretariat, c/o Budapest University of Technology and Economics H-1111 Budapest, Egry J. u. 1, Hungary Tel: (36) 1 463 1628, 463 2537 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.eden-online.org Conference organised in collaboration with Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology Corporate Partner: Printed on EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) approved paper. Copyright 2011 European Distance and E-Learning Network and the Authors All Rights Reserved No part of the material protected by this copyright may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owners. ISBN 978-963-87914-5-0 Learning and Sustainability – The New Ecosystem of Innovation and Knowledge The aim of the 2011 EDEN conference has been to integrate the concept of responsible and sustainable development within learning, in its widest sense. Sustainability is nowadays acquiring a new meaning as inclusive concept. Trends that capitalize new technologies in a sustainable way are critically important. Smart strategies also include the flexibility offered by ICT-supported solutions, including those in the world of learning. Many policies and programmes take on board a new vocabulary of sustainable development. Movements around sustainability and ecology in the past decade changed our approaches and thinking in radical and inclusive ways. New technologies and openness in learning pave the way to a socially and environmentally sustainable future: representing collaborative creativity, connectivity, access and transparency. The links between sustainability and learning are numerous and natural. We can visualize these relationships in many contexts. E-learning, learning innovation, open learning, ICT enhanced learning, the so called atypical learning forms: all are modernization factors enhancing the ecological consequences of technical development. Elements of the sustainable professional learning toolkit include: good instructional design, user-friendly learning environments, responsible use of technologies, informal learning, accreditation of prior learning experience. The role of innovative learning and training as critical awareness raising factors for global sustainability links organically to education around understanding the contexts of ecological challenges and opportunities. Sustainable e-learning linked to professional development is based on organic organizational and pedagogic perspectives, while using ecologically appropriate technological solutions. In this context, it is most important to conceptualize and analyze the changing nature of learning – including lifecycles of learning and knowledge and their methods and paradigms. This connects naturally to the conscious use and re-use (recycling) of learning objects, in a matrix of organic sustainable development. The sustainability scenario includes re-interpretation of mobility: being always connected by new generations of mobile devices, realizing virtual collaboration through e-infrastructures. Sustainability and openness go hand in hand. Transformed approaches around access to information, resources and knowledge in the digital world have fundamentally changed business models, structures and processes. Sustainability and openness together represent collaborative creativity, connectivity, access and transparency. High rates of change, due to information technology development and the momentum of innovation, mean we must seriously approach sustainability of the culture and community of e-learning. EDEN is grateful for the support and commitment of the Conference host: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT). We trust that the pleasant surroundings of the University College Dublin, will ensure inspiration for intellectual exploration, dialogue and learning partnerships. Andras Szucs Morten F. Paulsen Secretary General EDEN President Oslo – Budapest, June 2011 i Acknowledgement and thanks are given to the Programme and Evaluation Committee Morte Flate Paulsen, President of EDEN, Professor of Online Education, NKI Distance Education, Norway Jim Devine, President, IADT: Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland Deborah Arnold, Videoscop – University Nancy 2, France Ari-Matti Auvinen, Chair of EDEN NAP Steering Committee, HCI Productions Ltd., Finland András Benedek, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Ulrich Bernath, Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Research in ODL, Germany Lisa Marie Blaschke, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany Alan Bruce, Universal Learning Systems, Ireland Andy DiPaolo, Stanford Center for Professional Development, USA Andrea Karpati, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary Nikitas Kastis, Lambrakis Foundation & MENON EEIG, Greece Ene Koitla, Estonian Information Technology Foundation, Estonia Tapio Koskinen, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli, Finland Kay MacKeogh, Distance Learning Consultant, Ireland Don Olcott, International Consultant ODL, USA Timothy Read, National University of Distance Education, Spain Gilly Salmon, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Elsebeth Sorensen, Aarhus University, Denmark Alfredo Soeiro, University of Porto, Portugal Sofoklis Sotiriou, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece Andras Szucs, Secretary General, EDEN Alan Tait, Chief Editor, European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, The Open University, UK Antonio Teixeira, Open University, Lisbon, Portugal Costas Tsolakidis, University of the Aegean, Greece Wim Van Petegem, K.U. Leuven and EuroPace, Belgium Airina Volungeviciene, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania Erwin Wagner, University of Hildesheim, Germany ii TABLE OF CONTENTS POLICY AND STRATEGY Toward the Age of Augmented Cognitive Capacities: The Next Challenge of the Knowledge Society and e-Learning 1 Roni Aviram, Yoav Armony, Ben-Gurion University, Israel From Distance to Online Education: Educational Management in the 21st Century 2 Tor Söderström, Jörgen From, Jeanette Lövqvist, Anette Törnquist, Umea University, Sweden ELECTRONIC EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A Joint Virtual-Campus Master’s Degree Design on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) 3 Vassilios Makrakis, Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis, University of Crete, Greece, Charlotte Holland, Dublin City University, Ireland Promoting Eco-Citizenship with Multimedia Learning Resource 4 Gerard Casanova, Videoscop Université Nancy2, France How and Why Does Education for a Sustainable Future Call for New Views of Assessment? 5 Allyson Macdonald, University of Iceland, Iceland eLAB, a Personal Learning Environment for the Green Open Innovation Platform 6 Pau Yànez Vilanova, David Maniega Legarda, Pablo Lara Navarra, Jose López Ruiz, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain Tensions and Contradictions in Supporting Learning for Sustainability 7 Vivien Hodgson, Judi Marshall, Yvonne Latham, Lancaster University Management School, United Kingdom Higher Education, Rural Development and Social Sustainability 8 Anna Guðrún Edvardsdóttir, Allyson Macdonald, University of Iceland, Iceland Lifelong Learning Ecologies and Teacher’s Professional Development: A Roadmap for Research 9 Albert Sangrà, Montse Guitert, Maria Pérez-Mateo, Pauline Ernest, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain Sustainable Accreditation and Learning in International Rehabilitation Professional Development 10 Alan Bruce, Universal Learning Systems, Ireland, Michelle Marmé, Northeastern Illinois University, Chrisann Schiro-Geist, University of Memphis, Regina Robertson, East Central Oklahoma University, David Perry, University of North Dakota, United States of America Serious Gaming as a Means to Change Adolescents’ Attitudes towards Saving Energy – Preliminary Results from the EnerCities Case 11 Peter W. de Vries, University of Twente, Erik Knol, Qeam BV, The Netherlands Evaluation of Serious Games, as a Tool for Education for Sustainable Development 12 Georgia Liarakou, Eleni Sakka, Costas Gavrilakis, Costas Tsolakidis, University of the Aegean, Greece Sustainability Science and Higher Education: An Analysis of a Bologna Three Cycle System 13 Filomena Amador, Carla Padrel Oliveira, Paula Bacelar Nicolau, Sandra Caeiro, Ana Paula Martinho, Paula Vaz Fernandes, Universidade Aberta, Portugal SUSTAINABILITY IN THE LEARNING ORGANISATION Sustainable Use of Technology for Effective Learning in Ireland 14 Ann FitzGibbon, Carina Girvan, Elizabeth Oldham, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland iii Rethinking e-Learning in Higher Education as a Sustainability Contributor 15 Efthymiou Ilias, Vitsilakis Chryssi, University of the Aegean, Greece Methodological Issues of Sustainable Learning 16 Andrásné Balogh, András Benedek, Judit Vidékiné Reményi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary The Contribution of Enriched Communication

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