ICT4T ICT Training for Trainers Meeting Senior Learner Needs

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ICT4T ICT Training for TrainersMeeting Senior
Learner Needs
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ICT4T THE PROJECT

• 24 month Socrates Grundtvig project funded by the
  European Commission
• 6 partner institutions
• Institute for Future Studies (Coordinator) AT
• Vilnius Business College / Vilniaus Verslo
  Kolegija LT
• Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH
  IACM) GR
• Institut für virtuelles und reales Lernen in der
  Erwachsenenbildung an der Universität Ulm (ILEU)
  DE
• Zentrum für Allgemeine Wissenschaftliche
  Weiterbildung der Universität Ulm (ZAWiW) DE
• Florida Centre de Formació, CA ES
• Project Website
• http//www.ict4t.net

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OVERALL AIMS

• to contribute to improvements in the integration
  of ICT in society
• to better respond to senior citizens needs in
  terms of use of ICT and eLearning
• to provide more accessible solutions and
• to contribute to the inclusion of the elderly so
  that they can benefit from ICT services according
  to their specific needs

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TARGET GROUP SPECIFIC AIMS

• Main target group trainers and training
  institutions
• Indirect target group older learners, senior
  citizens
• Main aims
• provide support to trainers and training
  organisations to design specific programs for
  ICT-supported training of senior citizens and
• develop their eLearning design competence
  according to Design-for-All principles

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OBJECTIVES

• Assess the state-of-the-art and course design
  needs in relation to media and ICT-based
  information presentation competence and
  design-for-all principles
• Develop new pedagogical models and lesson plans
  that use the eLearning state of the art
• Develop training material
• Provide teacher training
• Discuss and disseminate the pedagogical models,
  lesson plans and course material in Europe among
  training institutions, trainers and senior
  learners.

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MAIN OUTCOME

• Course on Teaching and Learning with ICT
  according to the Needs of Elderly
• Up to 40 teaching hours (8 modules)
• Oriented towards public from all over Europe
• Adapted to the needs of the target group,
  enhanced usability etc.
• 5 courses
• 3 Online courses ? European audience
• 2 completed 3rd course currently running
• 2 courses offered to Grundtvig 3 applicants
• 1 successfully completed

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COURSE OBJECTIVES/METHODOLOGY

• Course Objectives
• The principal objective of the course is to
  introduce trainers to the practical use of ICT
  in the context of senior learning.
• Methodology
• The methodology of the course is aimed to
  showcase the kind of approach that is most
  effective in working with senior learners.

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PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH

• The insights derived from the needs analysis
  process and state-of-the-art work indicate a
  series of elements that are successful in
  learning for the elderly
• Self-guided learning Elderly learners should be
  able to set their own agenda within the framework
  of the course trainers support this process.
• Flexible approaches Heterogeneity of target
  group ?? wide range of abilities, prior learning
  histories, attitudes and aims to be taken into
  account.
• Participatory paricipatory approach to design
  that involves the learners in the process.

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PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH II

• Informal learning learning that has not been
  planned for in advance, and the kinds of
  processes involved in that can be more welcome
  and effective than courses with highly structured
  and rigid programmes.
• Reflection activities and those involving
  conversation and interaction are highly welcome
  and effective for many elderly learners.
• Active learning or learning by doing is similarly
  highly welcome. The use of project-based and
  problem-solving activities, particularly is seen
  as positive.

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MODULES OVERVIEW

• Module 1 Introduction and Experiences
• The module serves as an introduction to the ICT4T
  course
• Module 2 Senior Learner Needs in the Context of
  ICT-Based Teaching
• Specific focus on the heterogeneity of the target
  group with regards to ICT-based learning
• Module 3 Accessibility Issues in the Context of
  ICT-Based Teaching of Seniors
• Raise awareness of special needs and issues of
  accessibility in senior learning
• Module 4 Learning Theory in Senior Learning with
  ICT
• This module centres on how seniors learn,
  relating this to the principal currents of
  learning theory in the field of ICT based
  learning.

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MODULES OVERVIEW

• Module 5 ICT Tools Available for Use in Senior
  Learning
• Overview of the different tools available for
  use in learning specific focus on
  collaborative learning and
• Web 2.0
• Module 6 Activities Using ICT with Senior
  Learners
• Activities available to teachers using ICT with
  senior learners the activities are related to
  the tools identified in Module 5
• Module 7 Teacher Roles in Use of ICT with
  Senior Learners
• This module centres on appropriate roles played
  by the teacher with senior learners in ICT
  contexts.
• Module 8 Course Design Project
• Integration and consolidation of what
  participants have learned in the previous modules
  into a coherent whole by putting it into practice

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Project outputs including the course materials
will be available from the ICT4T project website
http//www.ict4t.net Contact christian.petter_at_fu
turestudies.org Website http//www.futurestudies.
org