Teachers are lifelong learners too EDEN 2005 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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Teachers are lifelong learners tooEDEN 2005
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Deborah Arnold, Vidéoscop - Université Nancy 2,
FR Matteo Uggeri, Politecnico di Milano - Centro
METID, IT Wilfried Admiraal, University of
Utrecht - IVLOS Institute, NL Eija Ristimaki,
Helsinki University of Technology / FVU, FI

• Helsinki, June 21st 2005

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eLene-TT how did it all start?

• The Ramboll Report
• we received their visit and we were used as case
  studies
• An idea from one of the institutes involved
• work together on a common project
• We had to meet (before the report was finished)
• http//www.elearningeuropa.info/extras/pdf/virtual
  _models.pdf

THE NAME
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The eLene spirit (h)eLene a (h)uman e-learning
network

• A year of collaborative informal work
• 3 face to face project development meetings
• Milan (Nov 03)
• Bremen (Feb 04)
• Nancy (May 04)
• Find a common topic, or several

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eLene-TT Analysis

• Literature, practices, needs
• Some conclusions
• teacher training ? workplace learning
• Needs
• Pedagogical approaches
• Collaboration between teachers
• Technological support
• Content design
• Institutional environment (more on this later)
• Criteria for designing TT actions and selecting
  appropriate tools

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eLene-TT Tools for teacher training

• An example COMPETICE (from France)
• a self assessment tool for skills analysis,
• National Ministry of Education project to support
  Campus Numériques,
• all key players in e-learning from
  decision-making level to students, so including
  HE teachers
• Another example Math Online B (from Italy)
• 1 part face to face talking to teachers,
• then they do something by themselves or
  accompanied by someone from our staff (METID),
• they play the role of students,
• then go off on their own, teach with students,
• after come back to METID and discuss their
  experience in a party.
• We want to make them as independent as possible.

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Tools for TT COMPETICE
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Tools for TT COMPETICE
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Tools for TT COMPETICE
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http//www.mathonline.it
Tools for TT Math onLine B
Path B Training online for high school maths
teachers
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Tools for TT Math onLine B

• Goals
• training about e-learning issues and about the
  role of tutor (models, technology, didactical
  aspects)
• giving the opportunity to experience directly the
  tutor activities in MathOnLine (role, skills and
  management of synchronous and asynchronous
  activities)
• Topics
• the e-learning models teaching and learning
  implications
• the role of tutor technological issues,
  methodologies and management of the process
• the content providing for e-learning

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Tools for TT Math onLine B

• The path
• Design and length
• 4 weeks
• 50 hours with ? 4 afternoons on site (16
  hours) ? 3 online activities (34 hours)
• Editions
• 2003 from September to October
• 2004 from March to April
• 2005 from September to October

1 Technology puzzle
Learning to use technology
2 Back behind the desk
The teacher as a student
The teacher as online tutor
3 Start teaching again
The teacher as skilled online teacher
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Guidelines for TT - Key Issue Institutional
Environment
symbolic-cultural
human
Country level
structural
political
University level
Department level
Teacher level
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Guidelines for TT - Key Issue Institutional
Environment
University level
symbolic-cultural
human
symbolic-cultural
Does your university perform distance learning
with e-learning?For how many students?Is there
any pedagogical training?Is there an official
strategy of the university on e-learning? (or a
strategic scheme of e-learning development)What
is the ICT culture of the university?
structural
political
political
Are there power games about resources?
structural
Organisation - What is the status of the
university? (private / public)- Is there a
teachers development skills unit at your
university?- Is there an e-learning unit at your
university? Ressources - Do teachers have access
to good equipment easily?- Is there money for
e-learning activities? Responsibilities - Who is
responsible for the ICT strategy?- Who is
responsible for TT?- Who is responsible for TT
concerning e-learning ?- WHO says what has to be
done?- WHO decides what resources are to be
used?- WHO decides the constraints?- WHO
validates?