presentation conference elearning

1. Introduction
Where I am from … …
Salzburg Klagenfurt
two of us are practitioners at school
AUSTRIA,
THE HEART
OF EUROPE
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4. Our new / old learning environment …
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5. Recently in our school
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6. A typical Austrian (blended) computer
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7. Paper-Pencil-Reality 16.4.2009
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8. At the same time in the Media Lab
Medienraum
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17. E-Learning …
result or preconditon ;-)
Peter Micheuz
peter.micheuz@uni-klu.ac.at
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18. Promoting, Standardizing and
Certifying ICT Integration in
Austrian Secondary Schools
Or: Living with the digital divide?
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19. Overview
• Introduction
• Special Austrian Initiatives
• eLSA-Certification for schools
• Conclusions
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20. Introduction
• Buzzword E-Learning
Is there a specific Book-Learning?
Is there a specific Black Board Learning
• The long way to
„transformed schools“
and to E-Certification
“ICT and Schools:”
- Emerging, Applying, integrating,transforming”
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21. A logical development …

22. Introduction
Theory of innovation (Rogers, 1962)
• Innovation is …
„doing the old in new ways“ (Schumpeter)
„a transformation of practice in a community”
“A transformation […] won’t happen unless the
new practice generates more value to the
members than the old” (P. Denning, 2004)
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23. Innovation and –adoption curve
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24. Rooms of change…
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25. Change management …
• New things get a habit 
Extrabudget
Normal state 1 Normal state 2
Normalbudget
• … or it stays a „hype“. 

26. Special Austrian Initiatives I
Major E-Learning projects eLSA and eLC
Initiative by the Austrian Ministry of Education
• eLSA – Lower Secondary Level
about 20% of all Secondary Academic
Schools involved
• eLC – e-Learning Cluster for
Upper Secondary Level (30% involved)
• Recent: FuturElearning-Programme
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27. eLSA-Website
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28. Short Version of the 8 Goals
• Full Coverage (pupils, teachers)
• Communication among teachers
• Evaluation and Cooperation
• Strategy (School program)
• Leadership
• Controlling (steering group)
• Offer of an ICT Certificate
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29. Special Austrian Initiatives II
Edumoodle – Hype of a LMS in Austria
• More than 1000 schools on a
centralized Open Source Platform
• Backbone for many E-Learning
activities
• “Moodle” as brand for E-Learning?
EPICT (European Pedagical License)
• Danish multilevel marketing
• Amalgam of technological and
diactical aspects
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30. Remark: Does the tail wa the dog?
• ICT – Integration, school culture
and school development go hand
in hand
• ICT-integration as a catalyst of
school developement?
• or: A school and learning cultur is
indespensible for efficient ICT-
Integration?
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31. 8 eLSA / eLC Goals
1. Each student has to get in touch with
e-Learning and has to try out “e-
Learning sequences” in lower
secondary education.
2. Each teacher has to experience e-
learning sequences in his/her own
subjects (in at least one subject) and
has to share this experience with all
members of the teaching teams
involved in these subjects and the
participating classes.
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32. 8 eLSA - Goals
3. Within their subject area, teachers
have to discuss the potential and limits
of e-Learning.
4. eLSA schools develop concrete
models for evaluating “e-Learning”
and cooperate and share their
experiences with other schools.
5. The school program should explicitely
contain (revised) e-Learning aspects.
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33. 8 eLSA - Goals
6. “e-Learning” must be an important
concern of the school principalship. The
project has high priority in the school
routine.
7. There is a steering group which
coordinates and harmonizes the “e-
Learning” content developments,
ensures their practical application and
the progress of the project.
8. The school offers its students the
possibility to obtain at least one IT or e-
Learning certificate (on a voluntary
basis).
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34. 8 eLSA / eLC Goals
The schools determins if
the goals are reached.
Jahresendbericht
The school submits an application
for certification
at the regional coordinator
School visit
hospitations, conference,
talks with the headmaster, schoolcoordinator,
steering group
Report from the regional coordinator
Certificate
Improvements
eLSA
at the school
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38. One exemplary goal and its indicators
2. Each teacher has to experience e-
learning sequences in his/her own
subjects (in at least one subject) and
has to share this experience with all
members of the teaching teams
involved in these subjects and the
participating classes.
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39. Indicators and positive evidence
At least 20% of the teachers are E- Talks with the teachers about their
Learning experts. They are using ICT activities who show exemplarily
regularely in their lessons as an examples of their work.
educational principle
The experts cover (almost) all subjects. The expert group encompasses all
subjects.
60% of the teachers are „watching“ E- Documentation of the work, talk with
Learning activities at the school and are the teachers
using ICT occasionally and know the
LMS at school
All the teachers have dealed with E- Talks with the teachers, insight into the
Learning severely and defined their role results of internal surveys
in the project.
The compulsory requirement of the Insight into class registers
curriculum, to use digital media in the
lessons has been taken seriously from
all.
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40. Indicators and positive evidence
In all subjects there are E-Learning- Provision of materials or
sequences/materials or documentations
documentations for using digital media
available
In all subject areas there are experts Protocols of meetings and conferences
who inform all the other teachers about
innovations and try to get them into the
project (playing missionary)
Teachers took part verifiably in in- Dokumentation in the annual report,
service training in the field of E-Learning certificates of participation
and didactics
Teachers of the schools are verifiably Participation at in-service training,
interested in new developments and newsletters, reports from the lessons
are ready to try out in their lessons.
The teachers are „computer literate“ ECDL certificate, advanced training
and have basic competencies about courses, Online-Courses
digital media
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41. Benefits for schools
• Public relation for the particular school
• Promotion for school development
• Certified schools could be reference
schools for inservice-training and
teacher training institutions
• Better financial support
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42. And finally …
Thank You for
Your Attention.
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43. Minister of Education – Claudia Schmied
WE NEED
FACTS …

44. Data - Facts – empirical research
Empirical research
9 schools – response: n = 430
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46. The teachers
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60
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30
20
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unter 30 31-40 41-50 51-60 über 60
n = 429
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47. Eisntellung des Lehrkörpers
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30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Schule1 Schule2 Schule3 Schule4 Schule5 Schule6 Schule7 Schule8 Schule9
1 Ich fühle mich als Pionier und Vorreiter
2 Für mich ist das normal und selbstverständlich
3 Ich setze den Computer im Unterricht gelegentlich ein
4 Ich bin noch reserviert, interessiere mich aber dafür
5 Ich kann dem nichts abgewinnen
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0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
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48. Textbook – Worksheets – Blackboard
45
40
35
Textbook
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Schule1 Schule2 Schule3 Schule4 Schule5 Schule6 Schule7 Schule8 Schule9
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Worksheets
15
10
5
0
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25
Blackboard
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15
10
5
0
Schule1 Schule2 Schule3 Schule4 Schule5 Schule6 Schule7 Schule8 Schule9
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49. Overhead – CD/DVD/TV – Beamer
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25
Overhead
20
15
10
5
0
Schule1 Schule2 Schule3 Schule4 Schule5 Schule6 Schule7 Schule8 Schule9
20
15
CD/DVD/TV
10
5
0
Schule1 Schule2 Schule3 Schule4 Schule5 Schule6 Schule7 Schule8 Schule9
25
20
Beamer
15
10
5
0
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50. E-Learning Classification
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51. Use of digital media in reality
Andere Aktivitäten (Podcasts, E-Portfolios, Blogs, …)
Betreiben eines Forums
Übungen und Tests mit Computerunterstützung
Kurse auf einer Lernplattform (z.B. Moodle, …)
Ergänzung zum Schulbuch (SBX, More Online, …)
Bereitstellen von digitalem Unterrichtsmaterial im Netz
Kommunikation (E-Mail, Chat, Skype, …) mit
SchülerInnen
Informationsbeschaffung (Online-Lexika, …)
Fachbezogene Lernprogramme
Standardsoftware (Textv., Bildbearb.,…) im
Fachunterricht
Digitale Präsentationen/Videos/Filme über Beamer
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
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52. Cooporation between teachers
50%
Big differences …
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
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53. The most critical factor?
80%
?
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Schule1 Schule2 Schule3 Schule4 Schule5 Schule6 Schule7 Schule8 Schule9
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54. And finally …
Thank You for
Your Attention.
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