Steve Moss, Strategic Director – ICT Partnerships for Schools World Class Teaching and Learning with ICT.

Steve Moss, Strategic Director – ICTPartnerships for Schools

World Class Teaching and Learning with ICT

A student’s perspective – “school is like a Qantas flight”

“Sit down.Face forward.Switch off all electronic devices.”

“If you’re lucky your trip will be enjoyable. If not, you can resume your life in 6-7 hours!”

“Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?

Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”

TS Eliot

“Powerful tensions exist between traditional curricula - based on well-defined content and rules for students to learn and be able to reproduce – and the open, skills-based, student-centred approaches supported by ICT.

Dominant curricular and organisational patterns in school

were not designed for the Internet age, and often inhibit its effective use. ICT offers some gain for traditional curriculum delivery, but its full educational potential cannot be realised without radical changes in school structures and methodologies.”

OECD, Learning to Change: ICT in Schools (2001)

Top 5 excuses for not changing

1. We’re satisfied with our results. What’s the point of changing?

2. This is the way I was taught to teach.3. School was good enough for me, so it should

be good enough for my children.4. We tried something like that once before.5. It sounds like a lot of work.

21st Century Learning

It’s not about the technology ..

.. it’s about rethinking teaching

When teachers see learning through the eyes of the student

and

when students see themselves as their own teachers

Visible Learning

John Hattie, 2009

Research on ICTin schools

Research on ICTin schools

76 meta-analyses4,498 studies

3,990,028 students / teachersover 30 years

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

ICT has most positive effect on

learning whenthere is a diversity

of teaching strategies

The method of teaching is most likely to be different from whenthe teacher instructs the students.At minimum, students get to experience two different teaching strategies and are offered “deliberative practice” in learning knowledge and concepts.ICT as a supplement not a replacement for teacher instruction is best.

there is teacher pre-training in the use of ICT as a learning and

teaching tool

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

For too many teachers, teaching using ICT is not part of their “grammar of schooling”.Many teachers “are still on the threshold of understanding how to design courses to maximise the potential of ICT”.More than 10 hours of training over a few weeks is the most effective model of professional development.

there are multiple opportunities for

learning

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

For example, tutorials, programming, word processing, drill & practice, simulations, problem solving.Drill & practice is important for learners in some subjects. It can, and should, be engaging and informative.Key attributes of effective ICT use for practice include, learner control, clear learning goals, instant feedback.

the student, not the teacher, is in

“control” of learning

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

Pacing, time allocation, sequencing, choice of practice items, reviewing.Word processing (in all its forms!!) – students are more engaged and motivated in writing and also produce wokr of greater length and higher quality than students writing on paper.

peer learning is optimised

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

Using ICT in pairs is much more effective than when used alone or in larger groups – perseverance, positive peer interactions, less help requested from teacher.Heterogeneous groups more effective than homogeneous groups but both more effective than working alone.

feedback is optimised

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

ICT has most positive effect on

learning when

Explanations and remediation are more useful than simply providing the correct answer.

3 features of ICT which can enhance teaching and learning

significantly

the capacity to present or represent ideas dynamically or in multiple forms

the facility for providing feedback to pupils as they are working

the capacity to present information in easily changed forms

Higgins et al, 1999

21st century skills• Information and communication skills

– Information and media literacy skills– Communication skills

• Thinking and problem solving skills– Critical thinking and systems thinking– Problem identification, formulation and

solution– Creativity and intellectual curiosity

• Interpersonal and self-directional skills– Interpersonal and collaborative skills– Self-direction– Accountability and adaptability– Social responsibility

Learning through attention: • Books• Blackboards• TV• Overhead projectors• PowerPoint • Podcasts• ‘Interactive’ whiteboards• Classroom management software

• Inquiry-based learning• Constructivism• Mediated learning • Discovery learning• Learning as conversation• Problem-based learning• Reflective practice• Meta-cognition• Experiential learning• Social constructivism• Situated learning

• Interactive whiteboards• Voting systems • Modelling tools and

simulations• Wikis and Blogs• Texting• Creating podcasts & videos • Discussion forums• Online mentors• Online conferences

Learners as creators of content …

… not simply consumers

The Virtual Learning Space

• Should enable learners and teachers to find, organise and create content and learning resources in ways which are flexible and not necessarily based on taxonomies or atomised classifications. It has to be more than a content delivery system.

• Learners must feel that the experience is a personal one.

• The space should also recognise and facilitate the social dimensions of learning – encouraging collaborative work.

Virtual Workspace

Virtual Workspace

Virtual Workspace

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for our schools

so

be bold

Thank you for listening

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