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ICTs and the transformation of education in the knowledge economy

03 October 2012

Debates on Education is a forum organised by the Jaume Bofill Foundation and the UOC, with the collaboration of MACBA, with the aim of encouraging debate on current affairs and background events that we believe to be key to the challenges and problems that have to be faced in education in terms of the social, political and economic context in which we live.

This debate is organised in collaboration with the Catalan School Board as part of its conference on The Impact and Contribution of Digital Technologies in Education.

Articles

Innovating Teaching and Learning Practices: Key Elements for Developing Creative Classrooms in Europe

25 September 2012

This paper looks at how to innovate teaching and learning practices at system level. It describes the vision for ‘Creative Classrooms’ and makes a consolidated proposal for their implementation, clarifying their holistic and systemic nature, their intended learning outcomes, and their pedagogical, technological, and organisational dimensions for innovation. ‘Creative Classrooms’ (CCR) are conceptualized as innovative learning environments that fully embed the potential of ICT to innovate learning and teaching practices in formal, non-formal and informal settings.

The proposed multi-dimensional concept for CCR consists of eight encompassing and interconnected key dimensions and a set of 28 reference parameters (‘building blocks’). At the heart of the CCR concept lie innovative pedagogical practices that emerge when teachers use ICT in their efforts to organize newer and improved forms of open-ended, collaborative, and meaningful learning activities, rather than simply to enhance traditional pedagogies, such as expository lessons and task-based learning.

 

A preliminary analysis of two existing cases of ICT-enabled innovation for learning is presented in order to show (i) how the proposed key dimensions and reference parameters are implemented in real-life settings to configure profoundly diverse types of CCR and (ii) to depict the systemic approach needed for the sustainable implementation and progressive up-scaling of Creative Classrooms across Europe.

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EDUTEC 2012 - Canarias en tres continentes digitales

17 September 2012

De todos y todas es conocido, que año tras año, y este es uno más, EDUTEC 2012  pretende generar el debate y la reflexión de los ciudadanos y, de los educadores en general y de los profesionales de la información en particular sobre el papel de las TICs como vehículo para el acercamiento de las culturas,  abordando el papel de éstas como mediadoras en la construcción de nuevos valores como generadores de redes solidarias.

EDUTEC 2012  tiene como finalidad abrir un foro de debate acerca de la presencia de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación en los diferentes contextos sociales, necesitada de orientación y de alternativas para afrontarlas críticamente. Persigue ser un encuentro profesionales de las TIC para dar respuesta a los vertiginosos cambios que afronta este siglo XXI. En definitiva, pretende, proporcionar un vehículo para la reflexión y la búsqueda de alternativas que nos conduzcan a la conversión de esta Sociedad de la Información en una Sociedad del Conocimiento.

En consecuencia, siendo ésta la tónica de los anteriores Congresos de Edutec, el que celebramos este año, en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (España),  y en La Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, será también un espacio de intercambio de culturas, un espacio de debate, reflexión y análisis de iniciativas, proyectos, investigaciones, experiencias de éxito con las TIC, teniendo como lema "Canarias en tres continentes digitales ".

En esta ocasión, los objetivos fundamentales que pretendemos conseguir los orientamos hacia el abordaje desde diferentes visiones de la realidad de la educación y las TIC, para propiciar el intercambio de conocimiento y la información digital entre África, América y Europa, y de esta forma intercambiar entre los diferentes profesionales de los diferentes contextos, el papel de las TIC en la sociedad del conocimiento e impulsar la presentación de nuevas líneas de trabajo con las TIC en la educación formal y no formal.

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Bett 2013

03 September 2012

Bett is the global meeting place for everyone who is passionate about the transformational power of learning technology.

Bett enables thousands of visitors to discover how technology can improve and enhance learning, from early years to Higher Education and workplace learning and training.

 

In times where modern learning environments are becoming more mobile and 'learning anywhere' is more of a possibility, Bett gives visitors the opportunity to explore how technology can power learning, raise attainment and increase efficiency.

Bett Arena

Connect with thought-leading speakers in Bett's 1000-seat arena

 

 

 

Learn Live

Over 150 workshops, seminars and discussion sessions

 

 

 

Technology Training Live

Training sessions on the latest classroom software and content

 

 

 

School Leaders Summit

Conference: Helping school leaders to adapt to change

 

 

 

Technology in Higher Education

Conference: Improving teaching, learning, student engagement and operational efficiency

 

 

 

Learning At Work

Conference: Learn how top organisations are building world-class employee learning cultures