Evolving Infrastructures around Learners Open and Distance Learning in a Changing Landscape

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Evolving Infrastructures around LearnersOpen and
Distance Learning in a Changing Landscape

• 29th EUCEN Conference April 28 30, 2005
• Carl Holmberg
• Swedish Agency for Flexible Learning

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Past and present?
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Campus based learners
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Mobile learners - at home - on the road -
in organised environements learning
centres libraries workplace
Campus based learners
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Mobile learners - growing up with IT - using
IT as IRT (Info Relations Tech) - used to
e-face to e-face
Campus based learners
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Mobile learners - growing up with IT - using
IT as IRT (Info Relations Tech) - used to
e-face to e-face
Campus based Learners - growing up with IT -
using IT as IRT (Info Relations Tech) - used to
e-face to e-face
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Lunarstorm
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www.lunarstorm.se/works
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Driving forces and concepts

• POLICY
• TECHNOLOGY/ ORGANISATION
• PEDAGOGY

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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

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• Education systems
• Formal adult education
• - community colleges
• Nonformal adult education
• folkhigh schools
• study organisations
• University education
• (also the schools)

Moving towards flexible learning
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Employment Sustainable jobs Economic growth
Moving towards flexible learning
Lifelong learning Personal development Active
citizen
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National agencies supporting the transaction
towards flexible learning - School level
Swedish School development agency - Adult
education Swedish Agency for Flexible
Learning Swedish Netuniversity
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National agencies supporting the transaction
towards flexible learning - School level
Swedish School development agency - Adult
education Swedish Agency for Flexible
Learning Swedish Netuniversity
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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

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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
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carl.holmberg_at_cfl.sewww.cfl.sewww.eenet.orgwww.
eden-online.org
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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
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POLICY
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Nationella scenariot dimensioner
ORGANISATION
PEDAGOGIK
POLICY, MÅL
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- growing up with IT - using IT as IRT (Info
Relations Tech) - used to e-face to e-face