Institutional Support: ICT, media and educational support services

Losing migrants and refugees’ talents because of our inoperability will be our responsibility. Migrants and refugees are said to be “a tremendous added social, economic and political value”. Who are the most appropriate to detect and channel their specific needs on tertiary education? Universities should ask NGOs in order to identify training needs and design programs and evaluation systems relative to this vulnerable and valued collective. This workshop sets out the Spanish Refugee Aid Commission (CEAR), a representative voice of migrants and refugees in Spain, and HERMES, an old UNED project set up for special learning and teaching of migrants and refugees in which CEAR is interested in participating, channelling their voices. By María Teresa Bendito Cañizares (UNED)

Today we face complex changes in society and education (e.g. high turnover rate of knowledge, changing labour market, fast pace of technology renewal), which require a more creative response to the world problems that surround us. This calls for learning design solutions that deal with three major dimensions: context, technology and pedagogy, and aim at integrating learning in formal and informal contexts through blended learning scenarios. To get effective results emerging digital media tools must be used, but without losing track of a much needed pedagogical model. So, in this presentation we discuss relevant research on mobile learning and digital media while making the connection to blended learning. By  José Bidarra (UAb)

The 1st webinar hold the presentations from Jose B, M Teresa B, Miguel RA and Johann H. The three main topics from all the issues that were raised up during the meeting are:

1. Developing of new blended models: with or without platforms. Formal learning vs informal learning (social networks, collaboration and peer-to-peer education).
2. Integration of electronic resources (gamification, eBooks, transmedia - storytelling...): legal issues, interaction, adaptation, learning analytics and personalization
3. User Centred approach: guided pedagogy, incorporating mobile learning and micro learning (knowledge pills and micro-assessment).

By Piet Henderikx, Covadonga Rodrigo, José Bidarra, Maria Teresa Bendito Cañizares, Miguel Rodríguez Artacho, Johann Höller