11.01.2016 – At the end of project year 2 the ECO consortium members will meet in Heerlen, NL on the 13th of January from 10:00 until 17:00h. The meeting is hosted by the Open University (OU).
Outcomes of this meeting will be published on the ECO website shortly.
27.11.2015 – Microsoft has become contributing member and ambassador for ECO Project: collaboration will be mainly focused on dissemination tasks, while OpenMOOC-supported courses will be hosted on Microsoft Azure cloud computing solution.
Microsoft is the new associate partner at ECO Project, thanks to a Framework Agreement signed in Madrid on 25th of November, with Spain’s National University of Distance Education (UNED).
The agreement, signed by UNED’s rector Alejandro Tiana and Microsoft Ibérica’s President, Pilar López, reflects both institutions’ commitment to promote the implementation of cutting-edge technologies on teaching contexts. The venture aims to encourage open, online and massive education, while setting up an innovative educational environment meant to become an international reference on Information and Communication Technologies.
Signing agreement between Microsoft and UNED for ECO Project
As associate partner at ECO Project, Microsoft will contribute with its wide experience and knowledge on digital communication in order to help disseminating the Project’s activities and results. The agreement focuses on promoting the use of MOOCs among the European academic community through Microsoft’s subsidiaries throughout the continent. Microsoft will also play an active role designing and developing such courses, mainly addressed to educators and focusing on didactic applications of MS technologies.
Planned collaboration actions include the migration of UNED’s open code platform OpenMOOC to Microsoft Azure, the company’s cloud computing solution. It will be the largest migration carried out by Microsoft in Europe’s education context to the moment, and shows the company’s support to open code and its will to contribute to the sector’s digital transformation.
In addition, ECO Project’s 4.000 expected e-teachers will be offered the use of Office 365 service.
What are MOOCs? What is happening in the world of digital online education? Which online courses are good for me? Why should consider designing my own MOOC?
What is the MOOC development?
The developments in the field of Massive Open, online Courses (MOOCs) are moving very rapidly and the options these format offers teachers are very relevant. MOOCs by their sheer online and open nature, are accesible anywhere and by anyone. For you as a teachers they offer the opportunity to teach participants far beyond the classroom and reaching out to participants that would otherwise never be able to enjoy neither the contents of the material, nor your methodology.
Breaking barriers
MOOCs allow you to break the barrier of time, place, age, gender and social class. Educators and managers in the field of e-learning all over the world are extensively discussing the framdwork for the full potential of MOOC-teaching to grow into a reality. If you would like understand what the MOOC-movement iss about, how it can positevely impact your teaching career or be actively part of it, attend one of the MOOC conferences or ask your management board to represent your teaching institute.
MOOC Conference Agenda 2015
| 15-18 September | Toldeo, ES | ECTEL, tenth European Conference on technology enhanced learning,Design for Teaching and Learning in a networked World. | www.ec-tel.eu |
| 14-16 October | Sun City, SA | ICDE; Growing capacities for sustainable distance e-learningprovision. | www.unisa.ac.za/icde2015/ |
| 29-30 October | Hagen,DE | EADTU, Technology-based teaching and learning lead to the transformation of higher education. | conference.eadtu.eu/ |
| 19-21 November | London, UK | EQAF, 10th European Quality Assurance Forum Taking stock and looking forward. |
www.eua.be/events/upcoming/EQAF-2015 |
| 2-4 December | Berlin, DE | Oeb, shaping the future of Learning. | www.online-educa.com/ |
1st International Conference “
MOOCs: Present and Future. International Perspectives”
28th-30th November
ECO Project, approved by European Commission in February 2014, created a consortium of 20 universities and European enterprises from 7 different countries that joined to develop an innovative accreditation program aimed at teachers. One of its objectives is presenting e-learning strategies through MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) in the 1st International Conference “MOOCs: Present and Future. International Perspectives”
George Siemens is one of the most relevant international e-learning theorists. He proposed Connectivism as a learning theory for the digital era, in which people learn through creativity and innovation. For Siemens, learning is no longer a copy or transmission of knowledge.
FRIDAY, November 28th (ON-SITE & ONLINE)
15:00 – 15:15: Opening
15:15 – 17:00: Round table: Technological perspectives and proposals for MOOCs environments in the EU (ECO Project)
Coordinator: Javier Viñuales (Geographica, Spain)
Jorge Driesner (Telefónica Learning System, Spain)
Marco Re (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Alberto Asuero (Geographica, Spain)
Francis Luong (HUMANCE AG, Germany)
17:00 – 17:30: Break
17:30 – 19:30: Virtual tour through ECO (presentation of ECO MOOCs)
Coordinator: Alfonso Gutiérrez (Universidad de Valladolid, Spain)
Maria do Carmo Pinto (Universidade Aberta, Portugal)
Alessandra Tomasini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Tiberio Feliz (UNED, Spain)
Vicente Montiel (TABARCA Consulting, Spain)
Adeline Bossu (Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, France)
Aquilina Fueyo (Universidad de Oviedo)
Sunne Eichler (SUNNE EICHLER, Alemania)
Carol Fowler (video presentation Manchester University)
19:30: End of session
SATURDAY, November 29th (ON-SITE & ONLINE)
09:00 – 10:30: Keynote session and open discussion: “After the MOOC:What remains and what is the next?” George Siemens (Canada)
10:30 – 12:00: Round table: Pedagogical and communicative models of MOOCs. European perspectives (ECO Project)
Coordinator: Francis Brouns (OUNL)
Maria Gomez Patiño (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain),
António Teixeira (Universidade Aberta, Portugal)
Carlos Rodríguez Hoyos (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)
María Jordano (UNED, Spain)
12:00 – 12:30: Break
12:30 – 14:30: Round table: MOOCs methodology and assessment. European perspectives.
Coordinator: Divina Frau-Meigs (Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, France)
Santiago Fano (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain)
Lina Morgado (Universidade Aberta, Portugal)
Alejandro Silva (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
Javier Nó (Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Spain)
14:30: End of session
SUNDAY, November 30th (ONLINE)
10:00 – 14:00: Online Communications
14:00: End of session.
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