The future classroom

experiences from Stockholm University

Eva Edman Stålbrandt

eva.edman-stalbrandt@did.su.se

Santander, Fundación M. Botín – Stockholm University, July 2010

Overview

• Sweden

• School-system

• ICT in schools

• Workshop

• Pedagogical glasses

• Classroom of the future at Stockholm university

Background

• 9,3 million people

• 4 alliance parties government

• World records: 47% women

• High tax burden

• Social welfare system

• High speed adopting new technology

• Pree school 1-5 years old (curriculum)• Pree school class 6 years- old, 97% volontary

• 9- years Compulsary school 7-16 (1842) Leisure time centre 6-12 years (currriculum)

• 3 – years volontary upper secondary school 16-19, 98%• University (free of charge)• 14 universities, 22 state colleges• 2007 Bologna process ECTS-system• 1991 municipality responsible for schools• 1994 new curricula: educational responsibility, teaching methods, non-traditional teacher roles, multimodal teaching materials

Education

• Knowledge of democracy• Basic educational values • Raise students to Democratic citizens• National curriculum 50% fostering 50% knowledge

Democratic mission

• 1995-2002 large investments• Market – forefront

• 0,2 computers/student • Digital competence – fourth basic skill (researchers)• Investments – ICT-learning ITiS• ICT a question of democracy and equality basic educational values • Especially integrated in special education• Objective: ICT as a tool for awareness and learning • No national strategies – decentralized = Vast differences

ICT in Sweden and in Swedish schools

• E-learning individual initiative – culture• Teachers’ and academic staff’s lack of ICT competence• Implementation of a national ICT agenda• PISA results – Research – ICT systematic in all subjects • ICT focus in teacher education

Challenges and issues

• Content - Tool

• User – Producer

• Classroom – Society

• Technology or not?

Borders dissapear

• How ICT can support teaching about ethics and values

• Gapminder – how to use statstics for teaching ethics

• Shaping ideas

• History as reflection

• Recources for teachers

• ICT for teachers

• Practical ICT and Media skills

• http://www.pim.skolverket.se

• http://www.lektion.se/lektioner

• Recources for teachers and students 

• Useful links

• Source criticism

• Media recources

• Mother tongue tuition

• Research

• ”Anna’s cans”

Workshop

• En grupos o pares, id a: http://auladeayerhoyymanana.blogspot.com

• Revisad una o dos websites, las que más os interesen.

• Incluid un comentario en el blog con vuestras reflexiones sobre las websites: Pueden ser útiles para tu trabajo?

Por qué / Por qué no?

Cómo?

Aspectos positivos/negativos sobre las websites?

• Socio-cultural perspective (Vygotsky, Wertsch, Säljö)

• Knowledge – interaction

• Learning – mediation – tools

• The zone of proximal development

• Scaffolding

Develop technology that supports a traditional classroom-based learning

Develop tools for an interactive learning - that is when you need it and where you need it

Future of the classroom

Classroom of the future?

Aims:

•Experimental environment

•Exchange of experience

•Pedagogical issues

The classroom of the future?

• A flexible interface between technical and pedagogical use of ICT.

• Provide the use of ICT for students and faculty members.

• A contribution to increasing exchange of experience between the Institute, authorities, schools and companies.

• Open for staff, students, inservice teachers, principals and external users.

Four areas

Planning

Inspiration

Formulate questions

Gather informationProcess of information

Presentation

Evaluation

A learning process

Technology

But….

Interface:physical – digital,

well known - unknown

Workshops

• Digital portofolio• Digital storytelling • Webquest• Storyline• Internationalisation • The fifth dimension• Digital animation• Problem based learning• Case - method

?• Which students benefit from this method?

• What happens with their motivation, responsibility, interaction, activity

• What do they learn? Skills/knowledge/ attitudes?

• What happens with the teacher’s role?

• Relation – curriculum (fostering/knowledge)

• Application

• Advantages/disadvantages?

• Video

Aims:

•Experimental environment

•Exchange of experience

•Pedagogical issues

Thank you for your attention!