"U-learning to Start Early Green Skills for Future Green Careers" by Soraya García-Sánchez
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Presented during the final conference of "Green Hero". Green Hero is a European project funded under the Lifelong Learning Programme. The project targets children from primary schools to improve their environmental knowledge through an interactive state of the art e-learning programme. Primary schools involved in the project are also supported in the exchange of experience and in the establishment of new partnerships and e-twinning thus fostering better Environmental Management and resource efficiency in schools. http://www.greenhero.eu/
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"U-learning to Start Early Green Skills for Future Green Careers" by Soraya García-Sánchez
- 1. "U-learningtoStartEarlyGreen SkillsforFutureGreen Careers" Soraya García-Sánchez
- 2. Outline •1. U-learning+ greenskills •2. Green Hero + technology+ learning •3. Aninterdisciplinaryapproach: EFL communicativecompetences? •4. Competences& resultsachieved Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 4. A hero/ heroine “A personwho is admiredfor having done something very braveor having achievedsomething great” (Cambridge dictionary) Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 5. Green Hero •SuccessfulLIFELONG Learningat PrimaryEd. •Consciousabouttheenvironment •ForDigital Studentstobeawareof theissuessurroundingsustainabilitysuchas water, energyand waste •A supportpack ForTeachersat Schools •Collaborativecontributionsbypromotingcompetitivetasksin Europe Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 6. 1. GH: 3 initialconcepts 21st centuryskills Green skills U-learning Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 7. U-learningenvironment(ULE) •Ubiquitouslearning –Accessedanywhereand at anytime •More contextawarenessthane-leaning –Adaptedtolearners •Ssare preparedforreal life –Technologyformspartof thatpreparation –M-learning: mobiledevices •Knowledgeisproduced& presentedbyss •SS interactmore often Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 8. “A key step to understanding paradigm shifts in e- learning: Towards context-aware ubiquitous learning”by Gi-Zen Liu ndGwo-Jen Hwang (2009) Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 9. Green skills& careers •“Skills for sustainability, also known as green skills, are the technical skills, knowledge, values and attitudes needed in the workforce to develop and support sustainablesocial, economicand environmentaloutcomes in business, industry and the community.” (Green Skills Agreement, Council of Australian Governments (COAG), 2008) Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 10. 21st centuryskills “There is no single set of “21st-Century Skills” and hundreds have been suggested. Many lists include life skills(agility, flexibility, and adaptability), workforceskills (collaboration, leadership initiative, and responsibility), appliedskills (accessing and analyzing information, effective communication, and determining alternative solutions to problems), personalskills (curiosity, imagination, critical thinking, and problem solving), interpersonalskills (cooperation and teamwork), and noncognitiveskills (managing feelings).” (William F. McComas, 2014) Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 11. 21st centuryskills •“An emphasis on what students can do with knowledge, rather than what units of knowledge they have, is the essence of 21st-century skills.” •“Assessmentis designed to focus on measuring students’ results.” (Elena Silva, 2009) Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 12. Teachers’ challenges… •Toidentifystudents’ emergingskills •Toprovidetheright –Support –Time –Level Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 13. 2. GH Project isanexample •Innovationin education –Teaching, learning& research –A pathtotheoptimumlearningqualitiesforlearners
- 18. Technology •Nothingoreverything? •Theappropriateuse can changetherelationship –ssand ss& -ssand t •Physicalspace: Theclassroom •DigitalSpaces: U-learning •New Learning(Cope and Kalantzis, 2012)-New design –Intense interaction(ss-ss) –Problemsolving –Ssinvolvedin constructivefeedback –Activeknowledgeproducedbylearners Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 19. AddingInteractiveTeachingMethods •A successforsocial and congitiveskills –TBL: Task-BasedLearning –PPP: PresentationPracticeProduction –PBL: Project BasedLearning(Green Hero) •u-learningtoolstoenhancecollaborative& IT competences –Flippedclassroom •no scheduleortimetablelimitations •Practicalactivitiesin theclassroom Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 20. GH SustainabilityCompetition INSTRUCTIONS •“The competition will be for schools aiming to design a sustainability project. This project can help satisfy the Key stage requirement 7c that requires the learners to complete a conservation project. The list below is example projects, (but not limited to): –Communication(e.g.posters) –Plantingtrees –Creating a garden (vegetable or wildlife) –LitterPicking –Community involvement (e.g. food can or clothes drives) –Recyclingwastein theschool(e.g.can recycling) –School presentation to the school (assembly) –Research project on climate change in another country –Create an art project out of waste from the school (e.g. old water bottles) –Raise money for a charity (of their choice) by creating an event (e.g. bake sale, school fair, raffle competition, silent auction) –http://www.greenhero.eu/en/teacher-resources/story/ Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 21. GH SustainabilityCompetition ASSESSMENT •Each project will be scored using the below criteria Category Percentage –Creativity25 –Qualityand Presentation25 –Link tosustainability25 –Learnerinvolvement25 Total: 100% Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 22. GH Goals •Creationof digitalcontentusingITC tools •Lifelonglearning& practicalinteractions •Collaborationamongschools •Interculturalconversationsamongparticipants •Access tohigh-qualityeducationforall http://www.greenhero.eu/ Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 23. 3. Communicativeapproach: EU languages •Communicative competence (Canale& Swain, 1980) : –grammatical competence: words and rules –sociolinguistic competence: appropriateness –strategic competence: communication strategies Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 24. Case scenarioActiveLearning= ActiveLanguage •Any compulsorysubject of EFL + Natural Sciences (Interdisciplinary) •A heuristic methodologyfor students to discover and experience participatory learning •Atask-based instruction •EFL sscan successfully produce numerous u-learning activities under individual and collaborative learning strategies Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 25. Planning Carefulplan of instructions, tools, resources and evaluation criteria for these tasks Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 26. •Successful learners •Acquiring & constructing knowledge (digital input/output) •Performing communicative competences(digital output) •Learners creating knowledge by doing –independent, collaborative and interactive IT skills Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 27. Assessmentistransformed •Formative •Summative •Informative •Interactive •Internet Based •Interventionist Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 28. 4. GH + Results& Competences •Social and cultural interaction in class and online •Environmentalawareness •More engagedand participatoryss •Collaborationand creativity= Freedomon •What/ howtocreateKNOWLEDGE •A high discourse potential –EFL formisalsoimproved: linguistic& communicativecompetences •Satisfactorydigital learningenvironment •what learners can do Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 29. Future OBJETIVE ? •More creativity, interaction & collaboration among schools, languages •Lifelong learning •Conscious about life issues •u-learning environment Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC
- 31. Anyquestions/ Comments •Soraya García-Sánchez: soraya.garcia@ulpgc.es Soraya García-Sánchez, ULPGC