In the new strategy, "he Rethinking Education" ( Rethinking Education ), the European Commission presented in November 2012, the importance of training in basic and generic, especially in entrepreneurship and digital competence, skills stands out and that new technologies Information and communication are fully integrated into training centers and improved access to education through open educational resources (OER). The upcoming release of the "initiative was also announced Opening up Education , "which suggests that this openness has the potential to expand access to education and improve the efficiency and quality of teaching and learning.
Due to technological advances, knowledge is increasingly accessible to all citizens. In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the creation of open educational content and courses and other resources available through the Internet. The so-called "Open Education Movement" and other public and private initiatives are promoting the use of ICT to reduce barriers to education and facilitate forms of more flexible and creative learning characterized by collaboration and where the user He is also creator of learning content. Both REA as EPO (Open Educational Practices) have become hot topics, not only for educational researchers but also for policy makers in Europe and international organizations. However, REA are underexploited. A better understanding of their potential and what should be the goals of your promotion in educational policies.
The "initiative Opening Up Education "will focus on three main objectives:
This challenge is transverse and has important implications, first for education, educational institutions and training systems, but also in many other areas, such as technology infrastructure, intellectual property and research.
For more information, see the document "Consultation on Opening up Public Education - a Proposal for an European Initiative" . Within this framework, IPTS (JRC) has launched the project OEREU (OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND PRACTICES IN EUROPE) , whose main objective is to provide empirical evidence to policy makers in order to guide policy in the field of Open Education .
Due to technological advances, knowledge is increasingly accessible to all citizens. In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the creation of open educational content and courses and other resources available through the Internet. The so-called "Open Education Movement" and other public and private initiatives are promoting the use of ICT to reduce barriers to education and facilitate forms of more flexible and creative learning characterized by collaboration and where the user He is also creator of learning content. Both REA as EPO (Open Educational Practices) have become hot topics, not only for educational researchers but also for policy makers in Europe and international organizations. However, REA are underexploited. A better understanding of their potential and what should be the goals of your promotion in educational policies.
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The "initiative Opening Up Education "will focus on three main objectives:
- Open the contents: digitized materials offered openly to any student that are reusable and expand opportunities for informal learning. The open access to quality content, accompanied by support services and evaluation, will bring major changes in the educational paradigm by questioning of fundamental issues, such as access to education, providing content or certification of learning casual.
- Open learning pathways: the increasing use of open resources allow each person to decide their personalized learning, mixing shapes and spaces of learning (school, home, community, work, leisure, etc. ). Schools and universities need to adapt to these new requirements and environments become dynamic, creative and innovative learning. The assessment of skills acquired through REA will also have to be faced, in order to maximize their potential without compromising the absolute need to ensure the quality of assessments. This transformation is only possible if the pedagogical and assessment approaches have full regard to the possibilities offered by new technologies. This will also bring about changes in the roles of teachers and students.
- Open collaboration: through networks and communities of practice as an increasingly common means of learning. For teachers and students communities of practice can be an ideal for collaborative peer learning platform, the exchange of good practices and even joint development of teaching activities between schools.
This challenge is transverse and has important implications, first for education, educational institutions and training systems, but also in many other areas, such as technology infrastructure, intellectual property and research.
For more information, see the document "Consultation on Opening up Public Education - a Proposal for an European Initiative" . Within this framework, IPTS (JRC) has launched the project OEREU (OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND PRACTICES IN EUROPE) , whose main objective is to provide empirical evidence to policy makers in order to guide policy in the field of Open Education .
