Netbook research challenges

www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org

Educational netbook pilotwww.netbooks.eun.org

Dr. [email protected], European Schoolnet

JTEL Summer School

Ohrid, FYROM June 7 2010

www.netbooks.eun.org

Outline

• My Pecha Kucha

– It’s all about me :)

– A few calls to promote: RecTEL and DataTEL

• What is European Schoolnet?

• Netbooks in schools:

– Do they change anything and

what are the research challenges?

– Acer-Euroean Schoolnet pedagogical

netbook pilot

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http://elgg.ou.nl/rvu

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• A 2-day event in Barcelona Sept 29 and 30 2010

about recommender systems and education

• http://adenu.ia.uned.es/workshops/recsystel2010/

• KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Joseph Konstan, GroupLens

Research (USA)

• June 20 Submission!!4


dataTEL (under Stellar)

• Dataset challenge in the TEL context

• http://www.teleurope.eu/pg/groups/9405/data

tel/

• Aim: challenges around domain specific

datasets

– formal education dataset,

– an informal education dataset,

– mixture of both

• un-conference style

in Barcelona,

– RecSys 2010

– ECTEL 20105


• Network of 31 European Ministries of Education

(MoE) or national educational authorities

• Created in 1997, based in Brussels

• Promotes the use of ICTs in school

• Leads the way in bringing about change in

schooling through the use of new technology

European Schoolnet (EUN)


EUN sits on « tons of data »

More than

200 000 metadata

records of multilingual

learning resources

More than 90 000

teachers,

40 000 projects

(TellNet)


Barbara S..., European Schoolnet

1:1 computing in education

image: a German pre-pilot netbook class


• 1:1 indicates the ration of items per user,

i.e. one netbook per learner.

• 1:1 refers to the current trend of low-cost computer devices,

ranging from mobiles and handhelds to laptops or netbooks, have

gained ground.

• Typically the devise is connected to the internet

and owned by the learner.

• One-to-one (1:1) computing is a new phenomena in educational

settings!

What is 1:1 computing in education?

• 34 initiatives identifiedin 19 countries(Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France,Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway,Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spainand UK)

• Two waves of expansion:

– 2003-2004: spreading outhardware in schools

– 2007-2008:more individualised approach

• OEDC NML on 1:1 http://www.bildung.at/nml-conference2010/

New European review of initiatives

• 1:1 netbook pedagogy is still evolving and good

practices are only starting to emerge

• How can 1:1 computing in education change and

improve teaching and learning both inside and outside

of schools?

Various educational contexts:

･Place: in school vs. out of school use

･Context: individual use vs. collaborative use

･Purpose: educational use vs. leisure use

(by Heeok Heo and Jeonghee Seo, NML study, 09)

Why the Acer-EUN pilot?


What does the Acer-EUN

pedagogical netbook pilot

entail?

image: a Spanish netbook

student


Six countries participating

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• Each participating school allocates a netbook team:

4-5 teachers, ICT coordinator and school head

• School receives

– Netbooks for learners (± 27)

– Notebooks for teachers (5)

– School: desktop

(mini server)

+ monitor

Schools and equipment


Actors of the pilot in each country

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• Pre-pilot: January to June 2010

– 10 classes per country = all in all 60 classes

– 5 teachers per class = 50 teachers per country

= all in all 300 teachers involved

• Pilot: September 2010 to June 2011

– 40 classes per country = all in all 240 classes

– 5 teachers per class

= 250 teachers per country

= all in all 1500 teachers involved

Timeline and set-up

Evaluation

on-going


The Netbook team plans a pedagogical project where the teachers

and the pupils use netbooks in an educational context within their

own curriculum throughout the year.

• Different possibilities:

– 2 or more teachers work together to create a cross-curricular

project where pupils use netbooks across subjects

– each teacher create their own pedagogical project

• A variety of contexts:

– use netbooks in school vs. at home

– individual use of netbooks vs. collaborative use

– formal vs. informal use

What is expected from schools?


Supporting teachers

with

pedagogical scenarios

i.e.

orchestrating learning


• The use of 1:1 in education has

potential to highlight the fact that the learners

have netbooks available at all times,

• taking advantage of blended learning approach

alternating online and offline activities,

• as well as individual and collaborative ones.

1. Do netbooks require a different type

of pedagogy?


• Like “classroom scripts”

• 1:1 netbook scenarios

potentially blend the borders of

formal and informal learning, as learners have

the use of netbooks not only in school

environment, but also outside of the school

hours.

1:1 educational scenarios


Pedagogical scenarios

off-lineoff-lineoff-lineoff-line

Parents,?

Teacher’s

tasks

Learners

on-lineon-lineon-lineon-line

collaborativeindividualcollaborativeindividualContext

out of schoolnetbooks in schoolFormal


1:1 pedagogical scenarios

• Suggestion rather than prescriptive

• Short sequences or activities that can be included in a

larger lesson plan

• Not subject-specific or detailed lesson plans

• Describe the organisationl conditions (material and tools,

classroom setting, estimated time, evaluation)

• Step-by-step

• An early example available at:

http://www.netbooks.eun.org/web/acer/resources

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• Good battery life and wifelessness are the selling points of netbooks

• However, many classroom management issues arise. Teachers and

schools want control!

– Storing and charging netbooks

– Controlling access to the internet (wi-fi still remains a tough issue at

schools)

– Can netbooks be taken home?

– What can be installed on them?

-> All these issues affect on the feel of “ownership” of the device, we

are not sure yet who should own it?

– School/students/parents

2. Classroom management issues



• Using digital learning resources

(e.g. reference material, science experiments,

language learning material)

• School collaboration

• Connecting to the school Virtual Learning

Environment

• Working with Interactive White Boards

• Communicating between schools and parents

3. Other scenarios in schools

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• Administrative tasks

• Lesson planning (alone and with others)

• Variety of ways to alternate

– the delivery of a lesson

– possibilities for homework

• Pupils’ assessment

• Communication with pupils and parents

• Professional development opportunities

4. Scenarios for teachers’ tasks



Supporting software for learners

image: an Italian pre-pilot netbook class


• Collecting this information can be done explicitly (e.g.

questionnaires) or implicitly (e.g. data logging software)

• Is this information used by the “Big Brother” or to

empower learners and teachers?

• Observation software Track4Win, Monitor (Luik, Tõnisson,

Kukemelk, 2009): Usage differed a lot from school to school.

Browsing and gaming did not change. Use of ed.software

decreased. Instant messaging increased.

How do we know what they are actually

used for?



Evaluation of the netbook use

image: a Turkish pre-pilot netbook class


• Changes in learners:

– Impact on attainment

– Skills

– Is the learning actually any better with netbooks?

• Changes in schools?

– the way ICTs are considered as a part of school’s “ICT in

education” strategy

– Can they increase collaboration within the school and outside of

school?

• http://delicious.com/netbookpilot/1:1computing

What shall be evaluated?


Pedagogical support and resources



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Social networking tools


Comunità online: blog


What do you see

as the most interesting research

challenge with netbooks?

.Form a little group.

.Use one post-it/challenge.

.I’ll transcribe them on a blog.


Questions?


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