Presentation of the results of OpenPROF project at Epale Austria conference on 20170622

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Open courses for work-based learning.
Erasmus+ KA2 project "OPENPROF: Open
Professional Collaboration for Innovation"
resources and experiences
Estela Daukšienė,
Lithuanian Association of Distance and e-Learning
(LieDM association)

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Project Partners
1. LieDM association, LT – coordinator
2. Šiauliai VET centre, LT – contractor
3. Auxilium pro Regionibus Europae in Rebus Culturalibus,
AU
4. FFE - Fondo Formacion Euscadi, ES
5. UAb – Universidaded Aberta, PT
6. EDEN – European Distance and E-Learning Network,
UK

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Problem addressed
• Education institutions are challenged with the shift in
the target learner profile
• Adults are migrating through out the world and Europe
and require learning services to be open, to be provided
in international settings and available any time,
anywhere and in their working places
• Teachers and trainers, as well as adult educators need
training and consultancy on how to meet these needs

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Innovations suggested by project
Key innovations in training of teachers and trainers, as
well as adult educators:
– open educational resource and open curriculum
development and licensing
– open collaboration, as well as
– designing curriculum for diverse target groups
including the mode of work - based learning

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OpenPROF focus
• Foster open international collaboration
of professionals for innovation
• Train the staff of educational
institutions
– on use, reuse, and development of open
educational resources (OER) and
– creation of innovative curriculum for work-
based learning using OER

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Project target groups
• Primary - CVET, VET teachers and trainers, as
well as adult educators
• Secondary - CVET, VET and adult learners, as
well as company employees
Project timeline:
September 2014 – August 2016

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Project Results – 3 training materials on
available at http://openprof.eu/training-material

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Each training material:
• Includes 3 Units with individual or
group activities
• & presentations how to use TM
• Shared in CC BY-NC-SA
• Available online, as well as in .pdf
and .docx versions
• Based on learning outcomes

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Project Results – training materials on
1. OER and sustainability models
• OER characteristics and types
• OER development process
• Guidance for OER use, reuse and creation
2. ICT tools to develop and adapt OER
• ICT tools for OER development
• licences for OER use, re-use and adaptation
available at http://openprof.eu/training-material

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Openprof.eu/oer

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OER sharing at
openpro.eu/oer

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OER adaptation and
integration into the courses
48 OER in partner national and English languages

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Requirements for teachers
for collaboration in
OpenPROF
• Digital competence
• Openness for idea sharing, critics
and learning
• Benevolent attitude towards
collaboration and innovations

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Challenges for teachers
creating and adapting OER
• Tools to be used for OER creation
• Tools to publish OER
• Requirements for OER editable
version
• How much the OER should be
adapted to become a new OER?
• How open are we - should the OER
be open for commercial use?

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Links among project results
OER
TM2TM1
Modules
TM3

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Project Results – training material 3 on
Innovative curriculum designing for
work - based learning for CVET,
VET and adult education
• characteristics of innovative curriculum for WB
learning
• syllabus for an online course development
• learning activities for learners using OER
available at http://openprof.eu/training-material

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Curriculum (modules)
Moodle.liedm.net

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6 modules
(in 2 lang. each) adapted for
workbased learning
Moodle.liedm.net
http://openprof.eu/project-modules

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How the modules were
adapted for work based
learning?
• Online
• Coherent instructions for self-
directed learning
• No assessment, just guidance
notes
• Specific features for each course

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Module: Personalized
learning at workplace
• Accessible
viahttp://openprof.eu/project-
modules
• For browsing or individual learning
or downloading in your institutional
VLE (Moodle) and learning with
trainer
• Can be used as a part or whole
(intended for 20 academic hours of
learning)

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Module: Personalized
learning at workplace
• Consists of 5 topics (suggesting a
topic per week)
• Includes different open sources of
information or OER for theoretical
approach
• Self check tests and
• Activities or assignments

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Module Personalized learning
at workplace includes:
1. Learning at workplace. Activity – what’s
your motivation style?
2. Self-directed learning at workplace.
Activity – possibilities and challenges for
learning.
3. Experience and learning. Discussion -
what learning methods do you use?
4. Learning styles and strategies. Activity -
How do you apply personal learning style
in workplace learning?
5. Social networking - Reflecting on value of
networking for personal and professional
development

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Join us at openprof.eu
and share!

24. ReOPEN – Recognition of Valid and Open
Learning
(2016 November – 2018 October)
Or join us at ReOPEN project
http://reopen.eu

25. • As a continuation of open professional
collaboration ideas
• ReOPEN project aims to create instruments to
develop validated OOL for recognition of prior
and non-formal learning
• Expected results – ICT platform, 3 training
materials, Partnership for open non-formal
learning recognition
ReOPEN project
reopen.eu

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Questions for discussion
• Do you use/create/reuse OER? What
databases of OER do you know and
use?
• Do you collaborate with other trainers
on creation of training materials? How
(if yes) or why (if not)? What are the
challenges you face or see?
• What features of courses for work
based learning are necessary?
– for you as a learner and
– for you as a trainer