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E-COMPETENCES FOR LIFE, EMPLOYMENT AND INNOVATION Vienna 14-17 June 2006. e-learning for innovative lifelong learning Maruja Gutierrez Diaz DG Education and Culture. 2006-2010: Stepping up a gear. The revised Lisbon Agenda: the triangle of knowledge Innovation as a key process
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E-COMPETENCES FOR LIFE, EMPLOYMENT AND INNOVATION Vienna 14-17 June 2006 e-learning forinnovative lifelong learning Maruja Gutierrez Diaz DG Education and Culture
2006-2010: Stepping up a gear • The revised Lisbon Agenda: the triangle of knowledge • Innovation as a key process • Innovation in EU policies • Innovation in education and training • ICT as an enabler for innovation
Mid-term review of the Lisbon Agenda COHESION POLICY THE TRIANGLE OF KNOWLEDGE TOTAL COHESION 277.703 mill € CONVERGENCE 251.330 mill € COMPETITIVENESS 48.789 mill € INTERRREGIONAL COOPERATION 7.500 mill € INNOVATION CIP 3.621mill € EDUCATION E&T 2010 6.790 mill € RESEARCH 7th FP 54.582 mill €
ICT as a key component of innovation:important presence in all major EU instruments • 7th Framework programme • Competitiveness and Innovation Programme • i2010 • Structural Funds • European Regional Development Fund • European Social Fund • Integrated Lifelong Learning Programme ?
EU Strategy and policy development concerning ICT in education • The Lisbon Council: Education and training as key systems for the knowledge society eLearning: ICT comes of ageFostering awareness and building infrastructures • Education & Training 2010: an agenda for change ICT cluster: fostering peer-learning in EuropeEmbedding ICT in long range educational objectives • Mid-term Review of the Lisbon StrategyILLP programme:ICT as innovation ICT communication: innovation for a learning society
Education & Training 2010:the new stage • Re-focussing on core educational objectives • Enhancing quality • Increasing accessibility • Connecting to society • Re-visiting the open coordination method • Peer-learning: clusters, focus groups, study visits • Building on commonalities: European frameworks • Designing new tools • Integrated lifelong learning programme 2007-2013 • Structured linkages with related policies: SF, FP7, i2010
Related policies:Other EU policies that impact lifelong learning • Information society – i2010, eContentplus, eTen, digital libraries, open source, DRM, FP7-ICT • Research – ICT for learning, socio-economic research, science and society, foresight, FP7 • Enterprise – entrepreneurship, standardisation, eSkills, Competitive and Innovation Programme • Employment and social policy – social inclusion, skills and employment, European Social Fund • Regional policy – regional development, innovation, social inclusion, coordination of Structural Funds
ICT for innovation in education • Comparative analysis and intelligence • Understanding innovation: an informed debate • Policy development • The role of education in innovation policies • Innovation within education and training systems • Promoting a culture of innovation • Using ICT for teaching and learning innovation • Innovative methods, tools and services • ICT as a catalyst for innovation
Understanding innovation • The successful exploitation of new ideas • Innovative results are those which represent some new and distinctive features,adding value in relation to existing solutions • Innovative processes have the objective of answering the needs of new target groups and users • The aim of the innovation transfer process is the adaptation and/or further development of new ideas and results in view of their integration into public and/or private systems, at any level • Beyond all possible definitions, innovation is an attitude
The role of education and training in innovation systems • Innovation research identify E&T systems as consistent factors of successful innovation systems and policies • A distinctive feature of countries sustaining competitive and innovative firms is E&T systems providing a flow of people with the requisite knowledge, attitude and skills • E&T systems have core societal roles for building successful innovation systems
The societal roles of education and training systems in innovation Education and training systems have three fundamental roles for innovation: • Teaching and valuing innovation • Spotting and nurturing innovative talent • Spreading a culture of innovation
ICT as an innovation enabler • ICT have a potential for inducing change, they provide a reason and a time for change • The basics are all in place – it is time to move ahead, to shift ICT from a goal to an engine • ICT for collaborative learning and teaching, for connecting learning communities • ICT for creativity, for designing new contents, methods, tools and spaces for learning • ICT for supporting institutional innovation in education
Lifelong learning as innovation • Lifelong learning requires re-thinking teaching and learning, considering new learning demands, contents, tools, and approaches • Lifelong learning embodies and amplifies core educational tensions: quantity vs quality, structured teaching vs self-directed learning, established knowledge vs “contrary” thinking • The lifelong learning paradigm is probably the most innovative concept, calling for a true transformation of education systems • Innovation can be risky and uncomfortable – but it is the only way ahead
Thank you for your attention ! e-mail : maruja.gutierrez-diaz@ec.europa.eu