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Progress report |
Period of activity: January 1st – December 31st, 2007
Title of the UNESCO Chair or Network: Global
e-Learning with applications to multiple domains
Institution/Country: University of Tampere, Finland
Report established by: Tapio Varis
Function / Title: Professor and Chair, Vocational
education with particular reference to global learning environments
To be sent by electronic
mail to both: s.bahri@unesco.org and i.nichanian@unesco.org
or to UNESCO, Division of
Higher Education
7,
place Fontenoy – 75352 Paris 07 SP
Fax:
33 1 45 68 56 26/27/28
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Summary (Not exceeding
300 words, outcomes/results/impact) The
activities of the Chair have been positively reflected by the encouraging
responses to the concrete activities during the year 2007 by many cooperating
institutions. The UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre awarded the Research Centre for
Vocational Education in Hämeenlinna, Finland, where
the Chair is located. The European Commission as well and individual Governments,
industry, civil society and Universities have expressed their gratitude of
the activities held in 2007. Special efforts have been made to develop the
new renaissance education and build global cultural bridges together with
artists. It is widely understood that the most important skills of the future
will be communication skills.. Critical thinking
skills are needed as a productive and positive activity. Critical thinkers
see the future as open and malleable, not as closed and fixed. As noted in
the UNESCO Report on Knowledge Societies (2005), there is a general agreement
on the appropriateness of the expression “knowledge societies”; the same
cannot be said of the content. However we define the 21st century societies there are some
trends that seem to have consequences in all spheres of life. Globalization
and digitalization have fundamental consequences in educational and learning
life, working life and in governance. The vision is a society which develops
and utilizes the opportunities inherent in the information society to improve
the quality of life, knowledge, international competitiveness and interaction
in an exemplary, versatile and sustainable way. These ideas have been used to
develop the Global University System (GUS) within the UNESCO Chair in global
e-learning at the University of Tampere. The Chair has emphasized media
literacy because of the topicality and importance of media education as part
of citizenship skills and the problems encountered in its realization.
Another issue has been cultural dialogue and cooperation with the Alliance of
Civilizations movement created by the United Nations. |
I. Address and
Contact
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Address
of the Host
Institution |
Address
of the Chairholder (or
coordinator) Other
contact person |
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Name
TapioVaris Function/Title Professor and Chair, Vocational
Education with particular reference to global learning environments University/Institution University of
Tampere Faculty/Department/Centre Faculty of Education/
Research Centre for Vocational Education P.O.Box 229, FIN-13101 Hameenlinna, Finland Street Postal Code FIN-13101 Hameenlinna, Finland City Hameenlinna Province Country Finland Phone +358 3 3551 3608 Fax +358 3 3551 3611 E-mail tapio.varis@uta.fi Website
of UNESCO Chair or UNITWIN
Network Website
of Host Institution http://www.itu.int/wsis/goldenbook/search/display.asp?Quest=8032562&lang=en |
University of Tampere, P.O.Box 229 FIN-13101
Hameenlinna Finland |
University of Tampere, P.O.Box
229 FIN-13101 Hameenlinna Finland |
II.
Available
resources
For each type of resource placed
at the disposal of the Chair/Network, please specify its source (cf. Annex 1)
1. Human
resources
Ų Status of
the Chair in the organizational structure of the Institution (number of posts
contributing to the Chair): integrated in the full professorship
Ų Number of academic staff (full time and part time), full professors, researchers, lecturers: one full time professor
Ų Number of visiting staff: a few short term visitors
Ų If there are other staff or groups contributing to the Chair or Network,
please indicate their number and status (postgraduate students, advisors,
consultants, experts, NGOs, etc): NGO Vice-President for Global University
System (and network)
Ų Number of administrative staff: integrated with regular administration
2. Other resources
Financial contributions (indicate amount, source
and purpose): full time professor salary for the coordinators basic work
UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre, specific contracts
European Union, Research and Expert work
Material resources (indicate their nature and use): for specific
purposes/projects
Space
placed at the disposal of the Chair or Network University office room
To facilitate easy handily of data,
for each type of resources listed above, please provide the amount whenever
available or an estimate sum in US Dollars or Euros
III. Activities
(Please, provide short information for each activity)
1.
Academic activities
Education
(leading to certification)
· Title and
expected results for each courses, workshop, etc.
Doctoral seminar and lecture course in master programme, University of Tampere, Finland
Course on Media Education, University of Tampere, Finland
Course on Global Changes in Society and Vocational Education, University of Tampere, Finland
Course on “Communication and Media Literacy,” Southern Federal University, Taganrog Institute of technology, Department of Linguistic Education, Russia, September 16-23, 2006
· Duration
· Target groups (cf. Annex 2)
·
Geographical coverage for partners and participants (cf. Annex 3)
Training (short term)
· Title and
expected results for training activity
· Duration
· Target groups (cf. Annex 2)
·
Geographical coverage for partners and
participants (cf. Annex 3)
Research
· Title “Quantitative Policy
Analysis of Global Socio-Economic-Energy-Environment Development (GSEEED)” <http://preview.tinyurl.com/337nrn>.
· Duration Indefinite
· Target groups (cf. Annex 2) High school, undergraduate, graduate students
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Geographical coverage for partners and
participants (cf. Annex 3) Japan, the US, China, Russia, and the other relevant
countries.
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Intended use of results
This project will construct Globally Distributed
Socio-Economic-Environmental Simulation System through broadband Internet,
which will have two-tier system:
a. One for training young would-be decision makers in crisis management,
conflict resolution, and negotiation techniques basing on "facts and
figures" and
b. The other for helping decision makers construct
a globally distributed decision-support system for positive sum/win-win
alternatives to conflict and war.
2.
Conferences/ Meetings
· Title for
each conference, meeting organized by the Chair/Network
· Dates and
place
E-learning goes social – policy becomes e-inclusive, Keynote
presentation, Freie Universitat, Berlin,
Germany, January 25, 2007
Interactive Technology in Education, ITK Conference in Hameenlinna, Finland, April 19th, 2007 (Keynote)
Media Literacy Expert Group, European Commission Brussels, April 23, 2007 (Speaker)
e-Learning in Europe, Leonardo Conference Keynote presentation, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 24, 2007
How can users get access to knowledge on the Internet? European Commission Conference “More Trust in Content”, Leipzig, Germany, May 9-11. 2007 (Speaker)
Finnish-Russian seminar on pedagogy, Petrozavodsk, Russia, May 27-31, 2007
Media Literacy research seminar, University of Barcelona, Spain, September 5-8, 2007, (Co-chair)
“Communication and Media Literacy,” Southern Federal University, Taganrog Institute of technology, Department of Linguistic Education, Russia, September 16-23, 2006 (Keynote)
Towards implementing new quality management systems in merged institutions. Finnish-South African Conference, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, October 7-10, 2007
Comunidades virtuales, puntos de
encuentro, IV
Congreso Internacional de EducaRed, Madrid, October 29-30, Spain (Keynote)
Digital Literacy Expert Group, European Comission,
Brussels November 22, 2007 (Speaker)
Internacional Conference
“e-Learning & e-Administración en la Sociedad del Conocimiento ”,
Universidad de Complutense, Madrid, November 23, 2007
The Use of Technology in Learning, National Conference
of Education, Board of Education, Helsinki, Finland November 29, 2007 (Keynote)
European Union e-Inclusion Ministerial Event, Lissbon, Portugal, December 3-4. 2007 (Speaker)
TEMPUS Project Jordanian-German-Finnish-Swedish
working seminar, Bonn, Germany, December 12-13, 2007, Project participant
Media Literacy Expert Group, European Commission,
Brussels, December 14, 2007 (Speaker)
Utsumi:
“Capacity Crisis for Service Delivery in
Southern Africa: Opportunities for Stabilize Societies with Information &
Communications Technologies,” Dr. Roland M. Msiska,
Director, Southern African Capacity Initiative (SACI) <http://www.undp-saci.co.za/>,
United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Johannesburg, South Africa, Stevens
Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, January 25, 2007
Board of Directors Meeting of Project Globe Consortium for Continuing Professional Development (CPD), January 26, 2007, Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Seminar
on “International Networks,” with Bjorn Wellenius, Telecommunications Adviser - The World
Bank, Jaroslaw K. Ponder, Policy Analysist,
Strategy and Policy Unit (SPU) of International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
and T. Utsumi, which was organized by Prof. Eli Noam, Director, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information at Columbia
University on February 14, 2007
United Nations University
seminar on Regional Centers of Expertise to Promote Education for Sustainable
Development (ESD) - Progress in RCEs, in the Dag
Hammarskjold Library Auditorium during the 15th Session of the Commission on
Sustainable Development (CSD15) in New York. May 7, 2007
Keynote speech ”Global Collaboration with Global University System” <http://preview.tinyurl.com/yspgq9> at The Cultural Bridges between Finland and
Japan, University of Tampere, November 9, 2007
Lecture on ”Global University System” at Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia,
November 12, 2007
· Participants
(number and geographical coverage)
3.
Interuniversity Exchanges/
Partnerships
(Please specify:
Name and institutions involved in the exchange and
partnership, number of persons- staff and students received, staff and students
sent on exchange)
4.
Publication and multimedia materials
(Please
estimate costs of publications and expected revenues from their sale)
Varis, T:
Associate Editor of International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation (IJMLO)
Editorial Board member of Digital Libraries: An International Journal, (TERI, India)
Editorial Board Member of The International Journal of Learning and Media, (University of London)
Finnische
Hochschulpolitik. Innovationssysteme im globalen Wettbewerb
- europäische Modelle und Reflektionen. Diskussionpapier der Alexander
von Humboldt-Stiftung 10/2007
How can users get access to knowledge on the Internet? European Commission Conference “More
Trust in
Content”, Leipzig, Germany, May 9-11. 2007, http://www.leipzig-eu2007.de
Finlandia: estrategia y destrezas comunicativas para la Sociedad del Conocimiento.
TELOS,
julio-septiembre 2007
Global university in the knowledghe
societies. Colloquium on Research and Higher Education Policies, UNESCO,
Paris 2006,
www.unesco.org/education/researchforum
Ammatillinen kasvu - Professional Growth, Professori Pekka Ruohotien juhlakirja. Toimittanut Seppo Saari ja
Tapio Varis. Tampereen yliopiston
ammattikasvatuksen tutkimus-
ja koulutuskeskus
& Okka-Säätiö 2007
"New technologies and innovation in higher education and regional development,"
in Monograph "Universities and Regional Development: the challenge in the
era of the globalisation of higher education," Universitat
Oberta de Catalunya, ISSN
1698-580K
http://www.uoc.edu/rusc/4/2/dt/eng/varis.html
Current Trends and Approaches to Media Literacy in Europe (together with
Jose Manuel Perez Tornero, et al, Universitat
Autonoma de Barcelona 2007)
http://ec.europa.eu/avpolicy/media_literacy/studies/index_en.htm
.
Utsumi:
Utsumi, T.
Synopsis of GLOSAS/USA Projects, November 2, 2007
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/yoebmy>
Utsumi,
T.
“Globally Collaborative Peace Gaming with Global University System,”
To be published in Journal of
Organizational Transformation and Social Change, Liverpool John Moores University, The United Kingdom, October, 2007
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/29obgb>
“Global E-Learning for Global Peace with Global University System,” Experiments in Education, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1, ISSN 0970-7490, January, 2006
http://www.experimentsineducation.150m.com
"Global University System for Engineering Education in the Age of Globalization"; European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 31, No.3, June 2006, Pages 339-348
Utsumi, T.
"Globally Collaborative Innovation Network with Global University System," Paper for Learning Technology, IEEE Computer Society, Vol. 8, Issue 3, July, 2006
Utsumi, T. (2005); "Global E-Learning for Global Peace with Global University System," Paper for the forthcoming publication "Communication and Learning in the Multicultural World," University of Tampere, Finland, (Edited by Pekka Ruohotie), to celebrate the 60th birthday of the GUS Acting President Tapio Varis in June 2006
Publication
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Book
Title:
Author(S)
Publisher(s)
Year
Language(s)
Number of pages
·
Periodical
(periodicity)
· Others (specify, please)
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Teaching/learning material
Title:
Author(S)
Publisher(s)
Year
Language(s)
Number of pages
Multimedia material
CULTURAL BRIDGES 2007 - DAY
- Cultural, Bussiness
& Education in Multicultural World
09.11.2007
Tampere Hall - University of Tampere
TAMPERE, FINLAND
Producer and/or distributor (with
address):
Heikki Mäenpää, cultural
bridges
www.peda.net/veraja/culturalbridges
Year: 2007
Teaching/learning material
Type of material:
· Video
· CD
ROM
· Visio
conference: Multicultural event
· Other type of material
(Please
specify):_________________________
Duration:
Format:
Language(s):
Main keywords (4 or 5):
5.
Others
IV. Outcomes
Please describe shortly (up to 500 words) the major
outcomes of the Chair/Network with special reference to their impact on the
human, social, economical and cultural development at local, national, regional
or international level. Whenever applicable indicate the impact of activities
on promoting gender equality, rural development, attaining the Millennium
Development Goals, Education For All and Sustainable development etc.
The activities of the Chair have been
positively reflected by the encouraging responses to the concrete activities
during the year 2007 by many cooperating institutions. The UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre
awarded the Research Centre for Vocational Education in Hämeenlinna,
Finland, where the Chair is located. The European Commission as well and
individual Governments, industry, civil society and Universities have expressed
their gratitude of the activities held in 2007. improve
the quality of life, knowledge, international competitiveness and interaction
in an exemplary, versatile and sustainable way. These ideas have been used to
develop the Global University System (GUS) within the UNESCO Chair in global
e-learning at the University of Tampere. The Chair has emphasized media
literacy because of the topicality and importance of media education as part of
citizenship skills and the problems encountered in its realization. Another
issue has been cultural dialogue and cooperation with the Alliance of
Civilizations movement created by the United Nations.
V.
Forthcoming
activities
(Please outline the action
plan for the current biennium)
(1)
Creation of
GUS/Palestine/Gaza Strip and West Bank;
<http://tinyurl.com/25kl5n>
(2)
Creation of
GUS/Egypt;
<http://tinyurl.com/3xenph>
(3)
Delivering a
keynote speech at the "ICT-Learn 2007" conference in Cairo, Egypt,
September 2 to 4, 2007
Al-Azab, M. and T. Utsumi, (2007), "Creation of Global
University System in Egypt (GUS/Egypt),"
<http://tinyurl.com/389to9>
(4)
Creations of GUS
in Siberia, Turkey, Romania, Mongolia, Rostov-on-Don in Russia, Croatia,
Nicaragua, etc.
(5)
Higashiyama-theme
Finnish-Japanese cultural event in November, 2007, in Tampere, Finland
(6)
UNESCO-UNEVOC
research and training-projects in ICT and sustainable development
(7)
Lecture course
in Taganrog State University of Radio Engineering, Russia
(8)
Digital library
training in Pyongyang, D.P.R. of Korea
(9)
Regional universities project in Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil
(10)
Merging process
of higher education and distance education, South Africa
(11)
Translations of
some of following books into English and/or Japanese;
(i)
Oesch, K., “Virtuaalinen
voimaantuminen”
Tampere University Press (2007)
ISBN 978-951-44-7091-2 (nid.)
(Written in Finnish)
English Summary <Klaus Oesch Book Summary.pdf> <http://preview.tinyurl.com/2hyh7p>
(ii)
“FENIX — Interactive Computing
2003-2007: Final Report”
Tekes, Technology Programme
Report 2/2007, Helsinki, ISBN 952-457-357-1
(Written in English)
Full report in pdf format <http://www.tekes.fi/eng/publications/FENIX_Interactive_Computing.pdf>
(iii) Syrjanen, M., Nikula,
J., Vehvilainen, I., Raivio, T., “Tietoyhteiskunnan
uudet toimintatavat mahdollisuutena ja hassteena: FENIX –
teknologiaohjelman arviointi”, ISBN 978-952-457-386-3
(Written in Finnish)
English Summary <Syrjanen Executive Summary.pdf> <http://preview.tinyurl.com/ypm9sg>
(iv)
Kaisa Kautto-Koivula
and Marita Huhtaniemi
“RENGISTA ISANNAKSI” (In Finnish)
“From Hiredman
(slave?) to Master: Free from the leash of the Quartal
Economy”
Introduction of the Book <Kaisa_book_summary.pdf>
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/yq7hlt>
(v)
Kaisa Kautto-Koivula
and Marita Huhtaniemi,
Nokia Ventures Organization
"Evolution Towards Human-Centric
Knowledge Society. Can Societies Learn from Global Corporations?"
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/y5ja49>
(vi)
Dahlman, C., J. Routti, P. Yla-Anttila
“Finland as a Knowledge Economy:
Elements of Scuccess and Lessons Learned”
World Bank Institute (2006)
Overview in English <Finland as a Knowledge Economy copy.pdf>
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/ysf5e6>
VI.
Development
prospects
Action aimed at obtaining a
stable permanent status of the Chair/Network in the structure of the
Institution
Short and medium term: The UNESCO
Chair has a permanent status in the Faculty of Education, University of
Tampere. The Research Centre for Vocational Education was given the status of
National UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre in 2006.
Long term: Institutionalizing the
Global University System (GUS) and promoting UNESCO-UNEVOC training and
research activities to become an international research and educational centre
Expanding activities
Broadening partnerships
(1) Consummated Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
with Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, New York for the GSEEED Project
mentioned above <http://tinyurl.com/yr7qbk> on May 17, 2007.
(2) Consummated Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)
with University of Tampere, TOBB Economic and Technology University in Ankara,
Turkey, and Global University System <http://tinyurl.com/yr7qbk> on November 9, 2007, for creating
GUS/Turkey.
Mobilization of resources
Fund raising to be made in 2008:
(1) For
GUS/Turkey, i.e., e-learning courses available from University of Tampere and
Helsinki University of Technology will be received by TOBB ETU students in
Ankara, Turkey,
(2) For GUS 10th
Anniversary Workshop at the University of Tempere in
August of 2009, which will institutionalize GUS activities,
(3) For GSEEED
project mentioned above, and
(4) For book
translations mentioned above.
Annex 2
Target groups
(Please specify for
each category number of male and female)
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Target group |
Male |
Female |
Total |
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Undergraduate students |
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Graduate students |
6 |
10 |
16 |
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Postgraduate students |
6 |
7 |
13 |
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Academics |
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5 |
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Public administrators |
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200 |
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Employees from industry or other private organizations (please, specify)(lectures for entrepreneurs) |
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20 |
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Teachers from primary education |
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Teachers from secondary education |
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Teachers from technical and vocational education |
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100 |
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Teachers from adult education |
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20 |
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Others groups (Please
specify)(Keynote lectures in national ICT conferences for teachers)
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1500 |
Annex 3
Geographical Coverage
· National ˙x (Finland)
·
Regional/Interregional/International ˙x
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Regions |
Countries |
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Africa |
Nigeria, Sierra
Leone, Ethiopia, Kenya, etc. South Africa |
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Arab States |
Egypt, Palestine |
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Asia/Pacific |
China, India, Mongolia |
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Eastern and Central
Europe |
Russia, Siberia,
Rostov-on-Don, Poland, Turkey, Croatia, Romania |
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Western
Europe and North America |
European
Union, USA |
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Latin America and the
Caribbean |
Brazil, Nicaragua |