[Open-education] European Commission adopts draft ET 2020 Joint Report - important EU policies for open-ness

Tue Oct 6 16:38:27 UTC 2015

Dear Fabio and colleagues,

Sorry for my late response. I have been managing a much higher number of
emails than usual lately due to the online exercise of the OpenEdu
framework on openness for HE institutions. We are involving over 60 experts
altogether.I believe  many of you in this list will know about this
exercise  (and some are participating, thanks).
Glad to hear to you liked the presentation, Fabio.  We were at the EDEN
conference in Barcelona on the occasion, and I was reporting on preliminary
findings of the OpenEdu study.
I am afraid I cannot spare time for writing the blog post at the moment
although I see its value. I am hoping, however, that the upcoming OpenEdu
Project final report will summarise some of the main issues we find in our
studies.
We are covering quite a lot on  institutional barriers and motivations for
embracing open education, and there will be a section on policies too.
I will leave a link for the OpenEdu
<http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/EAP/OpenEdu.html>project page for the
time being, which we are carrying out on behalf of DG EAC.

Happy to discuss it further when we finalise the feedback/validation
process.

Best regards,
Andreia
DG JRC IPTS

On 23 September 2015 at 21:12, Fabio Nascimbeni <fabio.nascimbeni at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I remember a very good presentation on openness in EU E&T policy which was
> given at the latest eMundus event by Andreia Inamorato from IPTS, maybe she
> can write the blog post? Andreia, I have put you in cc just in case.
> Best
> Fabio
>
>
> Il giorno 23/set/2015, alle ore 13:57, Paul Bacsich Sero <
> paul.bacsich at sero.co.uk> ha scritto:
>
> Relevant EU documents are largely ignored by many in the Open Education
> community, for various reasons including the language and perhaps because
> OER is not headlined as such. But OER and, more so, Open Educational
> Practices, are a strong element within these policies. In particular the
> recent ET2020 draft Joint Report recommends, at a general level:
>
>    - (p.5) The digital revolution is boosting demand for digital skills
>    and competences; education and training must address this need, which
>    requires investment in infrastructure, organisational change, digital
>    devices and digital competences of educators, and the creation of digital
>    (and *open*) educational resources and high quality educational
>    software. Education and training should reap the benefits of new ICT
>    developments and adopt innovative and active pedagogies, based on
>    participatory and project-based methods. *Open* learning environments
>    can help collaboration between educational sectors including for
>    disadvantaged learners;
>    - (p.6) Adequate recognition and validation instruments for digitally
>    acquired knowledge, skills and competences can support the uptake of open
>    and innovative learning practices;
>
>
> And in more detail later on:
>
>    - (p.11)  Boosting availability and quality of *open* and digital
>    educational resources and pedagogies at all education levels, in
>    cooperation with European *open* source communities;
>    - (p.11)  Fostering transparency, quality assurance, validation and
>    recognition of skills and qualifications, including those acquired through
>    digital, online and *open* learning and the validation of informal and
>    non-formal learning;
>
>
> I feel I have written rather a lot - maybe too much? - on such matters
> over the last few years. So I would welcome a blog posting from some of our
> EU-aware readers explaining the implications in more detail as they see
> them.
>
> We could have more than one posting as I very much doubt there will be
> agreement among our readers on exactly what these policies mean for OER and
> related open agendas in the European Union countries!
>
> Paul Bacsich
> Coordinator, Open Education Working Group
> Senior Consultant, SeroHE
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Original message below:
>
> *From:* EAC-ETY-FORUM at ec.europa.eu
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2015 7:32 AM
> *To:* paul.bacsich at sero.co.uk
> *Subject:* European Commission adopts draft ET 2020 Joint Report
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> EUROPEAN COMMISSION
> DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR EDUCATION AND CULTURE
>
> Modernisation of Education I: Europe 2020, country analysis, Erasmus+
> coordination
> *Europe 2020, ET 2020, contributions to education, investment package*
>
>
>
> Dear Sir or Madam,
>
>
>
> I have the pleasure to let you know that the Commission has adopted the
> draft Joint Report under the ET 2020 strategic framework for European
> cooperation in education and training.
>
>
>
> This is an important document which proposes the priority areas and
> concrete issues for future work up to 2020.
>
>
>
> Please find herewith the direct links to the draft Joint Report and its
> Staff Working Document:
>
>
>
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> http://ec.europa.eu/education/documents/et-2020-draft-joint-report-408-2015_en.pdf
>
>
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> http://ec.europa.eu/education/documents/et-2020-swd-161-2015_en.pdf
>
>
>
> The related press release is available on the website of Commissioner
> Navracsics:
> http://ec.europa.eu/commission/2014-2019/navracsics/announcements/new-more-inclusive-vision-education-and-training-2020-press-release_en
>
>
>
> According to the planning of the Luxembourg Council Presidency, it is
> expected that the Education Council will formally adopt the Joint Report in
> November.
>
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>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
> Sophia ERIKSSON WATERSCHOOT
>
> Head of Unit
>
> European Commission
>
> DG Education and Culture
>
> Unit A.1: Europe 2020, Investment Plan, Education and Training 2020
>
> J70 03/231
>
> B-1049 Brussels - Belgium
>
> +32 2 296 90 44
>
> sophia.eriksson at ec.europa.eu
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