1. June 25, 2016 Concepts and methods for exploring the future of learning with digital technologies A research network funded by the European Commission, Information Society and Media, Learning and cultural heritage Unit Rosa Maria Bottino CNR - Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche

2. 2 An integrated vision _ 90 contractors — 23 countries 1100 researchers (2/3) and PhD students (1/3) Universities, research institutes, Industry and SMEs, users’ groups Budget 9.350 M Euros Duration 4 years (since: 2004-01-01)

3. 3 The need for a network in TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning)  Education for the 21 st century  Lifelong  Enabled by personal and collaborative technologies  Linking formal and informal education  Educational technology in industry  Need to cooperate to build European competitiveness  European lead in research and development  Collaborative, inquiry and mobile learning  Open archives for educational research  Applications of new learning theories

4. 4 Fundamental Challenge Rethink learning, teaching and education in the knowledge society Consider the complexity of the institutional, social, political and economical nature of learning  To produce knowledge about the design, implementation and use of TEL

5.  User centred  Personal  Networked  Portable  Ubiquitous  Durable New Technology Seamless learning space

6. 6 New learning empowering links

7. 7 The challenge of complexity Learner Technology Situations School Informal learning Learning at work Training Document Simulations Microworld Autonomous Socialized Collaborative Interactive Wireless Distributed Ubiquitous Trustable Knowledge Ability inquiry learning collaborative learning mobile learning

8. Addressing the Issues  A strategy to drive the scientific field forward  through collaboration and convergence  creation of Interdisciplinary teams from different countries, research backgrounds and fields  through investigation and sharing of results  Sharing of scientific policy  Building technological and scientific platforms to support researchers by offering tools, services, methodologies, resources and reference standards  Having a European strategy and a common reference for PhD students 8

9. 9 A structured network…  To build bridges  Technology and computer science  Educational, social and cognitive sciences  To develop a shared understanding  Differences and commonalities at a conceptual and methodological level across disciplines  Across cultures and research practices  To handle the diversity  Across research traditions and organizations  Across the different educational systems

10. 10 … to leverage integration SIG : Special Interest Groups ERT : European Research Teams JEIRP: Jointly Executed Projects Users’ Group VDS : Virtual doctoral school A stronger community to significantly develop Key structuring mechanisms Scientific Quality Committee Telearn Archive, CCI State-of-the-art - Legacy - Vision Dissemination

11. European Research Teams  Production of educational formats  Technology enhanced learning in maths  Computer-Supported Scripting of Interaction in Collaborative Learning Environments  Conditions for productive networked learning environments  Integrating Collaborative, Inquiry and Experiential Learning  Computer-based Analysis and Visualization of Collaborative Learning Activities

12. Jointly Executed Integrated Projects  Interaction between learner's internal and external representations in multimedia environment  Mobile Support for Integrated Learning  Personalised and Collaborative Trails of Digital and Non- Digital Learning Objects  Design patterns for recording and analysing learning systems  Interaction analysis in TEL activities  TEL impact on roles and practices in higher education  Digital Language Learning  Learning Patterns for designing and using Maths Games  Technology enhanced public spaces for intergenerational learning  ………..

13. Special Interest Groups  Artificial Intelligence and education  Computer Support for Collaborative Learning  Computer Supported Inquiry Learning in Science  Narrative and Learning Environments  Philosophy of Technology Enhanced Learning  Learning and Technology at Work  Learning GRID  Computer Supported Inquiry Learning

14. Telearn Open Archive  Achieved  International repository  Fully multilingual  Specific stamps  Scientific integration  Theoretical pivot  Definitions  Conceptual organization  International impact  EU initiative of a world wide relevance  Board of international leading scholars  Overview and quality control of the field  Enhanced visibility for international publishing index  http://telearn.noe-kaleidoscope.org/

15. State-of-the-art & Vision  Accomplishments and issues from 4 main perspectives:  Pedagogical  Concrete problems and possible solutions offered by teaching/learning situations mediated by the use of technology  Computational  what technology makes possible (e.g. infrastructure, simulations, microworlds, access to remote data, virtual environments, etc.) and how the relation with knowledge changes  Cognitive  a focus on what the individual can learn under certain conditions (e.g., improved understanding of concepts in science by learning with a microworld, improvement of skills in simulation environments, etc.) and on the new skills needed  Social and Cultural  a focus on changes in activities in schools, universities, workplaces, informal settings  LEGACY BOOK (Springer)

16. Virtual doctoral school Aim: promoting research-oriented learning activities for PhD students engaged in the TEL field Objective: activities from the network to create top-level PhD students Examples of activities 1. “Computer-Supported Collaboration Scripts” (ERT CoSSICLE) 2. “The use of Narrative in Technology-based Environments for Learning” (SIG Narratives) 3. “Activity theory and technology enhanced learning in working life and professional contexts” (CSCL SIG) 4. “Analysis of interaction and learning” (CSCL SIG) 5. “Design Research as a methodology for exploring the relationship between design and abstraction” (ERT TELMA)

17.  Communication and Collaboration Infrastr ucture  Web-service  Information for the community – news  Overview of activities – internal and external  Knowledge management  Repositories for exchange of tools and applications  PhD services  http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/ http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/ European Association for research on Technology for Human Learning (TELARC) In progress

18. Success, failures 1.Time needed to warm up 2.Discovering the others… 3.Scientific complexity 4.Language barriers 5.Sharing of the technology 1.Join efforts 2.More leaders 3.Find the right way to integrate 4.Multidisciplinary SIGs and ERTs 5.New scientific issues 6.Success of the OA 1.Review interference 2.Administrative burden: learning together has a cost… 3.Contingent continuity 4.Lack of scientific concertation between the Commission and the NoEs: focus of the FP7 5.Stakeholders