A workshop at Online Educa Berlin 2014 based on the School on the Cloud Project (www.schoolonthecloud.eu). The activities can be found at: http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/iteacher

1. Connecting Education to
the Cloud
Karl Donert, Director: Innovative Learning Network Ltd.
Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu
kdonert@yahoo.com
Online Educa Berlin Conference, Berlin, Germany, December 3-5 2014

2. www.innovativelearning.co.uk

3. www.innovativelearning.co.uk

4. EUROGEO
• European Association of Geographers legally
based in Belgium
• International NGO – established 1979 by the
European Commission to network
geographers
• A professional association
• Strong expertise in networking, evaluation,
research, ICT and online learning projects

5. Education Projects
• Networking: Digital-earth.eu
• Tools: I-Use
• Training: iGuess & iGuess2
• Concepts: Spatial Citizenship
• Careers: GeoSkills Plus
• Leadership: GeoCapabilities

6. School on the
Cloud Network
http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu
@schoolon_cloud
https://www.facebook.com/SchoolOntheCloud
Linkedin group schooloncloud-7426807

7. School on the Cloud
http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu

8. Connecting
education to
the Cloud
http://www.schoolonthecloud.eu
http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/iteacher

10. 1
0
Spatial Citizenship
Competences and spatial citizenship
Donert K, Gryl I and Jekel T (2010), GI & Spatial Citizenship, In Jekel T, Donert K, Koller A and Vogler R,
Learning with GeoInformation V, Berlin, Wichman Verlag

11. Society is different today..

12. Society is different today..

13. School On The Cloud
Project Aims
SoC will consider answers to three key questions:
• What is the impact of the Cloud on education
stakeholders?
• How should education respond to the
potential of Cloud-based tools and
technologies?
• What might the situation be like in the future?

14. The Future of Technology, Matt
Britland, The Guardian: 19 June 2013,
http://tinyurl.com/o65bvcr

15. The Future of Technology, Matt
Britland, The Guardian: 19 June 2013,
http://tinyurl.com/o65bvcr

16. The Future of Technology, Matt
Britland, The Guardian: 19 June 2013,
http://tinyurl.com/o65bvcr

18. Short Cloud Survey
• Do you use the Cloud?
• Is your organisation on the Cloud?
• www.govote.at - code 32 15 00
• What is the Cloud about?
• What characteristics does the Cloud have?
• www.govote.at - code 90 19 36

19. SoC: State of the art
results
• Partners could not define what the Cloud was
• They were not aware of all Cloud Computing
characteristics (4/57)
• They confused reality with perception in
characteristics
• They used the Cloud themselves
• But not within their organisations

20. SoC: Why should the Cloud be
used in education? (n=57)
Easy access.
Stability.
Security.
Shareability.
Trackability.
Collaboration.
No more photocopying
Chances of losing content
are quite small.

21. SoC: Four Working Groups
WG 1 Lead/manage
the Cloud: transition
WG 2 i(nnovative)
Teacher
WG 3 Learner focus:
personlaisation
WG 4 Future
scenarios for
education?

22. Transition to the Cloud
(leadership and management)

23. iTeachers: Getting Smart?
What does it mean to be an iTeacher?

24. iLearner(s)
Independent learners
How does the role of
learning and the actions of
learners change? If at all….

25. Dealing with the Future

26. Dealing with the Future
http://linoit.com/users/sofiedecupere/canvases/iTeacher%20Por
to

27. Future of learning,
teaching, managing, leading
http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/iteacher

28. What will the Cloud bring in
the future?
What sort of education do we want the Cloud to
bring? How will the Cloud change what these
people will be doing?
• Teacher http://tinyurl.com/oeb-teacher
• Learner http://tinyurl.com/oeb-learners
• Manager http://tinyurl.com/oeb-managers
• Leader http://tinyurl.com/oeb-leaders

29. What will the Cloud bring in
the future?
Teachers
http://tinyur
l.com/oeb-teacher

30. What will the Cloud bring in
the future?

31. What will the Cloud bring in
the future?
What sort of education do we want it to enable?
• Teacher http://tinyurl.com/oeb-teacher
• Learner http://tinyurl.com/oeb-learners
• Manager http://tinyurl.com/oeb-managers
• Leader http://tinyurl.com/oeb-leaders

32. Role of teachers and the
Cloud
Degree of impact
1.50
Facilitator
Mentor/1.00
coach
Information manager
Catalyst for change
0.50
Learner
0.00
-0.50
-1.00
-1.50
0

34. Future of learning, teaching,
managing, leading
http://tinyurl.com/kr4rzcq

36. The Cloud has extended our resources. Today scientists instantly
share their research findings among colleagues; digital images of
constellations are accessed by students and astronomers and
electronic funds exchanges are routine between government
treasuries. These applications all have indications for expanding
the virtual education experience today. The goal is ...to expand
campus education to meet the demands of our global culture

37. State of the art survey
Cloud Policy And Action
• Huge variation between countries – from
digital and Cloud Strategies to Public Cloud
developments
Promoting the Cloud in Education
• Many actors – from national and regional
government to private companies and NGOs

38. State of the art survey
Using the Cloud
• Lots of isolated initiatives
• Some national and regional developments eg N.
Ireland, Italy, Romania
• Some countries lagging a long way behind
Other information
• Many research groups, publications – higher
education is very active
• Lots of events about education and the Cloud

39. School on the Cloud 2015
Join Us in Palermo, Sicily in October 2015 for the
Second School on the Cloud Summit
• Find out more on our Web site and keep
involved through LinkedIn, Facebook and
Twitter
http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/iteacher

40. Building our School on the
Cloud Network
Four characteristics (Hausman and Goldring, 2001)
• shared values among members,
• common set of events that promote face-to-face
interaction between participants,
• collaboration among stakeholders and
• commitment to the network and its actions
Hausman, C. S. and Goldring, E. B. (2001), Sustaining Teacher Commitment: The Role of
Professional Communities, Peabody Journal of Education, 76(2): 30-51

41. “ Our results indicate that the quality of
international network connections matters for
academic knowledge transfers. ….. not only is the
distribution of public research expenditures across
different research projects important but also the
position from which researchers enter international
networks and the level of knowledge accumulated in
those networks.”
Varga, A., & Parag, A. (2009). Academic knowledge transfers and the
structure of international research networks. University knowledge transfers
and regional development: Geography, entrepreneurship and policy. Edward
Elgar Publishers, 138-159.

42. Networking in education
• like minded people – similar interests
• widely dispersed initiatives, share a common
infrastructure (Kemp, 1998)
• essential for the adoption of innovation and
implementation of change (Murgio et al., 2002)
• networking critical to improve quality (EC, 2003)
• establish visions for the future – new projects
Kemp, K.K. (1998), What's missing? What do we need?.
http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/ige98/report/missing.html

43. Citizens as prosumers
producers + consumers of data

44. Cloudy Conclusions
for education
Amazing
Challenging
Persuasive
Disruptive
Ubiquitous
Cartoons from: http://cloudtweaks.com/category/cloud-computing/cartoon/

46. www.innovativelearning.co.uk
Karl Donert
kdonert@yahoo.com
@karldonert