Open Education Europa Tour - Malta Workshop Connecting Education Pioneers across Europe For more information: http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/blogs/oee-tour-connecting-education-pioneers-across-europe

1. Stylianos Mystakidis stylianos.mystakidis@paueducation.com
Dr Maria Perifanou mariaperif@gmail.com
Valletta, Malta, 29 October 2015

2. Erasmus+
Game Based Learning to
Alleviate Early School
Leaving

3. a) Introduction to ‘Open Education’
b) Game! Exploring Open Education Europa
Portal!
c) ‘OEE Teacher’s Contest- opening up to
schools’ & more initiatives!
d) Open Discussion & Hands-on Session!
Workshop’s Outline

5. “Open means that anyone can freely access, use,
modify, and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to
requirements that preserve provenance and
openness).” Opendefinition.org
What is open ACCESS?

7. What is Open CONTENT?

8. What is an Open Educational
Resource (OER)?
Open educational
resource:
No fee, no
subscriptions, no
tuition, no
registrations, no
obligations-> No cost
for the user of the
resource!

9. “OEPs are more and more
defined nowadays as
practices which support the
(re)use and production of
OER through institutional
policies, promote innovative
pedagogical models, and
respect and empower
learners as co-producers on
their lifelong learning path”
(Ehlers, 2011).
What are the Open Educational
Practices (OEPs)?

10. What is a Massive Open Online
Course (MOOC)?
“A MOOC is a course of study
made available over the Internet
usually without charge to a very
large number of people: anyone
who decides to take a MOOC
simply logs on to the website
and signs up” (Oxford Dictionaries,
2014)

11. a) Introduction to ‘Open Education’
b) Game! Exploring Open Education Europa
Portal!
c) ‘OEE Teacher’s Contest- opening up to
schools’ & more initiatives!
d) Open Discussion & Hands-on Session!
Workshop’s Outline

12. Ready to Play a Game?
kahoot.it
Code: …
Nickname: ….

13. Welcome to
openeducationeuropa.eu

14. • Part of the Opening Up Education initiative
• A Collaborative Network of OE institutions
• A Community of Practitioners working
together
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openeducationeuropa.eu

15. 15
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16. The homepage

17. DISCUSSFIND IN-DEPTH SHARE
openeducationeuropa.eu three main pillars

18. IN-DEPTH

19. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/open_education_scoreboard

22. Insightful Editorials – Expert
Opinions - Interactive Discussions
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24. IN-DEPTH

25. eLearning papers
Teacher-led Innovation
eLearningpapers journal
eLearning papers 2015 topics addressing key issues of open
education:
• Nº 41: Innovation, entrepreneurship and education
• Nº 42: Design Patterns for Open Online Teaching and Learning
• Nº 43: Applied Games and Gamification – Drivers for Change
• Nº 44: Teacher-led Innovation and the teachers' role in the
digital era
• Nº 45: Language Learning and Technology

26. IN-DEPTH
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• Blog Posts
• Groups
• Events
• Good Practices

27. a) Introduction to ‘Open Education’
b) Game! Exploring Open Education Europa
Portal!
c) ‘OEE Teacher’s Contest- opening up to
schools’ & more initiatives!
d) Open Discussion & Hands-on Session!
Workshop’s Outline

28. New priorities for EU cooperation in
education and training:
Open & innovative education & training, including by
fully embracing the digital era
Source: Draft 2015 Joint Report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the
Strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020)

29. Focus on Education Innovation
1. European Teachers’ Contest
2. Good Practices Section
3. Community of European Education
Pioneers
4. Education in the Digital Era Activities
5. Open Education Europa Tour
(Workshop Series)

30. Open Education Europa
Teachers Contest
Boosting innovative teaching
Sharing openly Good Teaching Practices

31. Open Education Europa Teachers Contest
 Open for all Educators in Europe
 All levels of formal Education (primary, secondary,
higher), Vocational Training, Adult Education
 All disciplines/subjects
 Prize: Visit to an Innovative European School
 Open Education Europa (OEE) Pioneer Badge for all
participants

32. How can you participate?
You may submit in any European language
Contest deadline: October 31st, 2015
Share your good practice
in the OEE portal ANYTIME!

33. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/share-your-good-teaching-or-learning-practice

34. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/teacher-contest

35. What is a Good Practice in OEE?
Action, initiative or experience that enhances
learning and is characterized by:
• Innovation or
• Openness or
• Inclusion

36. OEE Good Practices Criteria
• Innovation: application of a novel approach,
method, medium or resource to improve
teaching or learning (not necessarily tech-
related)
• Openness: use or production of resources that
are shared freely; the opening up of the
classroom with open educational practices
• Inclusion: providing access to education or
training to a previously excluded group or
audience

37. Open Education Europa
Good Practices Section
Sharing of Good Practices remains open
after the Teachers Contest

38. Good Practices Section
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/share/good-practices

39. Good Practices Early Analysis
130+ Good Practices from 26 countries
Submission in 8 different languages
Top-5 countries: Greece, Romania, Spain,
Lithuania, Italy
33% from Eastern European countries
No GPs (so far) from: France, Austria,
Malta, Denmark
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40. Open Education Europa
Education Pioneers Community

41. OEE European Education Pioneers Community
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/groups/european-education-pioneers

42. https://www.facebook.com/groups/EdDigEraConference/
#EdDigEra #openEduEU 2 Tweetchats
4 Webinars

43. Open Education Europa Tour
Workhops Online/F2F
• Ibiza, SP (Online): 10 SEP 2015
• Athens, GR (F2F): 19 SEP 2015
• London, UK (F2F): 29 SEP 2015
• Kavala, GR (F2F): 24 OCT 2015
• Timisoara, RO (Online): 26 OCT 2015
• Valletta, MT (F2F): 29 OCT 2015

44. a) Introduction to ‘Open Education’
b) Game! Exploring Open Education Europa
Portal!
c) ‘OEE Teacher’s Contest- opening up to
schools’ & more initiatives!
d) Questions-Sharing your Good Practice!
Workshop’s Outline

45. Workshop: Task (1)
 Join Open Education Europa portal!
Time: 5 min

47. Workshop: Task (2)
 Join the OEE pioneers group!
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/grou
ps/european-education-pioneers
Time: 5 min

48. Workshop: Task (3)
 Explore the Good Practices’ Section
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/share/
good-practices
Hint: clickable tags
Time: 10 min

49. Workshop: Task (4)
 Start working on sharing your Good
Practice
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/tea
cher-contest
Time: 10 min

50. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/teacher-contest

51. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/share-your-good-teaching-or-learning-practice

52. Questions?
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53. contact@openeducationeuropa.eu H
Thank you for your attention &
collaboration!