Presentation in jTEL summer school

1. Educational netbook pilot
www.netbooks.eun.org
Dr. Riina.Vuorikari@eun.org, European Schoolnet
JTEL Summer School
Ohrid, FYROM June 7 2010
www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org

2. 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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3. http://elgg.ou.nl/rvu
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4. • 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!! www.netbooks.eun.org 4

5. 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
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– ECTEL 2010

6. European Schoolnet (EUN)
• 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
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7. EUN sits on « tons of data »
More than 90 000
More than teachers,
200 000 metadata 40 000 projects
records of multilingual (TellNet)
learning resources
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8. 1:1 computing in education
Barbara S..., European Schoolnet
image: a German pre-pilot netbook class www.netbooks.eun.org

9. What is 1:1 computing in education?
• 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!
www.netbooks.eun.org

10. New European review of initiatives
• 34 initiatives identified
in 19 countries
(Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway,
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain
and UK)
• Two waves of expansion:
– 2003-2004: spreading out
hardware in schools
– 2007-2008:
more individualised approach
• OEDC NML on 1:1 http://www.bildung.at/nml-conference2010/

11. Why the Acer-EUN pilot?
• 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)

12. What does the Acer-EUN
pedagogical netbook pilot
entail?
image: a Spanish netbook
student
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13. Six countries participating
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14. Schools and equipment
• 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
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15. Actors of the pilot in each country
2.
4. 1.
3. 5.
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16. Timeline and set-up
• Pre-pilot: January to June 2010 Evaluation
– 10 classes per country = all in all 60 classes on-going
– 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
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17. What is expected from schools?
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
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18. Supporting teachers
with
pedagogical scenarios
i.e.
orchestrating learning
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19. 1. Do netbooks require a different type
of pedagogy?
• 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.
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20. 1:1 educational scenarios
• 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.
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21. Pedagogical scenarios
Formal netbooks in school out of school
Context individual collaborative individual collaborative
on-line off-line on-line off-line on-line off-line on-line off-line
Learners
Teacher’s
tasks
Parents,?
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22. 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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23. 2. Classroom management issues
• 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
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25. 3. Other scenarios in schools
www.lreforschools.eun.org
• Using digital learning resources
(e.g. reference material, science experiments,
language learning material)
www.etwinning.net
• School collaboration
• Connecting to the school Virtual Learning
Environment
• Working with Interactive White Boards
• Communicating between schools and parents
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26. 4. Scenarios for teachers’ tasks
• 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
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27. Supporting software for learners
Barbara S..., European Schoolnet
image: an Italian pre-pilot netbook class www.netbooks.eun.org

28. How do we know what they are actually
used for?
• 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.
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29. Evaluation of the netbook use
Barbara S..., European Schoolnet
image: a Turkish pre-pilot netbook class www.netbooks.eun.org

30. What shall be evaluated?
• 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
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31. Pedagogical support and resources
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32. Website und Online-Gemeinschaft
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Social networking tools
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33. Comunità online: blog
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34. 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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35. Questions?
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Contacts in EUN
riina.vuorikari@eun.org
elina.jokisalo@eun.org
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