Slides for my IEFE2013 workshop Modern Technologies in Learning New pedagogy - New Evaluation?

1. IEFE2013, Workshop
Modern Technologies in Learning
New Pedagogy – New Evaluation?
Mervi Jansson – Aalto
Director, Education Partnerships

2. Omnia, The Joint Authority of
Education in the Espoo Region
Mul$sector
ini$al
and
con$nuing
upper
secondary
and
voca$onal
educa$on
for
nearly
10000
students,
employing
over
700
staff.
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Adult Apprenticeship
Vocational Youth InnoOmnia
Education Training
College Workshops
Centre Centre
Administration, Economic and Financial Services, Management Services,
Facility Services, Information Management Services

3. Omnia’s Regional Development Model
Companies
Municipali$es
K-­‐12
VET
OMNIA
U.
of
Applied
Universi$es
Sciences
Finnish
Na$onal
Ministry
of
Board
of
Educa$on
Educa$on

4. Teachers - The Critical Success Factor
in Building Quality Education

5. InnoOmnia – Connecting
students, teachers and
entrepreneurs
Contextual learning
Mobile technology
Cloud-based solutions
Piloting new tools and assessment
Professional development to support school leaders and teachers

6. In 21st Century Education Teachers
Have Multiple Roles
Learner
Par$cipant
Teacher
Co-­‐creater
Consumer

7. Assessing Teachers’ Edtech Skills
Digital resources
Online presentations
Screen capture videos and tutorials
Collaborative content on multiple platforms
Social bookmarking and curation
Shared files and other resources

8. Visualized
Learning
hNp://www.onlineuniversi$es.com/digital-­‐classroom,
www.pearltrees.com,
www.diigo.com,
hNp://www.slideshare.net,
hNp://www.screenr.com

9. AnswerGarden – A free web platform
works with all devices
2.
To
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10. 21st Century Teachers Understand
 What are digital literacy skills and why they are important.
 How to use cloud-based services to foster a
collaborative learning culture.
 How to make the most of the mobile devices students
carry with them anyway.
 The value of creating a personal learning environment!
 That learning should be an engaging process with no
boundaries...

11. SWAB and CuSe - Cases from Omnia
 Holistic learning
experiences
 Tech and web integration
 Soft skills and content
 Applying theory to practice
 Higher order thinking
 New forms of assessment

12. SWAB - Entrepreneurial Thinking
 Teams from secondary school, vocational upper
secondary school and university of applied sciences
compete in solving business challenges.
 Platforms: Dream platform, Google docs, Facebook and
Youtube.
 Authentic learning bringing together schools and
businesses.
 Requires creativity, problem solving skills, team skills,
digital presentation skills and an understanding of
business.

13. SWAB - Slightly Wacky Business

14. CuSe – It’s All About Communication
 A 10-week roleplay involving teachers and students.
 Focuses on two modules: customer service and visual
design.
 Platforms: Facebook, Soundcloud, Skype and
Wikispaces, Twitter.
 Requires team skills, problem solving skills, negotiation
skills, business skills, professional use of social media
and knowledge of licensing on the web.

15. CuSe - Learning Customer Service Through
Roleplay and Social Media

16. Recipes for Success - Pilot Cases and Training
Pedagogy
Tools
and
Tech
Applica$ons
Integra$on

17. National Collaboration on Modeling of
Best Practices in Mobile Learning
Working group
coordinated by
Omnia.
Pedagogical
and technical
questions
addressed.
Professional
development
offered.

18. What Have We Learnt?
 Focus on the learning goals!
 Be critical. What is the added value to the
students, teachers?
 Plan! How will the tools and technology be used
in the learning process?
 Can everyone access and use the tools?
 Code of conduct, copyright and licensing
issues.
 What will be assessed, how and by whom?

19. Scope of Assessment
 A specific learning outcome?
 The learning process?
 Knowledge?
 Skills?
 Competence?
 Ability to ask/answer questions?
 Creativity/performance?
 Collaboration?
Self/peer/teacher evaluation?
What will count in the real
world, ten years from now?

20. Wallwisher - A Great Tool for Feedback
Give
it
a
try!
1.
Go
to
URL
hNp://bit.ly/iefeomnia3
or
scan
QR-­‐code.
2.
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tap
on
the
wall
to
open
a
comment
box,
tap
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to
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a
message.

21. Thank you!
LinkedIn:
hNp://linkd.in/mervijansson
TwiNer:
@Mervijan
Email:
mervi.jansson@omnia.fi
www.innoomnia.fi