EIndividualisation – Linz - Nov 19, 2009 Wilfried Nagl / Education Board Upper Austria - AT 1 Individualisation of learning IT as a tool for “e-individualisation”

eIndividualisation – Linz - Nov 19, 2009

Wilfried Nagl / Education Board Upper Austria - AT 1

Individualisation of learning

IT as a tool for “e-individualisation”

EdReNe thematic network Engaging Users - Third Expert Workshop (WS 5.3)

Linz, Nov 19, 2009

Wilfried Nagl / Education Board Upper Austria - [email protected]



"Knowledge does not keep any better than fish"

Alfred North Whitehead (1861 – 1947)Mathematician and Philosopher



Agenda

• "eLearning" and its impact on the pedagogical setting

• Individualisation of learning

• Practical examples

Profile

• EU Coordinator at the Education Board Upper Austria

• Head of the eLearning Cluster Upper Austria

• Teacher at a Technical College for Computing



"eLearning"

Popularity and confusion of ideas and concepts

eLearning- Computer-based Learning- Media-supported Learning- Technology Enhanced Learning- Blended Learning- Hybrid Learning- Flexible Learning

Mix of methods / IT in face-to-face teaching



Change of paradigm: "teaching" vs. "learning"

or: "... from the sage at the stage to the guide at the side ..."

Change of the teacher's role



Learning pathways

self-controlledindividual (time, speed, content,....) collaborative / communicative learners' participation vs. revisionthe learner is in the centre

Technology ↔ Didactics



http://www.ntl.org

"eLearning"

Discussion: learners' involvement vs. "putting paper behind glass"





Impact on practical teaching in the classroom

Old Model of Learning

Pre packaged parcels of knowledge are delivered to students by teachers. Students revise / reproduce content.

Top down structure dominated by teachers

Personalised Learning Model

Teachers coach students in recognising their personal potential, manage their ongoing learning and facilitate communication and collaboration in the classroom.

Learners' participation

LMS: repository for files and teacher's materials ...

LMS: interactive tool to manage the personalised learning process



Practical examples

Subject: EnglishLevel: Upper Secondary (Age 14 – 19)

Technical CollegeLMS: Moodle

Focus on "Concept Mapping" in Language Teaching

Software: CMap Tools

http://cmap.ihmc.us



First approach

"quick and dirty"

Use concept maps as a tool for brainstorming

http://duke.htl-leonding.ac.at/moodle



Results: Cmaps as a tool for brainstorming - example

Carina Basting / 2008



Second approachCMaps as a tool to develop and present concepts and ideas

http://duke.htl-leonding.ac.at/moodle/course/view.php?id=168



Results: CMaps as a tool to develop and present concepts and ideas - example



Third approach – CMaps as a tool for text summaries



Results: CMaps as a tool for text summaries - examples

Johann Weidlinger, 2009

Elisabeth Rieser, 2009



Contact

[email protected]

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