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Civil society fishbowl on digital learning

Posted on 06/04/2017by Daniele Di Mitri


In the beautiful hall of Tallinna Ülikool took place the annual conference of the Lifelong Learning Platform <Education in the Digital World> a flipped e-discussion taking place also on Twitter with the #LLLPAC17 hashtag.

The digital Fishbowl gathered Civil Society representatives of European NGOs active in the Lifelong learning field and was coordinated by the Lifelong Learning Platform.

The Fishbowl touched upon the most burning issues around Digital Technologies in Education like neutrality, handwriting vs keyboard, BYOD and GAFAM.

The 6 following statements were opened for contribution f2f and online to ALL the fishbowl participants.

1. Net Neutrality

Digital tools are not neutral. Freedom of expression and inclusion must be quality principles that should be safeguarded. Careful evaluation of digital tools must be ensured. There should be space for innovation, but careful evaluation should always follow. Inclusive pedagogical principles must be followed, sometimes at of cost of sensational digital technologies. Freedom of teaching must be ensured in all the learning settings, but this can only happen through periodic teacher training.


https://twitter.com/che_krk/status/870234637859246081

2. Non-formal Education

3. GAFAM influence

"GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft) are trying to impose their standards in Education" Excerpt of the upcoming paper of the Lifelong Learning Platform

4. Handwriting

Many news agencies reported that in Finland handwriting skills will be replaced by keyboard skills. This is however not completely true. Handwriting are still strong part of the curricula. But proficency in digital writing is also discussed.

5. Bring Your Own Device

The Estonian government openly promotes the Bring Your Own Device approach. Families are required to provide learners with mobile devices. Local government must support the inclusion of learners with weak social backgrounds. Schools and educators should provide content which can be run on mobile phones primarily. This approach is different in Finland, where the government has sufficient funds to provide all students with a learning device. The justification is that BYOD is a discriminating policy because as it favours social competition and bullying.


https://twitter.com/leopekkala/status/870247663958097920
https://twitter.com/JJDeAraujo/status/870247673638510592

6. Early use of technology

Many educators are warning about the risks of the use of digital tools in the early childhood. Some schools are implementing policy of technological abstention in primary schools.

Wrap-up

The Lifelong Learning Platform will soon publish a position paper of the civil society views on the use of digital technology in lifelearning.

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Published by Daniele Di Mitri

Daniele Di Mitri is a professor of Multimodal Learning Technologies at the German University of Digital Science. At the German UDS, he leads the research group "Augmented Feedback" and coordinates the master's in Advanced Digital Realities.  He is an associated researcher at the DIPF - Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education and a lecturer at the Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany. Daniele Di Mitri received his PhD in Learning Analytics and Wearable Sensor Support from the Open University of the Netherlands. His current research focuses on developing AI-driven, multimodal learning technologies to enhance digital education. It aims to create innovative, responsible solutions that improve learning experiences through advanced feedback systems and ethical integration of technology. He is a "Johanna Quandt Young Academy" fellow and was elected "AI Newcomer 2021" at the KI Camp by the German Informatics Society. He is a member of the CrossMMLA, a special interest group of the Society for Learning Analytics Research, and the chair of the special interest group on AI for Education of the European Association for Technology-Enhanced Learning.

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