State of the art of the School on the Cloud Project: December 2014, a review of progress and development

1. School on the Cloud:
State of the art
Karl Donert, President EUROGEO,
Director: European Centre of Excellence: digital-earth.eu
eurogeomail@yahoo.co.uk
School on the Cloud WG1 meeting, Lithuania, December 15-17 2014

2. Digital Agenda for Europe
(https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/)

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

4. School on the Cloud

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

6. SoC State of the art: 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.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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?

11. Transition to the Cloud
(leadership and management)

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

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

14. Dealing with the Future

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

16. iTeacher
Dealing with the Future

17. iTeacher
Dealing with the Future

18. iTeacher
Dealing with the Future

19. iTeacher
Dealing with the Future

20. iTeacher
Dealing with the Future

21. iTeacher
Dealing with the Future

22. iTeacher
Dealing with the Future

23. iTeacher
Dealing with the Future

24. Future of learning, teaching,
managing, leading
http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eOcMBKOc

25. Future of learning, teaching,
managing, leading
http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eOcMBKOc

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

29. Raising Awareness:
Disseminating the project

31. 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://www.symbaloo.com/mix/imanagerworkshop

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