Arnor Guðmundsson: Towards a policy for distance learning in Iceland
This document outlines Iceland's policy towards distance learning. It discusses the previous policy and lessons learned regarding distributed learning, implementation, and linking to regional policies. It also discusses the ongoing work to develop a new policy, including the process, challenges, and vision. The vision is for all Icelandic students to have access to high quality distance learning that increases access to education, flexibility in studying, and reduces regional differences. The strategy focuses on students, teaching/learning, curricula, governance, funding, and research/evaluation. Next steps are to ask questions about student needs, changes in teaching/learning, curriculum structure, governance models, funding approaches, and research needs.
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Arnor Guðmundsson: Towards a policy for distance learning in Iceland
- 1. Towards a policy for distance learning in Iceland Arnór Guðmundsson Director of Education
- 2. Overview • Previous policy and its lessons: – distributed learning – Implementation and infrastructure – link to regional policy • Ongoing work on new policy – process and challenges – vision and strategy – next steps
- 4. Implementation of policy • Differences between levels of education. • Link to regional policy • Infrastructure • Learning Centers
- 5. The Geography of Services
- 6. Number of students in distance learning 6000 5000 4000 3000 Upper Secondary schools Universities 2000 1000 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
- 7. Distance students by region in fall 2011 Erlendis Suðursvæði Austursvæði Norðaustursvæði Universities Norðvestursvæði Upper Secondary schools Vestfjarðasvæði Vesturlandssvæði Suðvestursvæði 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
- 8. Vision • In Iceland students have access to distance learning that provides more access to learning resources, flexibility in studying and diminishes regional and social differences • Distance learning supports the opportunities of education institutions in the country side to offer greater variety of courses, increase quality and meet the needs of people in less populated areas • Distance learning is of high quality and contributes to efficiency in education and the financing of educational provisions
- 10. Strategy • Students • Teaching and learning • Curricula and course offering • Governance • Funding • Research and evaluation
- 11. Next step: ask the questions • What are the needs of the students? • What changes are happening in the area of teaching and learning, f.ex. digital pedagogy? • How should we structure the curricula and course offerings? • What kind of governance? Networks? Regions? Centers? • Funding models: money follows the student? • Research on pedagogy, evaluation