Kati KorhonenProduct Manager, Werner Söderström Corporation

ICT in Educating CitiesTampere, May 20th 2005

Opit e-Learning Service for Education

Contents:

1. Opit e-Learning Service

2. Introduction of Opit in Tampere

3. Example: the Ancient Rome -Project

Opit e-Learning Service

The Service consists of:

• Basic contents

• e-Learning environment

• User services

Contents for Teaching and Studying

Thousands of exercises• Base on Finland’s national curriculum• For basic school and upper secondary education

Plenty of referential materials• Image archive• Encyclopaedia• Dictionaries• Chronicle and • News Services of Helsingin Sanomat

Virtual Tools for Collaborative Learning

Communication • e-Mail• Discussion forums and • Bulletins

Supporting and tutoring learningprocess

• Project workspace and • Study programs• Learning history

Producing and publishing own materials

• Page templates and • own Course sets

Offering Support When it’s Needed

• Teacher training

• Printed teacher’s quide

• Electronical Tutorial

• Customer service by phone and e-mail

• ASP maintenance 24-7

Introduction of Opit in Tampere

• Introduction will be completed in three years, between 2004-2007

• Introduction is devided in three groups:- year 2004: student of 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th classes and

students of special education- year 2005: students of 2nd, 4th and 6th classes- year 2006: students of 1st classes

• Teacher training is part of the introduction process1. 1-3 teachers/school participate in Maintenance training (1 day)2. All teachers participate in Basic training (3 hours)3. All teachers participate in Deepening training (3 hours)

• During the school year 2004-2005 there were 93 training events and 1053 teachers participated the trainings.

Example: the Ancient Rome -Project

• The project was carried out by the students of 6th class and teacher Jarno Bruun from Pirtti School in Kuopio.

• Project was a part of history studies.• Project based on weekly tasks.• The pedagogical idea was to apply new knowledge in

creative tasks.• Students worked on the project in school and at home.• The project took 6 weeks.

Opit Service is Growing

• More than 60 municipalities in Finland use Opit e-learning service.

• There are 90 000 active users (students and teachers).

•There are 130 000 users in our contracts.

Thank you!