Coöperative learning and ICT as a catalyst in learning

Agenda

  • Welcome
  • Why?
  • How?
  • Conclusions of the project
  • Discussion

Welcome

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Who am I?

  • Tim Vanden Hende
  • Belgium
  • Artevelde University College Ghent
  • Researcher/teacher
  • ICT in learning
  • Learning
  • HR

QUEST

TACOO

TACOO = TAlent en COmpetenties in Ontwikkeling 

Talent and competentions in development

Why?

Make learning more effective

Make learning fun

Reduce workload

Connectivism

Share

To make learning more effective we need to share our work.

Collaborate

ICT makes it possible to collaborate in any place at any time.

How?

It's all in the Cloud

Cloud Computing

Criteria

  • Free to use
  • Easy to use
  • Collaborative tool
  • Easy to share
  • Communication build in
  • Revision history
  • Works on any device
  • ...

Working with documents

What do you think is the best option?

Working with Mindmaps

What do you think is the best option?

Collaboration tool

What do you think is the best option?

And a lot of other tools

Conclusions of the project

Tools doesn't matter

  • Use what suits you
  • Different groups can use different tools
  • Your choice can evolve in time
  • Let student explore

Sharing is important

  • It's an extra motivation when you know your work will be shared.
  • Higher learning effect?

Coaching teachers

  • More effective when doing it together in their own class.
  • It's a process.

Evaluating process

  • Cloud tools make it possible to evaluate the process.
  • More important than the product.
  • Working on social skills.

A lot needs to be done

  • Schools make wrong decisions in investments of ICT
  • Teachers are afraid of using ICT
  • ICT coördinator focusses to less on pedagogical elements
  • Process evaluation needs to be more implemented

Discussion

Contact

tim.vandenhende@arteveldehs.be

Kattenberg 9, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

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