Presentation made at the EMINENT Project Event 2018 on the topic 'How to assess, certify and recognize learning in open online teacher professional development?'
Open Online Teacher professional Development: how to recognize MOOCs for teacher training?
1. #EMINENT2018
HOW TO ASSESS, CERTIFY AND RECOGNIZE LEARNING
IN OPEN ONLINE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
ROUNDTABLE 3
2. ROUNDTABLE 3 – RECOGNISING LEARNING
Introduction: Benjamin Hertz, Moderator
Panelist contributions:
Anna Laghigna – Teacher, Teacher Trainer, MOOC animator; Italy
Javier Magdaleno Fuentetaja – Director del CFP Idiomas de la Consejería de Educación de Castilla y León; Spain
Neuza Pedro – Scientific and Pedagogical Council for Continuous Teachers’ Training; Portugal
Gabi Witthaus – University of Birmingham and the Art of eLearning; UK
Anastasia Economou – Head of the Educational Technology Department, Cyprus Pedagogical Institute, Ministry of Education
and Culture; Cyprus
Discussion
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“Successful [PD] programmes […] encourage the
development of teachers’ learning communities. A key
strategy involves finding ways for teachers to share their
expertise and experience systematically.”
Andreas Schleicher, OECD
5. The Portuguese Scientific and Pedagogical Council for Continuous Teachers’
training is a unit of the Ministry of Education that is responsible for:
the accreditation of the institutions that can provide continuous training
for teachers of the elementary and secondary public schools
The approval of the training activities that are considered valid for
teachers’ professional progression (credits)
the overall evaluation of the Portuguese system for teachers’ continuous
training.
[known as CCPFC]
6. Teachers’ Initial Education
Teachers’ Continuous
Education /CPD
HEI
HEI
Teachers’ Professional Assoc.
Teachers’ Training Centers (n=92)
Managed by CCPFC
(Portuguese Scientific and Pedagogical Council for
Continuous Teachers’Training)
Teacher Education Structure
7. Teachers’ Training Centers: organized in a network of 92 units that are spread out
through the country. They are located inside public schools and provide training
activities for teachers of the schools on their local area (addressing the training needs
locally identified).
All the accredited training activities developed by these institutions are analysed
and validated by the CCPFC.
Teachers’ Continuous
Education /CPD
HEI
Teachers’ Professional Assoc.
Teachers’ Training Centers
8. What can be recognized as teachers’ continuous
education activities?
Short-term training actions (< 6 hours)
Teachers’ training courses (12 to 50 hours)
HEI courses and training programes
International Training activities
(partially) Online vs F2F
Certified and
accredited by
the CCPFC
9. What can be recognized as teachers’ continuous
education activities?
Short-term training actions (< 6 hours)
Teachers’ training courses (12 to 50 hours)
HEI courses and training programes
International Training activities
It envolves International projects’ meeting such as
e-twinning, Erasmus + KA1, etc.
as well as MOOCs
Certified and
accredited by
the CCPFC
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Teachers must present
. a certificate of the training action provided by the training institution
. the final grade obtained
. clear description of the training institutions’ nature
. information about the training team (name and qualification of the trainers)
. full version of the training program (contents and duration)
. date and the local where it took place
. the evaluation methods as well as the level of attendance of the trainee;
. other relevant elements, such as programs under which the action was taken, assessments
of the training entities by international or national scientific or pedagogical associations, etc.
For the recognition and certification of International Training activities
what are the requirements?
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Teachers must present
. a certificate of the training action provided by the training institution
. the final grade obtained
. clear description of the training institutions’ nature
. information about the training team (name and qualification of the trainers)
. full version of the training program (contents and duration)
. date and the local where it took place
. the evaluation methods as well as the level of attendance of the trainee;
. other relevant elements, such as programs under which the action was taken, assessments
of the training entities by international or national scientific or pedagogical associations, etc.
For the recognition and certification of International Training activities
what are the requirements?
It is analyzed and the accreditation can
go to
25 hours per week of training
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For the recognition and certification of International Training activities
what are the requirements?
Teachers must present
. a certificate of the training action provided by the training institution
. the final grade obtained
. clear description of the training institutions’ nature
. information about the training team (name and qualification of the trainers)
. full version of the training program (contents and duration)
. date and the local where it took place
. the evaluation methods as well as the level of attendance of the trainee;
. other relevant elements, such as programs under which the action was taken, assessments
of the training entities by international or national scientific or pedagogical associations, etc.
Some of the information that is required in the
regulatory documents about the accreditation of
International Training activities doesn’t fit the
MOOCs nature.
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Though there is a dissonance between the regulatory
documents and the new formats of teachers training that
came from the field of open online education, the number of
Portuguese teachers involved in MOOCS in the last 2 years
has been increasing …
Lets see some examples!
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Example 2. National MOOC
Laboratórios de Aprendizagem:
Cenários e Histórias de Aprendizagem
628
492
257
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
1
2
3
Registration and conclusion rates
40,9%
Registration
Developed a Learning Diary
Conclusion
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These examples represent a high involvement of Portuguese
teachers in MOOCs, not only in those internationally developed
but also in the ones nationally provided. Therefore, changed must
be done in the regulatory documents for the recognition and
accreditation of both type of courses.
However, change is never easy…
What can be recognized as teachers’ continuous training activities?
It goes from short-term training actions, which takes less than 6 hours and this is not required to be validated by the CCPFC
All other training activities, such as:
. Teachers’ training courses (which have normally between 12 to 50 hours),
. courses and training programes provided by Higher Education institutions, which envolves post-graduate courses, masters and doctoral degrees and all the courses that constitutes these programs
. and also international Training activities (international project meetings, like e-twinning, Erasmus + Training Courses for Teachers, and MOOCs
The CCPFC accepts as valid training activities that are developed fully or partially online.
What can be recognized as teachers’ continuous training activities?
It goes from short-term training actions, which takes less than 6 hours and this is not required to be validated by the CCPFC
All other training activities, such as:
. Teachers’ training courses (which have normally between 12 to 50 hours),
. courses and training programes provided by Higher Education institutions, which envolves post-graduate courses, masters and doctoral degrees and all the courses that constitutes these programs
. and also international Training activities (international project meetings, like e-twinning, Erasmus + Training Courses for Teachers, and MOOCs
The CCPFC accepts as valid training activities that are developed fully or partially online.
Specifically for the certification and recognition of International Training activities, here MOOCs are integrated, this is the information that is required:
. Teachers must present a certificate of the training action, which must be provided by the institution that is responsible for the training,
. Its should have the final grade obtained in the course
. A clear description of the training institutions’ nature
. information about the training team (name and qualification of the trainers)
. Full version of the training program (content of the modules and duration)
. date and the local where it took place
. the evaluation methods used for assessing the trainees as well as the level of attendance of the trainee
. other relevant elements if available, such as the program under which the training action was taken, assessment of the training institution by international or national scientific or pedagogical associations, etc.
The elements are analysed and the accreditation is provided, approximately 25 hours of training per week.
Some of the information that is required is not totally suitable with the nature of a Massive online open course, but this is what was defined in the regulatory documents for accreditation of International Training activities so the CCPFC had to used what was available and had to adopt it in a flexible approach. The number of request for accreditation of Moocs has been increasing significantly in the last 2 years so we are now reviewing the regulation to make more compatible to new training formats.
Specifically for the certification and recognition of International Training activities, here MOOCs are integrated, this is the information that is required:
. Teachers must present a certificate of the training action, which must be provided by the institution that is responsible for the training,
. Its should have the final grade obtained in the course
. A clear description of the training institutions’ nature
. information about the training team (name and qualification of the trainers)
. Full version of the training program (content of the modules and duration)
. date and the local where it took place
. the evaluation methods used for assessing the trainees as well as the level of attendance of the trainee
. other relevant elements if available, such as the program under which the training action was taken, assessment of the training institution by international or national scientific or pedagogical associations, etc.
The elements are analysed and the accreditation is provided, approximately 25 hours of training per week.
Some of the information that is required is not totally suitable with the nature of a Massive online open course, but this is what was defined in the regulatory documents for accreditation of International Training activities so the CCPFC had to used what was available and had to adopt it in a flexible approach. The number of request for accreditation of Moocs has been increasing significantly in the last 2 years so we are now reviewing the regulation to make more compatible to new training formats.
Specifically for the certification and recognition of International Training activities, here MOOCs are integrated, this is the information that is required:
. Teachers must present a certificate of the training action, which must be provided by the institution that is responsible for the training,
. Its should have the final grade obtained in the course
. A clear description of the training institutions’ nature
. information about the training team (name and qualification of the trainers)
. Full version of the training program (content of the modules and duration)
. date and the local where it took place
. the evaluation methods used for assessing the trainees as well as the level of attendance of the trainee
. other relevant elements if available, such as the program under which the training action was taken, assessment of the training institution by international or national scientific or pedagogical associations, etc.
The elements are analysed and the accreditation is provided, approximately 25 hours of training per week.
Some of the information that is required is not totally suitable with the nature of a Massive online open course, but this is what was defined in the regulatory documents for accreditation of International Training activities so the CCPFC had to used what was available and had to adopt it in a flexible approach. The number of request for accreditation of Moocs has been increasing significantly in the last 2 years so we are now reviewing the regulation to make more compatible to new training formats.
As an examples of the level of engagement of the Portuguese Teachers in MOOC, I bring you the numbers of teachers involved in Co-lab MOOC considering their nationality.
This MOOC was developed twice by EUN and it focused on Collaborative Teaching and Learning, it explores the concept of collaborative work between students in the classroom, how to manage it effectively, what tools could be use to assess it, and also how teachers can work collaborative with other teachers.
And as you can see in the eight hundred and seven teachers that registered in this MOOC almost 55% where Portuguese teachers, although we had teachers from 6 different countries. And by the end of the MOOC the percentage of Portuguese teachers who indeed fully completed it was almost 66%.
Also our own Ministry of Education has started to develop MOOCs for teachers and the number of teachers you register and also complete it has been quite high.
Here I bring you the numbers of the first Mooc provided by the Ministry of Education. It focused on Developing and implementing Innovative and Technology enriched Learning Scenarios. It went from april to june of 2016. More than 6 hundred teachers registered in it and more than two hundred and fifty successfully finished it. The conclusion rate was over 40% which is a very high number considering was is the usual completion rate in moocs that are around 5%.
So considering these numbers, that represents a high involvement of portuguese teachers. in massive online open courses, the CCPFC is presently involved in changing its regulatory documents. When MOOCS started to appear as a new solution for teachers’ training, we use what was available in our regulatory documents for recognize its as valid. Now we understant that there is a need to change what is defined in portuguese regulation about teachers’ training accredition. Although this is not simple, so we could use all the help that we could get on this.