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Mainstreaming e-Learning in education and training

EUCIS-LLL

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History of EUCIS-LLL

• Officially created in 2005

• 24 members and 1 partner today

• Only platform on LifeLong Learning

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Mission of EUCIS-LLL

• Promoting LLL

• Creating bridges

• Making OSC voice’s heard

• EU civil dialogue

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• Monitoring EU policies• Encouraging transectoral

projects• Dialoguing with EU• Positions & campaigns

Activities• Public hearings• Conferences & seminars• Working groups• LLL Weeks• Stakeholder’s Forum

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ETDF is a platform of actors in T&D, for adults in their professional life

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Introduction

• In 1984, I have been part of the OSE (Ordinateur au

Service de l’Education) project in Belgium• At this time the question was “How can we use

IT tools in education?”• 28 years later, fundamentally e-learning is not

yet the most used way to develop people• But the question is “Is IT tools appropriate to

fulfill the specific T&D needs of a specific person?”

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First Analogy…• I am the “Learning Process” owner in a WW

company• We have decided to have a global approach for

the learning activities– have global providers

• group contracts, • don't re-invent the wheel, • prices

– have a global Learning Mgt System (Corp. catalog + local cat’s)

• manage, monitor, measure– employees categories, – ages, – countries,…

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First Analogy…• We have decided to have a global approach for the learning

activities– have global providers– have a global Learning Mgt System (Corp. catalog + local cat’s)

– obviously some activities are deployed:• using IT learning solutions (diff. languages + localization)

– languages skills– Basics of Business (Mkt, Strategy, Finances, Legal…) + access to books,

reviews…– IT literacy (µSoft tools, Google Apps,…)– certifications (Project Mgt, ITIL, Accounting,…)

• using classrooms, workshops (globally designed)

– we don’t have a specific policy for IT tools (to be used when appropriate!)• We will double our size by acquisition in September

– our learning solutions can immediately be deployed largely

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What the future of work?

Five forces (Linda Gratton, LBS)

• need for a low-carbon economy

• rapid advances in technology

• increasing globalization

• profound changes in longevity and demography

• profound social changes

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Impact on Organizations• Leadership: in a world of transparency and

collaboration, leaders will have to work in a collaborative manner

• High performing virtual teams: we have to re-invent the way to work remotely

• Valuable cross-business networks and relationships: open Innovation, but also strategy…

• Valuable relationships with customers, partners…• Flexible working: work from home, part-time

working, job sharing…

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Mainstreaming e-Learning

• IT tools (connectivity, devices) are deployed (largely).

• The real question is how the users will use it to learn

• To learn: is not replacing classrooms by web based training, social medias,..

• it is how to empower end users to:– create, practice– collaborate– communicate

…to develop them!

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Some low hanging fruits… to support VAQ, employability and LLL

• Support the development of “Home working”, and the development of needed competencies

• Support all kind of certification which can be provided on-line:– Accounting, auditing, buying, HR,…– Project Management, SIX Sigma, IT (ITIL, Microsoft )…

• Support development of languages skills by e-learning

• Develop teachers new skills (able to support development of networking, information gathering, cooperation, …)

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• Thank You!