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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Position and Perspectives of European
Policy in Open and Distance Learning
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Content

• The plenitude of challenges
• Policy making in European ODL Political actors
  and strategies
• Role and contribution of research
• Needs and options
• Questions tasks

Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002

• The plenitude of challenges

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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Growing demand for education training
Inter- national competition
Public poverty
Inter- regional competition
Regional challenges
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Quality, efficiency, output
Rapid develop- ment of technology
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Growing demand for education training
Inter- national competition
Building NATIONAL patterns
National- regional competition
National challenges
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Culture tradition, values
Social coherence and employment
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Growing demand for education training
Different expectations conditions skills etc.
Diversity of learning environ- ments
Inter- continental competition
European Challenges
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Quality, exchange, mobility, certification
Growing autonomy of learners / citizens
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Growing demand
Growing competition
Insufficient impacts of project funding
Quality efficiency
Overarching challenges
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Change vs. maintenance of values
Coping with technology development
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Challenges

• Basic education training solid ground?
• LLL participation, access,rewards?
• Workforce just-in-time-qualification?
• Integration working living learning?
• Information overload and management?
• Knowledge creation and management?
• Organisations innovation and learning?
• Societies development through learning?
• A new culture of time
• Digital divide

Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Future of the European Higher Education?

• Technological drive dominates tradition
• culture
• Universities have to find new concepts
• as academic systems (organisation,
• management, culture)
• In spite of an inventive aera a lack of
• convincing visions scenarios beyond
• technological innovation can be
• identified

Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
II. Policy making in European ODL Political
actors and strategies
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Project funding
Quality programs bench- marking
Reg./nat. frameworks of virtual universities
Founding of new research centers
Regional national policy
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Stimulation of competition
Public- private- partnerships
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Most competitive economy
Dynamic develop- ment
Knowledge- based society (and economy)
Permanent growth
European Policy eEurope
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Better jobs
Social cohesion (eInclusion)
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Strategic studies efforts
ICT indicators skills
Support for eLearning standards
Public learning centers
European policy eLearning
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
New targets objectives for education
Fostering research, statistics, benchmarks
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
ICT skills gap
Digital literacy
Content develop- ment
Validation of resources
Industry
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Trans- formation of learning model culture
Access connectivity
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Networking for Professional Development,
Innovation, Policymaking Different types of
ODL-Networks in Europe
ODL Liaison Committee
ODL DTU representation groups (EADTU,..)
Pioneers in multimedia learning
technology (EUROPace, Prometheus,..)
Topics clients interest groups (EUCEN,
EFECOT, EFODL,..)
Professionals networks (EDEN, ..)
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
University associations (Coimbra Group, ..)
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Networking for professional development,
innovation, policymaking Policies and strategies
of ODL-networks
Public communication of targets,
strategies, methods and policy
ODL- Networks
Internal (round-table) communication and
co-ordination
Participation in strategic studies and
consultation process
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Organise support professional knowhow and
communities
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002

• Role and contribution of research

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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
What do we call research?
analytical
original research
descriptive theoretical
experimental
Research
reviews / surveys
case studies
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
regional / national
institutional
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Where does ODL-/eLearning-related research
take place?
Universities
Industry
Research laboratories
Where?
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Project consortia
Research foundations
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
How would a research-map look like?
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Which are signifikant contributions from
research to policy making?
sophistication
evaluation
justification
conceptualisation
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Policy
Research
clarification
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
IV. Needs and Options
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Essential needs and options
Communication
Consultation
Co-operation
Co-ordination
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
What is needed? Which options?
More elaborated and frequent communication
/ communication of concerns / communication of
results ..
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
What is needed? Which options?
expertise questions relevant results related do
mains
Communication
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Consultation
Co-operation
Co-ordination
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
What is needed? Which options?
reliable networks / community sustainable framewo
rks coopetition
Communication
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Consultation
Co-operation
Co-ordination
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
What is needed? Which options?
Care for knowledge-flow! Be aware of the
agendas! Improve mid-term planning!
Communication
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Consultation
Co-operation
Co-ordination
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
V. Questions Tasks
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Questions Tasks
How can research and policy more
effectively challenge each other?
How can research be stimulated and scheduled in
order to support decision-making in time?
How can policy better define its needs
and requests in order to receive valuable support
from research?
How can research position itself
appropriately against decision-making and
innovation in practice?
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
How can research better define and communi- cate
its (in)ability to serve policy and
decision-making?
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EUROPEAN DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORK
Thanks for your attention!
A NETWORK FOR THE OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING
COMMUNITY IN EUROPE
Dr. Erwin Wagner EDEN 2nd EDEN Research
Workshop Hildesheim 21-23 March 2002
Campus Hildesheim University