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www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org Educational netbook pilot www.netbooks. eun .org Dr. [email protected], European Schoolnet JTEL Summer School Ohrid, FYROM June 7 2010

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Educational netbook pilotwww.netbooks.eun.org

Dr. [email protected], European Schoolnet

JTEL Summer School

Ohrid, FYROM June 7 2010

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Outline

• My Pecha Kucha

– It’s all about me :)

– A few calls to promote: RecTEL and DataTEL

• What is European Schoolnet?

• Netbooks in schools:

– Do they change anything and

what are the research challenges?

– Acer-Euroean Schoolnet pedagogical

netbook pilot

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http://elgg.ou.nl/rvu

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• A 2-day event in Barcelona Sept 29 and 30 2010

about recommender systems and education

• http://adenu.ia.uned.es/workshops/recsystel2010/

• KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Joseph Konstan, GroupLens

Research (USA)

• June 20 Submission!!4

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dataTEL (under Stellar)

• Dataset challenge in the TEL context

• http://www.teleurope.eu/pg/groups/9405/data

tel/

• Aim: challenges around domain specific

datasets

– formal education dataset,

– an informal education dataset,

– mixture of both

• un-conference style

in Barcelona,

– RecSys 2010

– ECTEL 20105

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• Network of 31 European Ministries of Education

(MoE) or national educational authorities

• Created in 1997, based in Brussels

• Promotes the use of ICTs in school

• Leads the way in bringing about change in

schooling through the use of new technology

European Schoolnet (EUN)

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EUN sits on « tons of data »

More than

200 000 metadata

records of multilingual

learning resources

More than 90 000

teachers,

40 000 projects

(TellNet)

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Barbara S..., European Schoolnet

1:1 computing in education

image: a German pre-pilot netbook class

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• 1:1 indicates the ration of items per user,

i.e. one netbook per learner.

• 1:1 refers to the current trend of low-cost computer devices,

ranging from mobiles and handhelds to laptops or netbooks, have

gained ground.

• Typically the devise is connected to the internet

and owned by the learner.

• One-to-one (1:1) computing is a new phenomena in educational

settings!

What is 1:1 computing in education?

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• 34 initiatives identifiedin 19 countries(Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France,Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway,Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spainand UK)

• Two waves of expansion:

– 2003-2004: spreading outhardware in schools

– 2007-2008:more individualised approach

• OEDC NML on 1:1 http://www.bildung.at/nml-conference2010/

New European review of initiatives

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• 1:1 netbook pedagogy is still evolving and good

practices are only starting to emerge

• How can 1:1 computing in education change and

improve teaching and learning both inside and outside

of schools?

Various educational contexts:

・Place: in school vs. out of school use

・Context: individual use vs. collaborative use

・Purpose: educational use vs. leisure use

(by Heeok Heo and Jeonghee Seo, NML study, 09)

Why the Acer-EUN pilot?

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What does the Acer-EUN

pedagogical netbook pilot

entail?

image: a Spanish netbook

student

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Six countries participating

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• Each participating school allocates a netbook team:

4-5 teachers, ICT coordinator and school head

• School receives

– Netbooks for learners (± 27)

– Notebooks for teachers (5)

– School: desktop

(mini server)

+ monitor

Schools and equipment

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Actors of the pilot in each country

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• Pre-pilot: January to June 2010

– 10 classes per country = all in all 60 classes

– 5 teachers per class = 50 teachers per country

= all in all 300 teachers involved

• Pilot: September 2010 to June 2011

– 40 classes per country = all in all 240 classes

– 5 teachers per class

= 250 teachers per country

= all in all 1500 teachers involved

Timeline and set-up

Evaluation

on-going

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The Netbook team plans a pedagogical project where the teachers

and the pupils use netbooks in an educational context within their

own curriculum throughout the year.

• Different possibilities:

– 2 or more teachers work together to create a cross-curricular

project where pupils use netbooks across subjects

– each teacher create their own pedagogical project

• A variety of contexts:

– use netbooks in school vs. at home

– individual use of netbooks vs. collaborative use

– formal vs. informal use

What is expected from schools?

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Supporting teachers

with

pedagogical scenarios

i.e.

orchestrating learning

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• The use of 1:1 in education has

potential to highlight the fact that the learners

have netbooks available at all times,

• taking advantage of blended learning approach

alternating online and offline activities,

• as well as individual and collaborative ones.

1. Do netbooks require a different type

of pedagogy?

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• Like “classroom scripts”

• 1:1 netbook scenarios

potentially blend the borders of

formal and informal learning, as learners have

the use of netbooks not only in school

environment, but also outside of the school

hours.

1:1 educational scenarios

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Pedagogical scenarios

off-lineoff-lineoff-lineoff-line

Parents,?

Teacher’s

tasks

Learners

on-lineon-lineon-lineon-line

collaborativeindividualcollaborativeindividualContext

out of schoolnetbooks in schoolFormal

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1:1 pedagogical scenarios

• Suggestion rather than prescriptive

• Short sequences or activities that can be included in a

larger lesson plan

• Not subject-specific or detailed lesson plans

• Describe the organisationl conditions (material and tools,

classroom setting, estimated time, evaluation)

• Step-by-step

• An early example available at:

http://www.netbooks.eun.org/web/acer/resources

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• Good battery life and wifelessness are the selling points of netbooks

• However, many classroom management issues arise. Teachers and

schools want control!

– Storing and charging netbooks

– Controlling access to the internet (wi-fi still remains a tough issue at

schools)

– Can netbooks be taken home?

– What can be installed on them?

-> All these issues affect on the feel of “ownership” of the device, we

are not sure yet who should own it?

– School/students/parents

2. Classroom management issues

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• Using digital learning resources

(e.g. reference material, science experiments,

language learning material)

• School collaboration

• Connecting to the school Virtual Learning

Environment

• Working with Interactive White Boards

• Communicating between schools and parents

3. Other scenarios in schools

www.lreforschools.eun.org

www.etwinning.net

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• Administrative tasks

• Lesson planning (alone and with others)

• Variety of ways to alternate

– the delivery of a lesson

– possibilities for homework

• Pupils’ assessment

• Communication with pupils and parents

• Professional development opportunities

4. Scenarios for teachers’ tasks

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Supporting software for learners

image: an Italian pre-pilot netbook class

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• Collecting this information can be done explicitly (e.g.

questionnaires) or implicitly (e.g. data logging software)

• Is this information used by the “Big Brother” or to

empower learners and teachers?

• Observation software Track4Win, Monitor (Luik, Tõnisson,

Kukemelk, 2009): Usage differed a lot from school to school.

Browsing and gaming did not change. Use of ed.software

decreased. Instant messaging increased.

How do we know what they are actually

used for?

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Evaluation of the netbook use

image: a Turkish pre-pilot netbook class

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• Changes in learners:

– Impact on attainment

– Skills

– Is the learning actually any better with netbooks?

• Changes in schools?

– the way ICTs are considered as a part of school’s “ICT in

education” strategy

– Can they increase collaboration within the school and outside of

school?

• http://delicious.com/netbookpilot/1:1computing

What shall be evaluated?

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Pedagogical support and resources

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Website und Online-Gemeinschaft

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Social networking tools

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Comunità online: blog

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What do you see

as the most interesting research

challenge with netbooks?

.Form a little group.

.Use one post-it/challenge.

.I’ll transcribe them on a blog.

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Questions?

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