ELISE - e-learning for in service teacher training - EDEN2007 conference

8. TeacherA Wi-Fi connection into Wikipedia would ensure he'd never be caught out by cheeky questions about obscure historical figures, while he could be easily

reconfigured to speak seven or eight different languages

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A story about communication

Integrating social software in an online e-learning

course for teachersMaarten Cannaerts

De Nayer institute (W&K) - Belgium

Tom Wambeke Katho Tielt - Open Higher Education -

Belgium

Steven Verjans Open University of The Netherlands

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An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.Niels Bohr

ELISE project 2002-2005• E-Learning for In-Service teacher training in

Europe• EU-funded Minerva project ended Sept 2005• Purpose

– Develop e-learning methodology for In-Service training

– Provide on-line course on e-didactics EliseLeren course

– E-module sciences, languages, history

Course EliseLeren• Successful product of Minerva project• 240 participants since start in 2004• Continued after end of European

financing• Self-organising• Self-supporting (more or less)

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Course Concept• Who:• What:• Where:• How:• How

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• Teachers in higher & adult education

• 8 weeks of training about e-didactics

• Online & two/three f2f meetings• Strict timing – Small groups• 3 to 10 study hours / week• Group learning & learning by

doing

Course content• Introduction• Module 2: Instructional Design• Module 3: e-Assignments • Module 4: e-Communication• Module 5: e-Feedback and Evaluation • Module 6: e-Portfolio • Module 7: Learning Networks• Module 8: Learning Platforms (technology)

WHO?• Started with project team• Participants were invited to become e-

coach• Alumni invite colleagues to participate• Group of e-coaches / content developers

keeps growing• Community-of-practice is coming into

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Content

Coach GroupElise

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Learning is a social process… why do our VLE’s not reflect this?

Introduction Forum + IM

Instructional design Forum + IM + wiki

Tasks Forum + IM

Communication Videoconferencing / Flashmeeting

Feedback/Evaluation Wiki / Groupwork / IM

E-portfolio E-portfolio + Forum Assignment

Networks Forum + online assessment + reflection Elise-network

Digital Learning Environments

Optional

Three strategic axes• Information• Communication• Evaluation

Information• Content (Drupal): aggregated in

Blackboard or Dokeos• Online resources (social bookmarking:

Furl)• presentations: (Slideshare)• More audiovisual input (Flashvlog)• External aggregation of educational

blogs

Asynchronous Communication

• Discussionboards (Blackboard, Dokeos) and in general on Drupal

• Public Email and Private Messages• Assignments (cf. Wiki/ GoogleDocs)• Weblogs (e-portfolio)• Future = (podcasting,

screencasting ?)

Synchronous Communication

• Chat (Instant Messaging): Msn Messenger

• Videoconferencing (Flashmeeting)• Audioconferencing (Skype)

Evaluation• Online questionnaire• Online evaluation and feedback on

wiki• Quantitative and qualitative?

analysis of feedback on discussionboards

• It’s not about the content• Online socialization is really important• Information exchange within the network• Learning by practical experiences• Learning as a process, as a network phenomenon,

(learning is the network)• Multiple views, multiple technologies • Open network, bottom up, own identity

A funny thing happened…• “How do I make a blog?”• “How do I use wiki technology?”• “How do I make an inventory of

found links?”• “How do I share my links?”• “How do I keep in touch with the

ELISE network?”

A funny thing happened…• -> FURL, Del.icio.us, Netvibes,

slideshare,…

• HOW TO AGGREGATE?

Towards a PLE to support the CoP?

• (sorry for the Acronyms (AAAAA))• Advantages:

– Personal!– Learning!

Towards a PLE?• Problems?

– Chaos and Anarchy! (“learning is messy”)

– Central point of contact? – ‘Aggregating is difficult’

• Use netvibes template?

Do we need more or less individual just in time learning?

Do we need more or less technology?

Positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

Herm Albright

www.slideshare.net/sverjans www.slideshare.net/maartencannaertswww.slideshare.net/barcus del.icio.us/tomwambekedel.icio.us/sverjans www.furl.net/members/maartencannaerts

www.edublogs.be www.eliseleren.be