EDEN 2015 ANNUAL Conference Expanding Learning Scenarios Opening Out the Educational Landscape EDEN 2015 Annual Conference Barcelona, Spain 9-12 June 2015 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS Including the Collection of “Synergy” Synopses Edited by António Moreira Teixeira, András Szűcs and Ildikó Mázár on behalf of the European Distance and E-Learning Network European Distance and E-Learning Network, 2015 EDEN 2015 Annual Conference Barcelona, Spain Published by the European Distance and E-Learning Network Editors: António Moreira Teixeira András Szűcs lldikó Mázár 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 Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Copyright Notice 2015 European Distance and E-Learning Network and the Authors This publication contributes to the Open Access movement by offering free access to its articles and permitting any users to read, download, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software. The copyright is shared by authors and EDEN to control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ISBN 978-615-5511-02-8 Introduction – Expanded learning scenarios: What Society Would Expect – What Digital Pedagogy can Offer? The landscape of learning has changed substantially over the past few years. The ever-improving performance of mobile devices and the development of networking infrastructure continue to increase the appeal of new powerful educational tools. The rapid spread of technologies, reflected in their untameable demand and use, the momentous development of research as well as practices inevitably transform the information society – mostly outside of institutional settings and often along unexpected pathways. The increased amount, improved quality and open accessibility of digital learning content are furthering rapid transformation of user habits and the social impact of new technologies in education. The re-interpretation of the terms ‘openness’ and ‘resource management’ have altered socio-economic and cultural aspects considerably. New educational business models and stakeholder alliances emerge, supported by fresh social and economic demands, scale, and clusters of interest. All of this places new challenges on the educational system. The education and training sector needs to improve its efficiency by scaling up innovative solutions to better meet the current requirements of society. Research and innovative projects often deal with systematic data analysis, smart observations and validation. New functions and interactions between learners, teachers, researchers and managers emerge and shape the processes more than ever before. How can the progressive and innovative academic and professional international community contribute in 2015 to a better understanding of the above expansion of the educational landscape? The traditional classroom is no longer an ideal place for education. We are living in a time when a collaborative learning culture blends with an ever more hybrid technological environment. There are great opportunities for, and availabilities of, modern solutions. Meanwhile, we are missing achievements in the burning issues of employment, corporate co-operations, anticipating and preparing for the jobs of the future, and strengthening vocational and in-company learning. For Europe, as the focus of the new educational programme Erasmus+ indicates, priorities include serious enhancement of mobility in the education and training sector. This implies an impact for the increased and better use of ICTs (virtual mobility), which is a challenge for the field of learning innovation. Conference themes help to understand and exploit the stimulating progress in the field, like: Multiculturality in the classroom – Intersection between higher education and MOOCs – Users as creators and curators of learning resources – Sharing open activities between higher educational institutions – Sustainable business models for openness in education – Learning analytics from learners’ perspective – Data-driven learning personalisation – Empowering learners: Promoting self assessment and reflection – Tools for crowd participation and peer support – Scaling up pedagogies for crowd learning – Changing leadership models and practices – Challenges of diversity to learning and teaching. The Conference Host and Partner is the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), a truly innovative institution. Rooted in Catalonia and open to the world, the world’s first online university is sensitive to the diversity of the global environment and committed to empowering development and social change through education. UOC at the Conference celebrates its 20th Anniversary with special sessions, reflecting on the contemporary challenges in our field. András Szűcs António Moreira Teixeira Secretary General EDEN President i Acknowledgement and thanks are given to the Programme and Evaluation Committee António Moreira Teixeira, EDEN President, Open University, Lisbon, Portugal Josep Planell, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain Diana Andone, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania Julia Minguillon Alfonso, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – UOC, Spain Christine Appel, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – UOC, Spain Deborah Arnold, University of Burgundy, France Ari-Matti Auvinen, HCI Productions Ltd., Finland Ulrich Bernath, Ulrich Bernath Foundation for Research in ODL, Germany Lisa Marie Blaschke, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany Mark Brown, Dublin City University, Ireland Alan Bruce, Universal Learning Systems, Ireland Cristobal Cobo, University of Oxford, UK Grainne Conole, Bath Spa University, UK Helga Dorner, Central European University, Hungary Josep M. Duart, Chief Editor, RUSC, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – UOC, Spain Thomas Fischer, MENON Network EEIG, Belgium Anne Gaskell, St Edmund’s College Cambridge, United Kingdom Inés Gil-Jaurena, Editor for Open Praxis, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain Lurdes Guardia, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - UOC, Spain Mehmet Kesim, Anadolu University, Turkey Ene Koitla, Estonian Information Technology Foundation, Estonia Sandra Kucina Softic, University of Zagreb, Croatia Gila Kurtz, The Center for Academic Studies Or Yehuda, Israel Michael Grahame Moore, The Pennsylvania State University, USA Rory McGreal, Athabasca University, Canada Som Naidu, The University of Melbourne, Australia Fabio Nascimbeni, MENON Network, Belgium Don Olcott, Universtiy of Maryland University College, USA Ebba Ossiannilsson, Lund University, Sweden Antonella Poce, University Roma III, Italy Serge Ravet, ADPIOS, France Albert Sangra, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – UOC, Spain Christian-Andreas Schumann, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Germany Alfredo Soeiro, University of Porto, Portugal Sofoklis Sotiriou, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece Andras Szucs, Secretary General, EDEN, UK Alan Tait, The Open University, UK ii Costas Tsolakidis, University of the Aegean, Greece Belinda Tynan, The Open University, UK Wim Van Petegem, K.U. Leuven, Belgium Airina Volungeviciene, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania Erwin Wagner, University of Hildesheim, Germany Steve Wheeler, Chair of EDEN NAP Steering Committee, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom Denes Zarka, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary UOC Conference Co-ordination: Christine Appel Marcelo Fabian Maina Aina Villalonga John Zvereff iii TABLE OF CONTENTS LEARNING THEORY, POLICY, GOVERNANCE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PRACTICE Applying Biggs Constructive Alignment to Online Interdisciplinary Education .................................................................. 1 Lina Xue, Gaëlle Le Bot, Wim Van Petegem, Astrid Van Wieringen, KU Leuven, Belgium Micro-Innovations and Stakeholders Engagement as Drivers for Systemic Change in ICT-Supported Learning ............. 2 Fabio Nascimbeni, Edison Spina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil Visuality as a Tool for Expanding Learning ....................................................................................................................... 3 András Benedek, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary In Search of Leadership: Innovative Approaches to Building Adaptive Learning Communities ........................................ 4 Don Olcott, Jr., Charles Sturt University, Australia, Lisa Marie Blaschke, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany Learners – Not Systems – Are the Value Creators ........................................................................................................... 5 Ari-Matti Auvinen, HCI Productions Oy, Finland Digital Learning in Irish Higher Education: Integrating Strategic and Leadership Perspectives into a Roadmap for Digital Capacity ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Jim Devine, DEVINE Policy | Projects | Innovation, Terry Maguire, National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Ireland Strategies of Technology Usage in Lifelong Learning Programs .....................................................................................