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E-Learning and Education for Sustainable Development. Innovation for Quality Conference, European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning, Berlin NOV 30 th 2005 Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de University of Duisburg-Essen,European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning.
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E-Learning and Education for Sustainable Development Innovation for Quality Conference, European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning, Berlin NOV 30th 2005 Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de University of Duisburg-Essen,European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning
Education in the Center „Quality education is a prerequisite for education for sustainable development.“„Making the abstract real, and developing the capacities of individuals and societies to work for a sustainable future is, essentially, an educational enterprise.“ (UNESCO 2005) Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide2
BIORegion Meru Learning BIORegMeru Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide3
Learning BIOReg Meru Intercultural academic strutucres through PACT (als Follow Up) Provides a basis for education and research • BIOReg - Strategy • Integration of SD-Processes • Economy • Ecology • Socio-cultural aspects • LEARNReg - Strategy • Stimulating learning proceses • enabling participation in • sustainable development Provides a new approach for cooperation in development and research projects Cooperation with local stakeholders, GO´s and NGO´s in Learning BIORegMeru Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide4
Turn Concerns into Promises Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide5
Five Principles of E-Learning Capacity Building • Contextualisation of local knowledge • addressing local needs, be specific! • Stakeholders are development facilitators • Multiplyer of development, Gatekeepers, Negotiation • Project ownership • Participative Approaches • Openness to local context and complexity • Relevance and taylored content and pedagogy • Local values, concepts and practices • Education is rooted in culture and values! (Simon McGrath (2001) Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide6
Supporting Sustainable Development E-Learning Strategy forSustainable Development • Coherence • Partnership working • creating a learning culture • striving for excellence • Compre-hensiveness • Inside into the demands • facilitating access • adequate resourcing • Sustainable • 4 Priorities ESD: • Improve basic education • Reorient education • Public understanding • Training „Creating a Learning Region“ Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide7
Sustainable Education (ESD) - 4 Priorities • Improve Basic education • little and/or poor-quality education severely limits the options available to a nation for developing its short- and long-term sustainability plans. • include critical-thinking skills, skills to formulate questions, and skills, perspectives, and values to pursue sustainable livelihoods. • Reorient existing education to address sustainable development • link environment, economy, and society, cover all ed levels • balance looking forward to a more sustainable society with looking back to traditional/ indigenous ecological knowledge. • Develop public understanding and awareness • Sustainability requires a population that is aware of the goals of a sustainable society and has the knowledge and skills to contribute to those goals. • Training • All sectors - including business, industry, higher education, governments, NGOs, and community organizations – are encouraged to train their leaders in sustainable management practices (Agenda 21, Chapter 36) Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide8
Creating a Learning Region: Coherency • Partnership building • Church and community networks: Telecentre • School Networks for computer/ e-learning programs • Business networks: Telecentre/ ICT Infrastructure • Establish/ introduce new forms of PPP • Creating a learning culture • Regional cultural, history and art initiatives/centres • Rural learning programs • Environmental, cultral clubs • Striving for excellence • Regional and institutional quality policies • Ensure quality materials • Ensure quality of facilitators through training Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide9
Creating a Learning Region: Comprehensiveness • Inside into the demands • Relevant contents, context and culture specific • Competency mapping: Match education provision and regional demands • Facilitating access • Create LOs: (Cultural) Clubs with educational purpose • Rural telecentre • Rural school projects • Adequate resourcing • Introduce/ Innovate PPP • Sustainable ressourcing: Project based micro credits • Enterprise oriented funding Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide10
Different Levels of Regional Learning regional learning Learning Region Network Macrolevel Regional Level inter-orga. learning Groups, Organisations intra-orga learning Mesolevel Organisational Level Actors social learning Individual Level Microlevel individual learning Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide11
How can we collaborate…? • Learning BIOReg MERU • Become part of the project/ community • European Foundation for Quality in E- Learning • Special Interest Group on “Quality of Global E-Learning” • You are invited to collaborate! Virtually or presentially! • Edusustain.twodays.net • Blog with us on education on sustainable development! • Contact us! Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide12
Questions? Our aim must be to combine connectivity with open educational resources so as to create a global intellectual commons accessible to the whole of humankind (Sir John Daniel, Calgary 2005) Contact us! Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers University of Duisburg-Essen ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de ::: University of Duisburg-Essen - Slide13