Page 1
THE USE OF
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES TO
SUPPORT TEACHING AND
LEARNING PRACTICES IN
PORTUGUESE HIGHER
EDUCATION
Fernando Ramos1, Marta Pinto1, Dalila Coelho1, Rui Raposo1,
Pedro Almeida1, Luís Pedro1, João Batista1
1CETAC.MEDIA, University of Aveiro (Portugal) {fernando.ramos, martapinto, dalila.coelho, raposo, almeida, lpedro,
joao.batista}@ua.pt
Page 2
MULTIDIMENSIONAL
USES OF COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES (CTs)
Page 3
1- imagem sobre o uso das TIC no ensino superior
…..
2/18
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andreasmb/4866537197/
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES BEING ADOPTED BY HEIs
Page 4
1- imagem sobre o uso das TIC no ensino superior
…..
2/18
http://www.flickr.com/photos/polymerheart/5098184036/
ONLINE CT BEING USED TO SUPPORT T&L PRACTICES
Page 5
Como decidem os estudantes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idea-saras/8067903029/sizes/l/
BUT: HOW ARE HEIs DOING THEIR CT DECISIONS?
Page 6
ARE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AWARE OF CT USES IN HEIs?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idea-saras/8067903029/sizes/l/
Page 7
OUR GOALSTHE
GOALS
1characterize the
adoption and use
of ICT in HEIs of the
Portuguese public
system
2develop and make
available a web
based information
visualization tool
that allows HEIs to
share and update
the way they use CT
3identify practices
that can be useful to
decision-makers at a
policy, administrative
and pedagogical
level
Page 8
HEIs survey: Institutional perspective on the use of CT (decision-makers and CT managers)
TRACER: tool conceptualization and prototyping
HEIs survey: the teachers’ perspective of the use of CT
TRACER: tool deployment
Dissemination of good practices
MAIN PHASES
Page 9
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yesiamisme/3628570395/sizes/l/in/photostream/
HEIs, TEACHERS AND EXPERTS, ...
Page 10
25 HEIs3 DATA COLLECTION PHASES
57 INTERVIEWS2 FOCUS GROUPS
19 BETA TESTERS
26 EXPERTS
Page 11
RESULTS | INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
9 completed the survey
The online institutional presence is predominantly represented by
institutional portals and by social networks
The e-mail and the LMS are the CTs more often used
All institutions using LMS/VLE systems (e.g. moodle)
33% provide Open Educational Resources
77% of the institutions don’t have educational resources for mobile
learning
77% provide training in CT for their teachers
But… only 33% have a formal strategy or policy for the use of CT
Page 12
RESULTS | TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE
185 valid answers out of 19 HEIs
CTs most commonly known by teachers are: e-mail (98%), digital
repositories (94%) and LMS/VLE (93,5%)
60% use CT on a daily basis
Reasons for using CT are motivating students for learning
(77,8%) and innovating teaching practices (74,6%).
Resources used: images and visuals (98%) and documents (95%)
Resources not used: interactive games (75%), discussion
environments (50%) and simulations (45%)
Evaluation with a lower integration of CT ~ half of the teachers
don’t use CT for this purposes
Page 13
BUT…WITH SO MUCH DATA TO GATHER, SHARE AND ANALYZE
WHAT TO DO?
Page 14
25 HEI3 DATA COLLECTION PHASES
57 INTERVIEWS2 FOCUS GROUPS
19 BETA TESTERS
26 EXPERTS
1 PORTAL1 INFORMATION VISUALIZATION TOOL
Page 15
BUT…MUCH MORE DATA TO ANALYSE
WHAT TO DO?
Page 16
BACK OFFICE administrators and respondents
fill surveys
manage surveys
administrative tasks
Page 17
FRONT OFFICE students, teachers, HEIs, …
info areas
U-TRACER
visualization tool
Page 18
MULTIPLE FILTERS AND DATA ANALYSIS COMBINATIONS
DIFFERENT VISUALIZATION OPTIONS
Page 19
CONCLUSIONS
An in depth view of how CT is being used (from institutional and
teachers’ perspective) can be a decisive advantage to a higher
education institution
The TRACER project will continue to support the collection,
processing and deployment of info about CT use in Portuguese
public HEIs
Preliminary results and the experts’ opinions provide a very
positive feedback towards the relevance of the U-TRACER tool
There is the need for improving the awareness of the HEI
leadership on the role of CT to the enhancement of the teaching
and learning conditions offered to students and teaching staff
Page 20
QUESTIONS?
HTTP://CMS.UA.PT/TRACER/
Fernando Ramos1, Marta Pinto1, Dalila Coelho1, Rui
Raposo1, Pedro Almeida1, Luís Pedro1, João Batista1
1CETAC.MEDIA, University of Aveiro (Portugal) {fernando.ramos, martapinto, dalila.coelho, raposo, almeida,
lpedro, joao.batista}@ua.pt