The document discusses the Digital School initiative in Vejle, Denmark, focusing on digital learning trends, teaching methods, and the development of a digital culture from 2016 to 2020. Key topics include the importance of infrastructure, digital resources, and 21st-century skills such as reflexive thinking and collaboration. It emphasizes the roles of technology in education, the need for continuous teacher training, and creating a collaborative learning environment using various digital tools.

1. The Digital School 2016 - 20
Mads Bo-Kristensen,
Chief Advisor, Ph.D. madbo@vejle.dk
Department of Education , Municipality of Vejle

2. My talk
• The Digital School 2016-20 in Vejle
• 3 trends in digital learning
• 3 ways of learning
• 21st century skills
• Fablabs and maker spaces
• Developing digital literacy

3. National Digitization Prize 2014

4. The Digital School 2016-20
• Infrastructure and IT equipment
• Digital learning resources
• Digital teaching and learning methods
• Digital communication and knowledge sharing
• Leadership and management
• Competency development
• Culture

5. The Digital School 2016-20
A question to you:
What is a digital culture?
Cos' è un cultura digitale?

6. The Digital School 2016-20
• A technical rational approach
• An exploratory approach

7. Infrastructure and It equipment
• Wifi everywhere
• 20 large schools
• 95 % 4-10th grade
• 6 small schools
• 100 % 4-6th grade
• 1-3 grade ?

8. Digital learning ressources
• In ”the cloud”
• Municipal Learning platform
• All publishing houses on the web
• Ministry of Education 50% support
• Free learning resources on the web

9. Digital teaching and learning methods

10. Digital communication and knowledge sharing

11. Leadership and management

12. Competency development

13. Next steps?
Ensure continuous development of
a digital culture
• Ensure that pupils from 1st-10th grade have
their own computer
• Continuous teacher training
• Everyone!
• Using methods such as online platforms that
support overview, planning and sharing of
good practice across schools

14. Three trends in Digital Learning

15. E, M & P Learning
• Electronic Learning 1998 -
• Mobile Learning 2005 -
• Pervasive Learning 2009 –

16. Defining E-Learning
”Individual and collaborative learning”
• Electronic Learning 1998 –
• E-mail, E-commerce etc.
• Organizing e-learning
• Online learning ”materials”
• Online communication
• Approaches to e-learning
• Individual and selfinstructed learning
• Collaborative learning

17. Examples of E-learning

18. Defining M-learning
”Instruments and learning contexts”

19. Examples of Mobile Learning
http://dansk.nu

20. Defining P-learning
”Location Based Learning”

21. Examples of P-Learning
MobiSticks at Vejle Museum
MobiSticks at the Library

22. Smart Learning

23. How do we learn?
• We learn alone
• We learn together with others
• We learn what is meaningful to us

24. Three perspectives
on learning
• Individual learning
• Social learning
• Meaningful learning
Or:
• A cognitive perspective (Piaget/Illeris 2006)
• A collaborative perspective (Vygotsky; Lave &
Wenger 1991)
• An existential perspective (Jarvis 2006)

25. Discussion (2 & 2)
• Describe an instance / a moment where you
deeply learned something. Explain the
individual, kollaborative and existential aspect
of the instance / moment

26. The cognitive perspective
• I single out a perspective
• The cognitive perspective
• Perception and memory
• The art of separating and mixing
• A cognitive perspective
• A collaborative perspective
• An existential perspective

27. The cognitive perspective
on learning
• The student already posseses knowledge,
skills and values
• ’Noticing what is new’
• Using new knowledge, skills and values
• 1) Preunderstanding, 2) attention and 3) use

28. How do we learn from Reading?
From a cognitive perspective
• Three types of reading activities
• Pre-understanding (”pre-reading”)
• Noticing / attention (”reading”)
• Use (”post-reading”)
Reading activities with an iPad
and a mobile phone - ?

29. Group Discussion 1
• What are your experiences with mobile
phones and tablets for learning activities?
• How can mobiles and tablets seriously help
learners?
• What are the barriers (societal, institutional,
personal barriers), and how can these barriers
be overcome?

30. Group Discussion 2
• From a cognitive perspective: How would you
organize learning activities with mobiles and
tablets?
• From a collabarative perspective: How could
you make these activities collaborative?
• From an existential perspective: How do you
make activities meaningful?

31. 21st century skills
OECD
•Reflexive thinking
•Communication and collaboration
•Design and Innovation
•Complex problem solving
•Coping with new technologies
•Digital citizenship
Source: Ole Sejer Iversen 2016, Danmarks Læringsfestival

32. FabLab
Spinderihallerne
Ana Catarina Cabral
Lab Leader, Digital Fabrication
FabLab Spinderihallerne
ancde@vejle.dk
facebook/fablabschooldk

33. www.facebook.com/fablabschooldk
www.fablabschool.dk

36. Common ground
• To give children the opportunity to understand technologies
by examining, testing and designing technological things in a
digital fabrication lab.
• The aim is to teach “technological coping”, which is
considered to be a crucial skill in the future (21st century skills)
• To teach children to see themselves as problem solvers in a
Design Thinking and Collaborative Ideation perspective, so
that they not only use technology, but also think technology
into problem solving in everyday life.

37. Two videos
FabLab@SCHOOLdk Konference 2015 - Teknologi, design &
læring (UK subtitles)
FabLab@SCHOOLdk - Teaching Design Thinking and Digital
Fabrication (UK subtitles)
Fab Lab Berlin Walkthrough
Project visit in October 2016
(L'artigiano digitale. Stampa 3D, FabLab e innovazione per il
futuro dell'artigianato)

38. Co-creation of learning processes with focus on:
• Design Thinking (PBL)
• Learn by Doing (Prototyping/Constructionism/Constructivism)
• Creativity, Innovation and Entrepenneurship
Develop reflexive thinking.
Design Thinking
Problem Based Learning
Solving an assignment
that does NOT have only 1
correct answer.
FabLab@School DK
Subject(s) Learning
Goals
Math, Science, English,
Gymnastics, etc…
IT Competences
Vinyl Cutter, Lasercutter,
3d Printer, 3d Scanner,
MakeyMakey, Little Bits,
Arduino, Raspberry Pi,
Leap Motion...
Lab Leader/Partners
Interpersonal Skills
Collaboration,
communication,
motivation, different
learning speeds, gender,
age, background, etc…
Teacher(s)

39. Design thinking model
In Danish!

40. Digital literacy
The Digital School 2016-20
• Ethical behaviour
• Safe behavior
• Learning how to learn with technology

41. Discussion
• What is ethical and safe behaviour online?
• Why is it important to learning?

42. Learning how to learn with technology
Sørensen & Levinsen 2011

43. Discussion
• How do you understand this model of developing digital
literacy?
• Does it give any inspiration to your professional context?