Graham Attwell

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This paper, developed as part of the research being undertaken by the EU Erasmus+ AI Pioneers project, examines the use of generative AI in educational contexts through the lens of Activity Theory. It analyses how the integration of large language models and other AI-powered tools impacts learner agency, motivation, and AI literacy. The authors con...

The AI Pioneers project, funded by the European Union, represents a significant initiative aimed at integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the landscape of adult education and Vocational Education and Training (VET). Through a comprehensive methodology comprising of literature reviews, surveys, and interviews conducted with a wide range of e...

The supplement outlined in this document aims to build upon the existing DigCompEdu framework from the European Union¹ by integrating critical competencies relating to artificial intelligence (AI) in education. It recognises that AI is rapidly transforming teaching and learning processes, and Vocational and Adult educators need to be equipped with...

Transforming Vocational Education and Training: Harnessing the Power of Digital Assessment Report and Policy Recommendations from the e-assessment in VET Project. In recent years, the integration of digital technologies has revolutionised various sectors of society, and the field of education is no exception. One area that has witnessed significant...

This paper examines the implications of VET and for VET of digital and sustainable socio-economic development. It examines the dual challenge of AI as a tool for teaching and training in VET but also as a subject for learning in VET. It quotes UNESCO (2022) in saying AI has the potential to accelerate the process of achieving the global education g...

In this paper I look back at the emergence of the idea of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and consider why they have failed to be widely adapted. I say there was a failure to understand the role of technology in the growing commodification and managerialism in education. I point to the links between MOOCs, Open Educational Resources and Open...

Personal Learning Environment (PLE) – as an idea, approach and concept – has demonstrated the potential to support a learner-centred digital learning ecosystem that is diverse, individualised, adaptive, integrated, transparent and skill-based. In a PLE, the locus of control shifts away from the institution to individuals, to the agency of individua...

Los entornos personales de aprendizaje (PLE) son un concepto, una idea y un enfoque educativo que plantea una forma disruptiva de entender la forma en que aprende las personas en un ecosistema tecnológico enriquecido como el actual. Tras casi 20 años de historia y de interés académico, el alcance de los PLE –como tema y como práctica– sigue siendo...

Almost 15 years after the start of the debate over Personal Learning Environments (PLE), the concept would still appear to be influential and even intrinsic to discussion over the future of educational technology and education in general. This paper aims to establish a clear thematic link between the concept of PLEs and educational academic literat...

This report summarises the results and experiences from the Taccle AI project and particularly addresses VET providers. It present policy recommendations for developing the use of AI in Vocational Education and Training and discusses a how we came to the recommendations through the research carried out in the two year project. The use of AI in work...

In this paper I look back at the emergence of the idea of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and consider why they have failed to be widely adapted. I say there was a failure to understand the role of technology in the growing commodification and managerialism in education. I point to the links between MOOCs, Open Educational Resources and Open...

Este estudio de caso examina el trabajo de reestructuracion que está llevando a cabo Motion Academy en Valencia, España. Motion Academy se describe a sí misma como una institución líder en innovación a través de la cultura urbana y la participación de los jóvenes. El estudio de caso describe los antecedentes, la formación y el desarrollo de Motio...

Proyecto CONNECT Escenarios para el aprendizaje en toda la ciudad en 5 áreas temáticas: Informe en español 1. Introducción El Proyecto CONNECT identificó inicialmente cinco áreas temáticas para el aprendizaje conectado, cada una de las cuales representa las necesidades de aprendizaje de los ciudadanos del siglo XXI: Ciudadanía en nuestra sociedad l...

The paper seeks to explore the impact AI and automation have on vocational occupations and skills and to examine what that means for teachers and trainers in VET. It looks at how AI can be used to shape learning and teaching processes, through for example, digital assistants which support teachers. It also focuses on the transformative power of AI...

There is increasing interest in many countries in training models that are practice-oriented and correspond to the needs of the labour market. The new Spanish dual system of apprenticeship (FP Dual) for teaching and learning was first implemented in the Valencia Community in 2012. Although FP Dual enjoys considerable support from institutions and f...

The purpose of this discussion panel is to discuss the role of the vocational education and training (VET) system within the framework of Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3) in different EU countries. Each member of the panel will present a regional experience showing whether and how these strategies integrate VET. The main question is: How are...

Las decisiones sobre el aprendizaje y el trabajo deben ubicarse en un contexto particular espacial, de mercado laboral: los individuos toman decisiones dentro de "estructuras de oportunidad" particulares y sus decisiones y aspiraciones se enmarcan dentro de su comprensión de tales estructuras. Este artículo examina formas en las que se puede aplica...

https://www.is1401eln.eu/fotos/editor2/imagens/digitalactivities.pdf

Preprint of paper to be published in RIED. Revista Iboeroamericana de Educación a Distancia (The Iberoamerican Review of Digital Education).

Boundaries defining and shaping the field of vocational education and further training (VET). (1) Systems: Socio-culturally different VET systems have evolved along conceptual lines. The comparison of different skill formation systems and governance of VET systems are on the one hand of theoretical and on the other hand of practical importance in...

The paper is based on early research and practices in developing workplace Learning Analytics for the EU funded EmployID project, focused on identity transformation and continuing professional development in Public Employment Services (PES) in Europe. Workplace learning is mostly informal with little agreement of proxies for learning, driven by dem...

Social learning networks enable the sharing, transfer and enhancement of knowledge in the workplace that builds the ground to exchange informal learning practices. In this work, three healthcare networks are studied in order to understand how to enable the building, maintaining and activation of new contacts at work and the exchange of knowledge be...

This document is the report of the Construction pilot team for the Year 3 deliverables of the Learning Layers project. In the reporting on the activities of the Year 3 the main emphasis was put on integrated stories of the sectoral pilot activities (and of the supporting technical development). From this perspective the contribution of the Construc...

Boundaries defining and shaping the field of Vocational Education and Training (VET): Systems: Socio-culturally different VET systems have evolved along conceptual lines. The comparison of different skill formation systems and governance of VET systems are on the one hand of reflexive and on the other hand of practical importance in the context of...

This is the report of work on Changing Learning Practices in Healthcare and Construction: Deployment, Sustainability, Exploitation of the Layers Solutions in year 3 of the EU Learning Layers project

This paper promotes discussion between three major research & development projects with focus on digital media and web tools as support for learning in the context of work. The projects have reached a relatively mature phase that can also be characterised as a transition to new contexts or transformation of perspective. a) The German-funded Kompete...

This paper discusses the work of two parallel European innovation projects. The contributors from the Learning Layers project present the participative design of 'Learning Toolbox' to support learning at workplace (in construction sector). They analyse the change of the application partners from observers to co-designers and to multipliers of innov...

This is the contribution of the Construction pilot team for the Year 2 Deliverables of the Learning Layers project. In Year 2 the work in the construction sector was mostly reported in the Deliverable 7.2 produced by the Work package 7 team. The document follows the same structure as the parallel report on the healthcare pilot - introducing firstly...

The Learning Layers project seeks to promote the use of digital media, web tools and mobile technologies to support learning at workplace. In this paper we focus on the pilot activities in the construction sector, including the initial development of a design idea, the iterative design processes and capacity building measures. We discuss a specific...

This is a compilation of the reports prepared by the Construction sector pilot team for the Year One deliverables of the Learning Layers project in October 2013. In the reporting on Year One activities the construction sector contributions were allocated to the deliverables of different Work Packages. In this document they have been brought togethe...

Mobile devices are increasingly being used to support learning in work contexts. In exploring the emerging field of work-based mobile learning (WBML), researchers need to give consideration to the theoretical and empirical findings from mobile and work-based learning. In this paper, the authors provide an overview of key issues and dominant debates...

Mobile devices are increasingly being used to support learning in work contexts. In exploring the emerging field of work-based mobile learning (WBML), researchers need to give consideration to the theoretical and empirical findings from mobile and work-based learning. In this paper, the authors provide an overview of key issues and dominant debates...

This paper examines the idea of a Work Oriented Mobile Learning Environment (WOMBLE) and considers the potential affordances of mobile devices for supporting developmental and informal learning in the workplace. The authors look at the nature and pedagogy of work-based learning and how technologies are being used in the workplace for informal learn...

Mobile devices are increasingly being used to support learning in work contexts. In exploring the emerging field of work-based mobile learning (WBML), researchers need — at least — to give consideration to the theoretical and empirical findings from mobile and work-based learning. In this paper we provide an overview of key issues and dominant deba...

This paper examines the idea of a Work Oriented Mobile Learning Environment WOMBLE and considers the potential affordances of mobile devices for supporting developmental and informal learning in the workplace. The authors look at the nature and pedagogy of work-based learning and how technologies are being used in the workplace for informal learnin...

This paper focuses on the issue of quality in teaching, learning, and research. In the second section, the paper looks at the different ways technology is being used to learn and at the changing expectations of learners leading to pressures for transformations in both pedagogy and institutional structures. The third section proposes a new rhizomati...

This document is the final report on a consultation process on teachers and trainers working in vocational education and training (VET) was launched as part of the follow-up to the Lisbon strategy (based on the Lisbon Summit of the European Council 2000). A series of measures to improve the European education and training systems have been initiate...

The development of Technology Enhanced Learning has been dominated by the education paradigm. However social software and new forms of knowledge development and collaborative meaning making are challenging such domination. Technology is increasingly being used to mediate the development of work process knowledge and these processes are leading to t...

Young learners of today tend to show little enthusiasm for formal schooling. This does not necessarily mean pupils are not interested in learning or developing new skills and competences. In fact, the opposite often happens in the informal settings they belong to. Finding ways of transferring pupil's informal learning into the school setting is the...

Any possible discontinuities looking forward to 2025 and beyond Uncertainties and any big tensions Conclusions on what the key issues will be in the future and initial reflections on any general implications for education. Given the wide ranging nature of the brief, this paper largely confines itself to trends and issues in the advanced Western eco...

This paper is based on research undertaken for the European Commission funded project MOSEP: More Esteem with My Portfolio. The ideas expressed do not reflect the opinion or policy of the European Commission, neither do they necessarily reflect the views of the project partners.

This paper was a contribution to the symposium in the EARLI SIG conference. It reflected on the emerging conclusions of the work of the TTplus project (2007 -2008).

This paper provides an overview of the work of the Connexions Kent Guidance P.A.s and considers their needs in terms of knowledge maturing and development. It goes on to examine why a PLE could assist in this process and outlines the different functions of a PLE. Then a scenario is outlined illustrating the possible use of the PLE. Finally, a Mashu...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to address the development of a European architecture of vocational education and promotes and alternative proposal. Design/methodology/approach - This paper is the result of discussions of researchers in the Institut Technik und Bildung on a European Qualification Framework. Findings - The paper provides an a...

As one of the most relevant way of learning after apprentice- ship is the informal learning an implementation of a PLE should try to support the learner by mashing up services and tools of every day work, creates cross links between them and gives motivation and support for personal and individual style of learning. This paper presents implementati...

These publications stem from assignments, seminars, projects and reports of navreme and its partners across Europe. The content of these publications is practice-oriented, they are rather working tools than academic or theoretical aspirations. They may develop into fully-fl edged books in the future, if so needed. In their present shape, they are m...

The fast growing Open Content movement has profound consequences for pedagogical approaches to learning. This paper will explore the use of Open Content in higher education, including training for scientists and scholars at large, and consider its pedagogic implications. Relevance of these issues is expected to grow in the near future, involving th...

This paper focuses on work undertaken through the European Commission funded Bazaar project to establish a community of practice for researchers and practitioners in open source software and open content. The paper considers the use of social software to support such a communitty of practice. It consiers some of the theories and ideas behind suppor...

This paper explores some of the ideas behind the Personal Learning Environment and considers why PLEs might be useful or indeed central to learning in the future. This is not so much a technical question as an educational one, although changing technologies are key drivers in educational change. The paper starts by looking at the changing face of e...

During the last decade the European Union and the Member States have shown an increasing interest developing the quality of workplace learning and linking it into the development of vocational education and training (VET) provisions. In the recent years the issue 'workplace learning' has been linked to the introduction of new organisational concept...

En este artículo se examinan algunas de las ideas en las que se basa el entorno de aprendizaje personal (PLE, Personal Learning Environment) y se analiza por qué el PLE puede resultar útil, o incluso central, para el aprendizaje en el futuro. No es tanto una cuestión técnica como educativa, aunque las tecnologías cambiantes son motores clave en la...

This article outlines the development of a shared web-based knowledge base that seeks to bridge the gap between guidance research and practice. This knowledge base was developed from the contextualised problems that policy makers, managers, practitioners, researchers and trainers face. Six expert groups looked at key areas or problems related to th...

This article outlines the development of a shared web-based knowledge base that seeks to bridge the gap between guidance research and practice. This knowledge base was developed from the contextualised problems that policy makers, managers, practitioners, researchers and trainers face. Six expert groups looked at key areas or problems related to th...

Open Source Software (OSS) is of increasing interest in education. It can provide better quality software, increased pedagogic choice, enhanced flexibility and new business and social models. Furthermore, the idea of Open Source is being extended into other areas including the production of e-learning materials. This conference on Open Source for e...

The publication was a first step in the EU LEONARDO DA VINCI Programme Thematic Monitoring initiative, which goals were to analyse the projects and initiatives in the field of vocational education, bring into focus and present recent best practice a recommendations on further decisions in the related field.

After working with the career guidance ‘community’ for sometime it is clear that ‘shared practice’ is a problematic issue. In that case, ‘community of practice’ too becomes problematic. Maybe it would be better to consider those researchers, practitioners and policy-makers we are working with as a ‘community of interest’ with much looser ties than...

The interactive development of innovation involving science and economy has been widely identified as being of importance for future prospects (Camagni, 1991; Porter, 1992; Lundvall, 1992; Cooke and Morgan, 1993; Storper 1995) in Europe. A key tool for driving and assisting innovation-oriented policy has been the development of innovation networks...

The chapter looks at creating spaces for learning and knowledge development through computer-mediated support in the Cedefop Research Arena.

This book - published in 2002 as a synthesis of several years' work in the Cedefop project 'Key qualifications' provided a new perspective of European approaches to ‘key qualifications’, 'key competences', 'key skills'. At that time the differences of these parallel approaches were being blurred instead of taken up as cultural richness in European...

This chapter explores the transformation of learning in the context of introducing ICT into occupational work processes and as support for learning. At the European level it explores the debates, how to allocate the know-how on ICT at the level of organisations and on the consequences for qualifications, education and training.

The starting point of this paper is that the authors have been involved in research and development of networked collaborative learning for seven years. During this time, it has been very much easier to get funding for program development that approaches this issue from a technicist paradigm rather than one that tries to emphasise the social dimens...

This paper outlines the underpinning theory and technology supporting processes of knowledge development within the CEDEFOP Research Arena (CEDRA). The support for dispersed communities of practice has been developed using web-based collaboration and knowledge sharing tools. These provide a comprehensive telematic platform for interactive and focus...

This paper outlines how information and communication technologies are being used for knowledge development of a dispersed community of practice of careers guidance practitioners. The project seeking to achieve this is in the process of developing prototype web-based collaboration and knowledge sharing tools. These will be used in order to provide...

This paper outlines progress towards the development of a learning community to enhance careers guidance practice, through the process of developing web-based collaboration and knowledge sharing tools. These will be used in order to provide a comprehensive telematic platform for interactive and focused knowledge sharing and transformation for Caree...

This paper outlines progress towards the development of a learning community to enhance careers guidance practice. The project seeking to achieve this is in the process of developing prototype web-based collaboration and knowledge sharing tools. These will be used in order to provide a comprehensive telematic platform for interactive and focused kn...

This paper outlines progress towards the development of a learning community to enhance careers guidance practice, through the process of developing web-based collaboration and knowledge sharing tools.

The ultimate aim of the EUROFRAME project is to explore the establishment of a European Institute for the Education of VET professionals. That institute needs to be built on innovative practice in different Member States. This paper explores ways of building collaboration. That collaboration, in order to focus on practice should include teachers an...

Provides an overview of the research undertaken through the EU Leonardo EUROPROF project. Describes the aims of the project and outlines the methodologies undertaken in the work. Surveys the development of vocational education and training (VET) in Europe over the past two decades in relation to changing forms of work organization and the developme...

In the light of the economic upheavals and social change of the last twenty-five years and ongoing profound technological and structural changes in labour markets and work processes, qualifications for lifelong learning have become a 'conditio sine qua non' and are regarded as core skills of individuals in order to enable them to have a better chan...

This paper is one of a pair describing attempts to devise strategies for the effective implementation of continuing professional development for work-oriented communities of practice in Europe. The paper outlines the development of DIADOSYS: an experience-based documentation system for maintenance workers in Germany. The German discussion about exp...

The five different contributions to this section provide an overview of many of the key debates on the future development of adult and vocational education in Europe. In particular they focus on the role of education and training in developing new knowledge, innovation and jobs. This in turn leads to a need to question the relationship between tech...

This section focuses on different sectoral programmes in vocational and adult education. This embraces both strategies for reform through the introduction of new programmes for particular target groups, especially those disadvantaged on the labour market, and programmes aiming at reform of particular sectors. Whilst the examples are drawn from diff...

In February 1996 the Leonardo Surveys and Analysis project ‘New Forms of Education of Professionals for Vocational Education and Training’ (EUROPROF) was launched at a workshop in Bremen, Germany. The project, which initially involved some thirteen partners from different European Member States, aimed to identify new occupational profiles and devel...

The system of vocational and adult education and training in Europe offers young people and adults the opportunity to learn to play an effective part in the workplace and elsewhere in society. Vocational and adult education and training is increasingly seen as crucial to the maintenance of employment, economic growth and the social integration of d...

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In this short paper we will examine some of the barriers to steps that need to be undertaken in the development of a new framework for the professionalisation of VET.

One of the central concerns of vocational education and training (VET) professionals in Europe in the late 1990s has been how to support those undertaking VET programmes such that not only can they perform more effectively in their jobs as they exist today, but also so that they are better equipped to handle changes in what they will be required to...

At different periods of our lives all of us develop and demonstrate many different identities. As children we form groups of friends, we are part of families and develop identities as school pupils. As we grow up and leave home we form identities through study, through the community in which we live, through hobbies, sport and politics and through...

The project started out by looking at the future role of teachers and trainers – VET professionals – in the different Member States, given the fast changing technologies and economies. Rather than attempt to compare the different roles and curricula the project sought to collaborate in developing new programmes based on a number of common ‘cross cu...