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Supporting Educators in Technology Enhanced Teaching
Sandra Kučina SoftićUniversity of Zagreb
University Computing Centre, Croatia
Online Educa, Berlin
November 28-30, 2012
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Questions?
• Do educators need support in use of ICT in teaching?
• Why do they need support?• What kind of support do they need?
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Workshop in May 2012, Zagreb
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Why use ICT in teaching?
• TO MAKE BETTER TEACHING
– deeper/wider knowledge– better understanding– happier students– happier teachers
BETTER TEACHING is about ... METHODOLOGY not about technology
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All teachers are not the same
• they need different kind of support
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Innovators
pioneers, explorers, inventors..., lone rangers
• first to invent• they do everything alone
• test on themselves• brave people
• they are unstoppable• they don’t give up easily• difficult to adjust to the routine
• dreamers• essential for change• important communication
What they need
• “legalisation “of their work
• resources• education
• recognition
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Early Adopters
respectable people, entrepeneurs, opinion leaders, promotors...
• try out new ideas but in careful way• want to be amont first• recognize chance and application
• practical• proactive
• potential leaders
What they need
• example from pioneers• instructions
• resources• education
• recognition• visibility of their work
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Early Majority
well intended, followers...
• thoughful people, careful but accepting change more quickly than the average• recognize and understand novelties• need to be lead• predominantly extrinsically motivated• need positive motivation• threat or punishment discourages them
What they need
• positive motivation• examples• instructions• resources• education• support• leadership• control• award
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Late Majority
skeptic people, suspicious, disinterested...
• will use new ideas or products only when the majority is using it• do not understand and need interpretation• have to be controlled• need push and punishment• very extrinsically motivated
What they need
• “negative” motivation• examples• instructions• resources• education• support• management• control• punishment
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Leggards
traditionalists, diehards, cynics, unbelievers...
• make decisions based on past experience• caring for the “old ways”• critical towards new ideas• against any change
• don’t count they will ever change• leave them be• keep them as free “consultants”
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Workshop in May 2012, Zagreb
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What kind of support do the need?
• political• organizational• methodological• technological
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Political support
• strategy• policy• regulatory framework• budget
• culture
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Organizational support
• examples• instructions• support• visibility of results
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Methodological support
• creating courses• creating materials• lecturing• tutoring, mentoring• managing group work
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Technological support
• infrastructure• tools• education• support
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University of Zagreb
traditional, research oriented university founded 1669 by Leopold I Hapsburg the oldest Croatian and South-East European university 33 schools/faculties 56.000 students and 7.500 teaching staff ICT infrastructure (beginning and advanced usage) e-learning
from 90’: individual attempts – “lone rangers” 2007: systematically
University Committee for E-learning E-learning Award E-learning Day E-learning Centre Office for E-learning
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E-learning Centre
• central point for support to institutions, teachers and students in implementation of e-learning
• basic objectives– support to teachers and students, teams and groups for
e-learning at schools– providing reliable and generally accessible e-learning
platform– to establish and support the university network of people
supporting, using or promoting e-learning– to promote and foster implementation of e-learning at the
University of Zagreb
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Our users
• teachers – majority– listening their needs and ideas– try to always say yes– working with them– different types of users- different approaches
• students– need occasional support– need proper introduction to e-learning at the
beggining of studies
• institutions, local e-learning teams– advice and guidance on the implementation
process
teachers
students
institutions (management)
e-learning
representatives&
teams at local level
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www.srce.unizg.hr/[email protected]