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Learning Environments/ICT in Education
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Role of New Educational Technology
Socially, culturally and physically distributed congnition
Human beings & External thinking tools
Spread intelligence
Social web
Intelligent Learning Environments
Blended Learning instead of eLearning
Digital natives vs. digital immigrants
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ICT in Finnish Schools 1998-
Equipping schools with computers
Networking schools
Organizing teachers’ in-service training
Developing teaching methods
Virtual School project 2000-2006
Learning Environment –project 2007 -
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ICT in Finnish SchoolsGeneral recommendations in National core curriculum
Schools are assumed to create their own ICT strategy as part of their local curriculum
In-service training for teachers 1999-2005Levels: ope.fi I (”Ope=teacher”)
• basic skills
Ope.fi II- I CT in education skills- pedagogical
Ope.fi III
ICT-experts
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Use of the devices in Finnish schools 2008
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Learning Environment projects
Writing to Read – the Trageton Method
GIS Learning Portal
Get a Move On! – Training with ICT
Information and Safety from the Web
Web 2.0 as a Learning Tool
Learning using Second Life
Learning with Mobil Phones
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Learning Environment Projects
Virtual School project - ICT projects at Schools, mostly financed by the state- Best practices collection
OpettajaTV= Teacher TV- co-operation project between Finnish National Broadcasting
Company and FNBE- TV series for in-service teacher training and online courses
based on the series- Pedagogical materials collected from Yle’s archive
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Efforts to promote ICT in Education
Survey on digital learning materials
Finnish and Swedish materials based on core curriculum
Searching engine for Learning materials
Both free and commercial materials can be found through the same database
(co-operation project with European Schoolnet)
eTwinning –project
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Upper Secondary Distance School
Makes studying possible for all
The aims and content are the same in distance education as in regular school
Lot of digital materials tailor made for distance education needs
TV series and radio programs as well
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Current situation
Developing learning environments 2007 –
ICT should become a natural part of daily work
FNBE awards state grants for the development of learning environments
(approximately 5 million euros/year)
About 300 LE-ICT projects going on right now
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Current situation
ICT at School’s Everyday Life 2008 -2010
The project is carried out by Ministry of Transport and Communications
(co-ordination), Ministry of Education and National Board of Education and in
co-operation with industry and commerce. (public-private-partnership)
1) Pedagogical practices of ICT for teaching and learning
2) Media culture in formal and informal learning environments
3) ICT mediated interaction, team work and competencies
4) ICT tools, infrastructure and usability
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Information and Communication Technology at School’s Everyday Life - A research and development project
The project produces evidence-based and sustainable solutions for the application of ICT at school’s everyday life. The core goal is to develop pedagogically and technologically sound models, practices and materials that can be flexibly and smoothly integrated into the life of every school in Finland.
The project is realized via a broad collaborative research network :12 pilot schools; 12 university based research groups; Technical Research Center in Finland (VTT), 28 private enterprises; Finnish municipalities; and international partners.
The project has been organized into four thematic research packages: 1) Pedagogical models and technological innovations, 2) ICT in and across disciplinary subjects, 3) mobile learning and the production of learning materials, 4) Public-private partnership models, infrastructure and accountability
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What’s now?
New national strategy for ICT in education 2010
for all levels informal learning included
Main issues:
- in-service training for teachers
- 1:1 computing for all (a goal )
- e-learning materials (more games and simulations)
- research
OPTEK-research-project- results 2010- 12 local communities, 20 schools
- 12 universities, 20 companies
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What’s now?
The evaluation criteria wil be updated in 2011
Learning materials:
- co-operation with publishers
- FNBE´s role as a learning material producer
(material for a small targit groups)
- no inspection of learning materials
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Quality criteria
1. Pedagogical quality
- goals of learnining
- target group
- supporting learning
2. Usability
- general easiness and fluency
- technical solution
- user interface
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Quality criteria
3. Accessibility -accessibility to all users-user interface
4. Quality of production-based on surveys and research
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Future visions (FNBE)
By 2011 Finnish schools will have innovative and creative ICT models and practices for wide dissemination locally and globally.
Finland will be one of the European leaders in the utilization and development of information and communication technologies for educational purposes.
