online education as part of a busy life in the north
DESCRIPTION
Torhild Slåtto's presentation with examples of distance learning in rural areas in northern Norway Held on EDEN conference in Oslo 12-15 june 2013 This presentation is part of the DISTANS networks project on "How Education can Support Rural Development": http://distans.wetpaint.com/page/Does+Education+support+rural+development%3FTRANSCRIPT
Online education as part of busy life
in the North
Norwegian Association for Distance and Flexible Education
Torhild Slåtto
hundred years ago …
Ernst G. Mortensen went to America to learn…First course: Accounting
Technology: Online tools – many platforms Students: Urban – rural, young – adults,
on travel – living abroad, Norwegian children abroad etc. etc.
3 examples on the tractor seat (iPod) while waiting for customers (smart phone) in the mountain cabin (mini computers)
Being a farmer
- a financial challenge
Course in economics for farmers:
Online, modulizedPodcasts Assignments Contact with online teacher
Opportunity: Listen to podcasts while plowing, harrowing or fertilizing
The taxi driver who wants to start her/his own taxi company
need a license
Provided by NKI The course is chopped up in small pieces The taxi driver receives small «nano»
portions every week Studies while waiting for customers (– or at
home – cafe – library) Reading, assignments, questions,
communication with teacher, testing Getting prepared for exam – passing exam Result: License for taxi business
«Nano learning»
Climate changeis
a big issue
Work in the mountains
+part time education
Theory and practice for the Nordic Sami people
BA in reindeer husbandry – opportunity to study their own profession
Study while looking after the reindeer herd in the mountains Making tacit knowledge visible (project
assignments) Learning from science (ecology,
meteorology, biology, geology etc.)
Sami University, Kautokeino
What will happen in the next
100 years?