Andrea Krpti Etvs Lornd University ELTE Centre for Multimedia in Education MULTIPED UNESCO Chair for

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Andrea KárpátiEötvös Loránd University
(ELTE)Centre for Multimedia in Education
(MULTIPED)UNESCO Chair for ICT in Education
EPICT IN HUNGARY
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EPICT at national level The context

• Hungarian Schoolnet a regional leader in
  educational content provision
• ICT is a compulsory discipline for Grades 5-10,
  ages 11-16 ? pre-service teacher students with
  basic ICT skills
• In-service training market 30-hour modules
  dominate
• EPICT first e-learning course for teachers
• DLE Moodle
• European Educational Innovation Funds ICT is a
  compulsory part of in-service training for all
  participating teachers -

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EPICT at national level Project objectives and
results

• Adaptation of all 16 generic modules and course
  documentation
• Development of DLE Moodle for EPICT,
  www.epict.moodle.hu
• Training of 22 facilitators
• Pilot with 120 teachers
• Provision of business plan
• Formation of the Hungarian EPICT board

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www.epict.hu
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http//www.moodle.epict.hu
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Course page
Online questionnaires
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Course flow for pilot in Hungary
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Module O8

• Parts
• Intro text
• Exercises
• Module task
• Manuals
• Module library

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Fore important support for start
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Evaluation

• Prior to course
• Adaptation of modules 2-3 authors, 1 reviewer
• Comparison of two DLE-s usability study of
  Moodle and Coospace
• During pilot course action and skills research
  methods
• During regular courses
• Evaluation of prospective course providers
• Participant observation of facilitation
• Sampling of submitted modules
• Student satisfaction surveys
• Facilitators assess modules on fore and during
  retraining

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Pilot course evaluation

• Main objective detection of factors influencing
  the development of educational ICT skills
• Background variables age, discipline,
  professional rank, personality traits
• Evaluation tools
• ICT Attitudes and Use Questionnaire
• California Personality Profile Test, (CPI)
• Pedagogical Strategies Questionnaire
• Communication within the distance learning
  environment
• Group Dynamics Task, Digital Portfolio for Groups
  

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Log file analysis,all participants
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Frequency of use documented in the Moodle DLE
Statistics per module for facilitator / group
/student
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Pedagogical Strategies Questionnaire
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E-mail by group leader accompanyingmodule task
submission
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Problems and solutions

• Short time for course adaptation employment of
  a large authors and reviewers team
• Pioneering e-learning in teacher training
  detailed assessment and evaluation
• Competition of existing course providers
  evaluation study of existing courses ?
  co-existence, facilitators trained for them
• Sustainability Ministry of Education included
  EPICT in the EU-funded National Development Plan
  40.000 pre-financed places

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Facilitators forum
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Facilitators debate
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Current status and business/exploitation
plans/strategies

• Prospective 40.000 students funded by the
  National Development Plan, 2007-2010 if plan is
  accepted by EU (disclosed in October 2006)
• Showcase Conference on EPICT Hungary for
  potential course providers end of August 2006
• National facilitators training starts in
  September 2006, provider ELTE MULTIPED
• Revision of course modules May August 2006

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New modules 2006-2007

• Optional Moving stories
• Optional Data collection
• Optional Digital Learning Repositoriesdeveloped
  by the Hungarian team