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Reflections on EU projects. Research in Technology-Enhanced Learning, Creativity, and Roadmapping Lampros Stergioulas SISCM, Brunel University. Overview. A historical walkthrough of projects in TEL, Creativity, and Roadmapping - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Reflections on EU projects
Research in Technology-Enhanced Learning, Creativity, and Roadmapping
Lampros StergioulasSISCM, Brunel University
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Overview
A historical walkthrough of projects in TEL, Creativity, and Roadmapping
Outlook of EU research funding – current perspective and future prospects
Reflections on EU bids
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Overview of research projects
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European TEL research: Home truths and family secrets
Past research (in TEL, & often beyond):Delivery of TEL below its weightHigh expectations, but low impactLow return on investment, low exploitationDisillusionment, disappointmentFailing so far to establish EU as a global leaderGood transnational research collaboration But pan-European, transnational, trans-cultural TEL still elusive
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European TEL research: Home truths and family secrets
What future for TEL research funding?Current trend: A smaller share of a smaller pie; stock taking – New focus on large practice-based trialsCurrent & future funding squeezePolitically too important to cut off funding More focus on industry / exploitation of researchNeed for new strategy / new approach to funding programme designForesight, Roadmapping, strategic planning
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The beginning – how it started
1996 Research Associate at Cambridge University – partly funded from an EU project
1998 Joined a consortium in its making1999 First proposal – success! – UNIVERSAL project (Lecturer at the University of Manchester, then Lancaster)€170,000 (overall project grant: ca. €5M)
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The UNIVERSAL IST project
20 institutions from around Europe
Big idea: A common platform to enable Europe’s Universities to share learning resources (still relevant!)
Great fun - Research into semantic web, ontologies, use of metadata, evaluation of e-learning resourceshttp://zope.cetis.ac.uk/content/20020823174106
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The legacy of UNIVERSAL
Seminal project – relatively high impact
The Universal Brokerage platform powers the educanext.org portal
Spawned a variety of other projects on the management and sharing of learning resources
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Roadmapping projects
IST Project 2002-2004
European Roadmap for Professional eTraining – (Lancaster & Brunel)
IST Project 2003-2009 Network of Excellence in
Professional Learning
ESAEO Project 2007-2009 Social dialogue for the European Banking sector
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My first role as coordinator
European DigitalLiteracy Network
funded by the programme (2007)
www.estart-net.org
Proposal ranked 2nd out of 167Network, evaluation, roadmapTotal of €300,000 – largely underfunded
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Recent & current projects
eContentPlus project (2008)
Interoperable Content for Performance in a Competency-driven Society www.icoper.org
eContentPlus project (2008)Skill based scouting of open user-generated and community-improved
content for management education and training
DYRECT - Marie Curie Project (2010)DYnamic Roadmapping with application for EduCation and Training (eval. 96/100)
Open Discovery Space – started April 2012
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Recent projects
Future gazing Technology Enhanced Learning the roadmap for the unknown learning landscapeFP7 project, €2.2M Brunel coordinates - 10 partners www.telmap.org Provides direct input to TEL decision making
EC Negotiations: Despite a score of 14.5, tight race to the last minute
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Web portal: learningfrontiers.eu making the invisible visible
A professional web portal to monitor and support the research developments/achievements on and the results/impact in TEL. Current features offer: roadmapping space,landscape of researchers, project fact files, and stories of impact
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Open Discovery Space - started in April 2012
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Open Discovery Space
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Open Education Europa
ODS is part of this initiative:http://ec.europa.eu/education/news/
20130925_en.htmThe Commission launched 'Opening up
Education' to boost innovation and digital skills in schools and universities
(and address the “implementation gap”)http://openeducationeuropa.eu Technology and Open Educational Resources as
opportunities to reshape EU educationSlide 16
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New projects in C&I
FET-ART explores the interaction between ICT and Art(started June 2013)Publicity in Vilnius ICT2013 eventwww.ict-art-connect.eu CRe-AM (Technology Enhanced Creativity)
Roadmapping for the EU creative industries – bridging the creative sectors with the ICT communities.
www.cre-am.eu
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This publication reflects the views only of the author/project consortium, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Roadmaps for future research and innovation
www.cre-am.eu
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Aim of CRe-AM
Aim: to provide a collaboration bridge between the communities of ICT and creative sector, and to provide consultation and support to both ICT and creative sector stakeholders and communities via a long-term Roadmapping service with which they can actively engage
The main target users will be: individual creators/workers and professionals, as well as SMEs, creative groups, communities, and organizations.
www.cre-am.eu / [email protected]
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Outlook of EU research funding current perspectives and future prospects
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The future
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HORIZON 2020 objectives
SocietalChallenges
Industrialleadership
Excellent Science
3 key objectives •Integrating the knowledge triangle •Provides scientific and technical support to the European policy
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ICT 2013: Create, Connect, Grow6-8 November 2013, Vilnius
ICT in Horizon 2020 the EU's Framework Programme for Research and
Innovation for 2014-2020.
Specific objectives:A meeting point for potential proposers;A big policy conference;Understanding change from FP7.
See: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/ict-2013
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Some reflections on EU research bids
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Upsides and downsides
+ (what’s in it for me?)Fund your researchResearch autonomyBuild interdisciplinary researchMeet a lot of good people – even if not successful, networking helpsBuild broader, lasting collaborations & networksTeam up and work with the bestTake your research to an international levelIt’s money for doing something that you like doing anyway! Get to travel, go to conferences
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Upsides and downsides
- (what will I need to avoid/ compromise with?)-Research too prescriptive-Communication can be difficult-Coordinator usually overloaded-Administration can be burden (and time consuming)-Get to travel too much
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Observations on success o Clarity and consistency about your vision,
pursue it methodically with patience, persevere in the face of failure
o Big better than small! – organic approacho Make-up of team (spirit, coverage, capacity
mix, size) – early team engagement o Coordination gives you far better control
over the final outcome, but not for everyoneo Negotiations are crucial decider o A successful proposal is quite different from
a successful project (EU eval., recruitment)
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Observations on EU bids Fair game, reasonable success ratesNo magic wand, no universal rulesOverall team effortManagement support/buy-inResearch admin support helps a lotEarly communication with ECProject management
- not to be underestimated- focus on substance, not on admin- critical vs superficial
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Openness and collaboration is key: We can only get that far as lone scholars…
Team ethos: honesty, trust, sharing, open, supportive research environment, coaching & mentoring, but agile/loose/variable – a creative mess! Good use of human resource – “factory of ideas”
Continuity: build on previous success
Reflections on research
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Reflections on academic success
International collaborations are important for success of a research UniversityHealthy community of PhD students is equally important for success Funding is not that important for doing research (but it certainly helps!) – focus more on output, rather than input
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Thank you
Ahlia University, Bahrain 29/8/2013 Slide 32