ICT in education: Setting criteria for the pilot schools

ICT in education !Setting criteria for the pilot schools"

Esko Lius Expert, Digital Learning Twitter: @eskolius

What is an ICT pilot?!

What it is not?!

ICT pilot in general"

✤  “The implementation of an ICT technology, software, or related project on a small controlled scale to allow for its full impact, benefits and weaknesses to be evaluated before implementation on a regional or nationwide basis.”!!"

✤  This and next slides are based on GeSCI guide to piloting ICT in education !http://www.gesci.org/assets/files/Knowledge%20Centre/pilot-ICT-projects.pdf"

ICT pilot in general"

✤  A test project for learning purposes "

✤  Based on initial assumptions and hypotheses"

ICT pilot in general"

✤  A test project for learning purposes "

✤  Based on initial assumptions and hypotheses"

✤  Not a spearhead or phase #1 of larger deployment"

ICT pilot in general"

✤  Usually selecting pilot schools is based on a representative sample: a variety of different situations must be tested"

✤  Monitoring and evaluation have an impact on !next step"

Pilot must define"

✤  Objectives (curriculum!)"

✤  Timeframe"

✤  Sample"

✤  Team"

✤  Budget"

✤  Monitoring & evaluation"

Stages of a pilot"

✤  Preceding analysis"

✤  Setting up"

✤  Project presentation & communication"

✤  Training"

✤  Running the pilot"

✤  End of project: M&E, redefinition"

Elements of a pilot"

Spearhead project"

✤  Objectives are set already in the beginning"

✤  Identifying innovation leaders & best practices"

✤  ”Ladders” for the slower schools to step on, !to adapt after the spearhead schools"

Spearhead project structure"

MEST"

Innovation Leaders & promising practices !identified"

Leading Adopter schools"

Other schools following"

Adapted from Diana Laurillard, several sources"

Phase 1: Identify"

Phase 2: Help LA’s"

Phase 3: Make LA’s new IL’s"

Phase 4: Spread action"

Spearhead project"

✤  Exchange of"

✤  Policies"

✤  Ideas & methods"

✤  Approaches"

✤  Learning design"

✤  Change mechanisms"

✤  Requirements"Adapted from Diana Laurillard, several sources"

Spearhead project: example"

✤  Digital Schools of Distinction Criteria (Ireland)"

✤  Leadership and Vision"

✤  ICT integration in the curriculum"

✤  School ICT culture"

✤  Continuing Professional Development"

✤  Resources and infrastructure"

✤  http://www.digitalschools.ie/criteria/"

Spearhead project: example"

✤  Omnia VET mobile learning (Finland)"

✤  Tablets (iPads), mICT support, pedagogical support available"

✤  Teachers commit to implement, report, and share"

✤  Teacher teams apply for piloting, answering eg."

✤  “What are the learning objectives that pilot is meant to affect?”"

✤  “How do the learners make their competence visible?”"

✤  “How is working-life orientation covered in the pilot?”"

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Spearhead project: essentials"

✤  Devotion to implementation"

✤  Measuring, evaluation, and reporting"

✤  Sharing best practices & peer-mentoring "

An example of connecting !Key competencies & 21st century learning"

From Ruben Puentedura, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYYcvADUovY"