University of Piraeus Department of Digital Systems Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (CE.R.T.H.) Information Technologies Institute (I.T.I.) D. Sampson 14 Nov 2014 Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning (ASK) 1/32 eTwinning: Opportunities and Challenges for Transformative Educational Innovations through the Technology-Supported European Schools Collaborations Demetrios G. Sampson Senior and Golden Core Member IEEE Professor, Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, GREECE Founder and Director, Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning, EU Research Fellow, Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology, GREECE Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, CANADA Co-editor-in-Chief, Educational Technology and Society Journal Steering Committee Member, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies Past Chair, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning Technology ICT Advisory Board Member, Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0 or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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University of Piraeus Department of Digital Systems
Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (CE.R.T.H.) Information Technologies Institute (I.T.I.)
D. Sampson 14 Nov 2014
Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning (ASK)
1/32
eTwinning: Opportunities and Challenges for Transformative Educational Innovations through the
Technology-Supported European Schools Collaborations
Demetrios G. Sampson
Senior and Golden Core Member IEEE
Professor, Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, GREECE Founder and Director, Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning, EU
Research Fellow, Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology, GREECE Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Athabasca University, CANADA
Co-editor-in-Chief, Educational Technology and Society Journal Steering Committee Member, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
Past Chair, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning Technology ICT Advisory Board Member, Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0 or send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott
University of Piraeus Department of Digital Systems
Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (CE.R.T.H.) Information Technologies Institute (I.T.I.)
D. Sampson 14 Nov 2014
Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning (ASK)
11/32
Millions of Euros / USA $ have been spent all over the world for purchasing and installing technologies in
schools – huge investments in infrastructure However, limited investments have been planned and implemented in systematically developing and assessing
the essential digital competences for school teachers and leaders – limited investments in human resources This has led to limited educational added-value and
University of Piraeus Department of Digital Systems
Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (CE.R.T.H.) Information Technologies Institute (I.T.I.)
D. Sampson 14 Nov 2014
Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning (ASK)
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Although in principle the systematic development and assessment of appropriate educationally meaningful
digital competences for both school teachers and leaders are recognized as a major element for the up-take of technology-supported and technology-enabled
school innovations at large scale Still, both Initial and Continuing School Teachers and
Leaders Education is predominately traditional and uninspiring both in terms of scope, methods and
University of Piraeus Department of Digital Systems
Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (CE.R.T.H.) Information Technologies Institute (I.T.I.)
D. Sampson 14 Nov 2014
Advanced Digital Systems and Services for Education and Learning (ASK)
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And yet, it is assumed that all teachers are able to design and implement technology-supported and technology-enabled
school innovations using a wide range of digital technologies for teaching and assessing their students within the national curricula with limited additional professional development
Even more, it is also assumed that all schools share more or less the same level of educationally relevant digital
competences (commonly referred as “e-maturity”) at organizational level to adopt technology-supported
educational innovation, just because they have installed the same technological infrastructure